What is a facestock?

The facestock is the top layer of a label. The facestock is what you can see and feel on your products, mailers and containers. Keep a few things in mind when evaluating your needs for the proper facestock:

• What will it be applied to?
• Will temperature or moisure play a role?
• What environment will your label be in?

What is an adhesive?

The adhesive is the middle layer of your label. An adhesive forms a bond between your label and the surface it is being applied to. Simply put it is the sticky part of your label. Adhesives are generally rated by tack, or its stickiness. Labels can have a variety of adhesives for different applications. Look at the differences between a permanent and removable adhesive, both are made to stick, but have different levels of tack.

For more information on the differences of removable adhesive and permanent adhesive labels click here.

What is a liner?

The liner is the bottom layer of your label. A liner, often seen as just a throw away item, actually plays an important role for labels. The liner enables the label to have a seamless feed through the printer. Without a quality liner you may see printing issues such as jamming and curling.

Bonus Layer! – Top Coating

Top coatings are added to special materials in instances where an extra layer of protection is needed. For example, our popular weatherproof material. A weatherproof material has the potential to come in contact with moist surfaces and unfriendly conditions. So, a topcoat is applied to ensure the material is very durable in a variety of uses.