The Hidden Cost of Adhesive Cleanups in Your Pressroom
Let’s be honest: some printing jobs make even seasoned press operators groan. Metallic inks that leave stubborn residue. Specialty coatings that seem to stick to everything. But for one DIPCO customer, the true nightmare was adhesives: hours spent chipping rock-hard adhesive out of a stainless-steel pan after an all-day run. It wasn’t just frustrating—it was lost production time. Every minute spent scraping and scrubbing is time that isn’t spent running billable work. Over weeks and months, those “few extra minutes” of downtime add up to real lost revenue.
Why Adhesive Jobs Are the Toughest for Cleanup
Unlike many inks and coatings that rinse away with some effort, adhesives can be brutal. If an adhesive sits too long, it sets up like concrete. Now you’re at the washout sink with a hammer and chisel, risking damage to expensive stainless-steel pans—and burning through valuable production time. Pressrooms don’t make money when operators are cleaning. They make money when presses are running. That’s why adhesive cleanup is one of the most costly, underappreciated sources of downtime.
A Simple Solution: Custom-Fit Disposable Liners
When our customer shared his horror story about “jackhammering” dried adhesive out of his pans, we got to work. Using his mechanical drawings and a few press details, we designed a custom-fit disposable liner that dropped right into his existing tray. The results were immediate:
- No chiseling or scraping—just lift out the liner and toss it
- Spotless pans underneath, with no adhesive residue
- Faster changeovers that keep the press running
- Happier, more productive operators (with fewer choice words!)
Instead of wasting hours at the sink, his team could spend more of the shift printing. Over time, that productivity boost really pays off.
If You’re Spending More Than Five Minutes Cleaning a Pan, We Can Help
At DIPCO, we know adhesive jobs are among the toughest challenges in flexographic and commercial printing. That’s why we specialize in disposable pan liners that turn even the hardest cleanup into a simple lift-and-toss task. Stop letting adhesive jobs steal your production time and frustrate your team. Get in touch with us today to see how a custom DIPCO liner can keep your press running cleaner, faster, and with a lot less hassle.
