Edge painting is a specialty printing process that adds color, including metallic foil color, to the edge or edges of a printed product. When people wonder how to edge paint business cards or how to edge paint paper, they generally think of the printer itself being used to edge paint. The actual process of edge painting is a lot more up close and personal. For lovers of DIY, edge painting is likely an especially exciting process! 

The specialty printing process that is edge painting starts with a product that, to no surprise, has edges. Ideally, these edges are flat when you stack up a bunch of the product. For example, when creating Edge Painted Business Cards, you'll want to make a large stack of over a hundred business cards (depending on their thickness). With your stack of the given product ready, you manually mix the desired color that's going to be edge painted. The color can be anything in the typical CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, black) printing spectrum of colors, or it can be derived from a selection of foil colors (such as those that are found on our foil color chart). With the desired edge painting color set and ready, it is carefully and precisely applied to a specialty printing roller, which is then used to apply the edge painting to the product. 

The final result is a printing product whose brilliant design and colors can be observed from any angle. Please keep in mind that since the color is effectively "rolled" on, it cannot be easily applied to products with tight corners, such as star-shaped ones. With that said, there's so much to look forward to with edge painting!

Edge painting can be used for a whole variety of different types of printing projects, from corporate to personal. You can design your own edge painting project from the comfort of your own home, but in such cases would be limited in your choice of colors and, of course, actual printing products. If you're going after a larger edge painting project, you can use Gold Image Printing, the leading online printing company, to help you with edge painting online. This means you can put edge painting to work, helping your cards and more stand out from the crowd. Whereas other printing products all look the same when placed on a flat surface or in a pile and viewed from the side, your printing product will stand out with its painted edges. You can do anything from edge painting invitations to edge painting business cards to make a lasting impact.

There are plenty of exciting edge painting products that we offer here at Gold Image Printing. We always strive to provide a hassle-free and affordable printing process, from the shopping cart to your doorstep. When you're looking to apply edge painting to a given product, please keep in mind that it is best paired with a thicker paper stock and, therefore, a thicker product. We have plenty of different paper stocks, so you'll never be left wanting for more when you're looking to get paper that can be edge painted. When ordering your given printing product, please let us know with a request for a custom quote that you'd like to add edge painting. 

You may be interested in painting the edge of the pages of your Bound Books. Think of how elegant and exceptional your book will be with gold foil edge painting done! Your bound book with edge painting is sure to stand out from the crowd, and with all the pages that you're applying edge painting to, it will surely be a sight to behold!

Edge Painted Wedding Invitations will help ensure your invitation is never lost in a pile, even during the peak of wedding season. Help your guests easily spot your invitation in a pile when they see the edge painting and know that the card is yours!

Edge Painted Business Cards are a great way to ensure that each of your employees is noticed at trade shows, expos, and more as they hand out business cards whose edge painting allows them to be noticed by anyone around them. Even when your employees aren't showing the face of the business card to someone, the edge painting will do plenty of work in gaining exposure!

Ultra Thick Postcards can also have edge painting applied to them with the request of a custom quote. Make sure your postcards are noticed by all when you apply edge painting!

Looking for more ideas and inspiration for your next order of products with added edge painting? Have a look through our Gold Image Printing Blog!

Those of you who have ordered from Gold Image Printing before or who have a corporate account  are most likely already familiar with our other specialties. It should be noted here that edge painting is most often paired with our duplexing specialty, which creates ultra-thick printing products. With the request for a custom quote, you can ask about adding soft touch laminate, white ink, foil stamping (using our foil color chart), letterpressing, embossing, debossing, and even digital foil!

Do you want to order edge painting right away? Edge painting cannot be ordered on its own; it needs to be applied to a product. Have a look through all the products we offer on our website, from Corporate Printing to Entertainment Printing and more, and be sure to request a custom quote when you want to add some edge painting! We look forward to your next request for edge painting!