Pressroom Floor Cleaning With Peelable Protection

A Harper Corporation of America product story

Edited by the Printingtalk editorial team Mar 30, 2006

Harper Scientific the printing and coating supplies division of global anilox supplier Harper Corporation has launched Ezze-Peel.

Harper Scientific the printing and coating supplies division of global anilox supplier Harper Corporation has launched Ezze-Peel.

It is claimed to be the printing industry's first peelable protection for surfaces in the pressroom, including floors and ink pans.

It is said to provide fast cleaning for surfaces that are susceptible to ink splatters and normally difficult to clean.

"This is a product category that has traditionally been used in clean rooms and spray painting booths, but until now, nothing of its kind has been functional for printers," said Tony Donato, Harper Scientific's technical sales solutions manager.

"We've been working with chemists to develop a formulation that can hold up to solvent, as well as water-based and UV printing inks and take the abuse of the shop floor.

Ezze-Peel is the first peelable protection product that holds up in the printing environment," he added.

Applied to any stationary surface before a press run, Ezze-Peel is a coating that protects the surface, then peels away in one or more large pieces at clean-up time.

It is disposed of in the same manner as dried ink wastes, explained Donato.

Jim Harper, the vice president of Harper Scientific, commented: "Aside from the convenience it offers, the clean-up time that Ezze-Peel saves will be a significant consideration.

As we all know, less downtime means more press time." Applied with a spray system, water-based Ezze-Peel sets at room temperature and can be touched up with a paint brush, roller or sponge brush and is claimed to even adhere well to itself.

For most applications, Ezze-Peel offers protection once it tacks out in about 20 minutes.

In ink pans and on floors, it is recommended that the product is allowed to dry completely over a few hours.

Available exclusively through Harper Scientific, Ezze-Peel is available in one-gallon, five-gallon and 55-gallon containers.