Painting on plastic products involves applying specialized paints or coatings to enhance aesthetics and functionality of the product. Painting allows for customization of plastic products, adding colors, textures, and finishes that improve their visual appeal. This is particularly important for products where appearance can drive customer choice such as automotive, consumer goods, electronics, and packaging. Finishes like metallic, gloss, matte or pearlescent effects can be achieved to suit different applications.
Certain coatings can protect plastic from UV rays, preventing discoloration and degradation over time in outdoor applications. Painted plastic surfaces are often more resistant to wear and tear, scratches, and environmental factors, increasing the lifespan of the product. Specialized coatings can make plastics more resistant to chemicals, oils, or solvents, which is essential for industrial applications. Coatings can improve the plastic’s tolerance to high temperatures, expanding their use in various environments.
At Rustagi polymers, we provide PU coating services on plastics using spraying technique. The advantage of using PU paints over other kinds of available paints in the industry are essentially the durability and longevity.

Plastics are non-porous in nature due to which certain printing processes are not applicable on them but still a variety of processes are there to provide functional and aesthetic finishes. These processes are selected based on the type of plastic, desired durability, cost, and print quality.
1. Pad Printing - Transferring ink using a silicon pad over the substrate. It is useful for curved or textured surfaces. It provides fine prints but is limited to small designs.
2. Screen Printing - A mesh stencil called ""screen"" is used to apply ink over surfaces. It is ideal for flat or cylindrical surfaces only. It provides durable prints with vivid colors but not good for detailed designs.
3. UV Digital Printing - In this process, the ink is applied on plastics and cured with ultravoilet light. It can be used on flat sheets. Its a fast process but not suitable for flexible plastics.
4. Heat Transfer Printing - Transferring pre-printed designs onto the surface through heat and pressure. It is good for wider color spectrum and provides detailed finish but is not good for outdoor applications.
5. Hot Foil Stamping - Printing metallic or pattern foils onto plastics under heat and pressure. It provides shiny metallic or textured finishes but requires precise Moulds to achieve perfect finish.
6. Laser Marking - Etching on the surface of plastic using laser beam. It's usually applied to mark product identity like barcodes or serial numbers. It is permanent and provides high precision marking but is limited to monochrome.
7. In-Mould Labelling - Affixes printed labels on plastic surface within the Mould while Moulding the product. It is mostly used in packaging industry such as paint buckets, in automotive interiors and household appliances. It is extremely durable and precise but are expensive in nature.

PU (Polyurethane) painting on plastic involves the application of polyurethane-based paints or coatings to plastic surfaces. This process is widely used due to the superior properties of PU paints, which offer enhanced durability, flexibility, and finish quality. PU paints are known for their versatility, making them an excellent choice for both industrial and consumer applications.
PU paints provide a smooth and premium finish to enhance the overall look in various finishes, including matte, satin, gloss, pearl etc. giving great flexibility in customizing appearances. PU coatings are known for their excellent color retention, ensuring that plastic products maintain their vibrant appearance over time, even when exposed to environmental stressors like sunlight. They form a tough layer on plastic surfaces, increasing resistance to scratches, abrasions, and impacts. This is especially valuable in high-traffic or frequently handled products such as automotive parts, electronic devices and consumer goods. PU coatings on plastic products provide excellent protection against chemicals, oils and solvents, making them suitable for various industrial applications. PU coatings have a high degree of flexibility, making them resistant to cracking or flaking under stress. PU paints offer superior resistance to UV radiation and environmental elements like moisture, preventing yellowing, cracking, or peeling in outdoor or sun-exposed products. Some PU coatings are designed to provide additional functionalities, such as anti-slip textures for better grip or anti-fingerprint surfaces for cleaner, more hygienic use. Rustagi Polymers is dedicated to delivering exceptional PU coating services on plastic, ensuring top-quality finishes that enhance both aesthetics and durability.

At Rustagi Polymers, we have automatic as well as manual spray painting booths. We provide Plastic painting services for various kinds of plastic products such as matte, gloss, pearl, satin etc. We use high quality paints procured from standard manufacturers and maintain standards of customer selected shades to ensure unifromity over different lots. Our painting booths are operated with careful monitoring over mixing ratios/ formula. The team is highly skilled in ensuring 100% shade matching with the master samples and maintain consistency in all production lots.