Color Durability at Tece

We are not simply producing and selling edgebanding; rather, we are producing an incredible product in our state of the art facility with our passion and with the best available material in the market.A good product can only be produced with the right material and right technology. At the end, in real world, there are no magicians who can turn low quality products to good quality. Therefore, our philosophy of carefully selecting the right materials enables Tece to ensure the consistent quality of our products. In an article series, we will explain each advantages of using Tece product in the long term. In this first article, we will discuss the possibility edgebanding to change color or fade color overtime. Using the right matching edgebanding to the panel is utmost important. Yet, what would you do if the perfectly-matched edgebanding turns into the worst colored edgebanding after 2 months. Yes, that is correct; there is a probability that the edgebanding that you used can fade or become yellowish after 2-3 months. Let us discuss this in details: 1. The pigment in the PVC mixture Pigment is the element which colorizes the PVC to the desired color during the process. Without pigment, the color of PVC would be always gray. Pigment can cost from 5 euro to 50 euros. Both cheaper and expensive quality will give the right color to the edgebanding. Yet, can they remain in the same color after sometime or after they are exposed to direct sunlight for a while? What if after three months the very white turns into yellowish white. Your panel color will remain the same. Shall you replace the furniture? At Tece, we use pigment with the highest value of lightfastness. In the world of pigments and inks, the term, 'lightfastness', describes the durability of color and how well they stand up to exposure to light. Sunlight and other artificial lighting can cause a reaction on ink and pigments and can cause the color to fade or change over time with exposure. The measurement of lightfastness is done on a blue woolscale. On the woolscale, it can change between 1 and 8; 8 being the strongest and 1 being the weakest. At Tece, our pigment rating changes from 6 to 8 on the blue woolscale. Therefore, we can guarantee that our color will not change overtime. Ink for the printing process At Tece, we are using the latest technology of UV to print our designs and decors on PVC substrate. The UV inks have the highest lightfastness which can be found in the market. It changes between 6 and 8 on the blue woolscale. No matter how much our edgebanding is exposed to the sunlight, they will remain in the same color. This is guaranteed by both our company as well as our ink supplier. Top UV Coating The UV coating is a clear top coat without any color. Yet the coating can become yellowish if it is not the right quality. The cost of UV coating can change incredible. At Tece, we use BASF coating to insure that our product always has the highest resistance to light. In Conclusion We can gain much more profit if we are to use the cheaper material during our processes. Yet, in the long term, we believe that those, who sell quality and give the right product to the customers, will succeed; the rest will fade away just like the low quality of edgebanding.  At Tece, we are not interested to sell our products for one time. Rather, we are interested to set up long term partnership with the right people. We express this philosophy every time in everywhere. An Advise to the edgebanding traders / distributors Your customers can be happy with the edgebanding that you sell for lesser price. Yet, you can look around in your market and find out who is the biggest in your market: the cheaper sellers or the more expensive one. You will surely find out that 90% of the market in anywhere in the world is supplied by higher quality producers. Therefore, it would make better sense for you to compete with Tece products in your market rather than the cheaper / low quality one. At Tece, the synergy between price and quality is perfect that will enable you to compete with anyone in your market. An advice to the producers of edgebanding For the good of the world, all of us have responsibilities. All producers must produce the best possible product to avoid wastage and giving the right product to the customer. We have been producing edgebanding for the last 26 years, and we can assure that only the good quality product will prevail overtime.