Polymer Banknotes, Print, Laminate print, film in BOPP Propylene Film

[Mustafa Umut Sarac]

From mid 1960s , World Banknote printers are working on printing to polymer. Now 2500 different polymer banknotes are in circulation. First banknotes printed on Dupont Tyvek but ink smeared in hot weather. Now technology advanced and everyday billions of products packaged with printed on polymer substrates , films.

I learned Canada printed its currency on BOPP Film. It is clear , coated with easy to print , print carrying coatings two sides , hard to tear , few layers are laminated with uv adhesives , metallic film inside banknote.

I think many people are caring their work like me and want to produce nonaging platin. But the weak link is the paper and its weakness.

I think someone can buy few tens of meters of BOPP film and print his work on it and make few more layers and collect them with uv ink lamination and protect his her works for thousands of years.

You can wash your print in washing machine also.

You can try to laminate your big negative in to polymer and protect it for next generations also.

Mustafa Umut Sarac
Istanbul

 

[heterolysis]

The new Canadian notes are also very resistant to wear and harder to crease. I've only seen one that was damaged in any way thus far, and I handle cash all day long at work.

There are rumours that they will shatter in cold weather, but it was -25C this week and I never had such a problem.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

and you can see through parts of it. Very strange looking. Wait a minute...-25C in Vancouver??

 

[MDR]

Banknote paper is more related to plastic than real paper these days