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The glitter that we sell is made from different types of film. The Craft Glitter is made from PVC film and the Polyester Glitter is made from PET films. The iridescent line combines each PET and acrylic together.

The metallic glitters are made from film that is a single strong color.

The holographic glitter is made from film that already has the holographic quality. The same goes for iridescent. The films are colored and treated earlier than they’re cut.

There are totally different types and sizes of machines which can be used for slicing glitter. Most machines have blades that cut the glitter into either hex form items or square form items relying on how the film is fed into it. Other machines die-minimize shapes from the film. With some machines, the hex shape flakes are fed in at an angle and sq. flakes are fed straight in. Different blade configurations are used primarily based on the dimensions of the flake.

There are totally different technologies utilized by totally different corporations of course.

his is an finishless matter as there are so many differences between really good glitter and really bad glitter. First the film issues a whole lot. High-quality film is going to give you nice glitter…. or is it?

You can take great film and run it by way of a badly set up machine and you’ll not get a clean cut. For those who take a look at low-cost glitter, you will not only see that the flakes are usually not uniform in form, but you will notice little flecks of film that should not be there at all.

A number of bad glitters come from outside the US where they use low-cost film and operate machines that are not well set up or have poor blades. Glitter from different international locations are additionally a wild card- is it really non-toxic or are they just saying so? Truth in advertising is just not the same all over the world as it is right here within the USA.

Finally, there are coatings on films. For instance, in case you purchase an affordable metallic glitter it in all probability does not have an epoxy coating (ours does). This might not matter an excessive amount of in case you are using it for simple crafts. Nevertheless, it matters loads if you are utilizing it for flooring, boats and in solvents!