3d Sublimation Matte Phone Cases

[elle1989]

Hi,
Does anyone know where you can purchase Matte phone cases for sublimation in the UK? Also anywhere that sells top quality matte cases?
Currently buying from china but they are still not as good as the cases i get from retail supplier.
Thanks

[malkram]

I get mine from Sunmeta (China) at $1.3 each, never seen any better quality. Btw, any UK supplier sells chinese blanks.

[icspanta]

Hello malkram,
but those of Sunmeta are resistant? I used those of Novel, the print quality is excellent, but they are very delicate, just bend them a little, or if they fall will crack.

[malkram]

Sorry I meant Sunfly, not Sunmeta. Sunmeta is cheap ($0.4-$0.5) but they are not as good as Sunfly.

Well, Sunfly cases are resistant, never had a problem with them.

[icspanta]

If I try to bend them, this is the result

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[malkram]

Lol how come.. Anyways I don't recognize them as being the same as Sunfly, give them a try they are very good.

[icspanta]

They are very strict, just a minimum and break.
I saw on the Sunfly site and have a bit of models.
But such cases you use? Those for films (with the black ring)? or the classic paper?
I use sublimate with the film, the ones I use are for paper and the printing result is great, but the problem that break is a big deal.

[malkram]

I use PolySkin (matte) and PolySh (glossy) for film cases. These with black rings are garbage.

[Ravisteam]

I use PolySkin (matte) and PolySh (glossy) for film cases. These with black rings are garbage.

Hi Malkram , I went to the PW show and saw the new Sublideck 3D machine ..Very impresive ..But its really expensive and jigs are about £100 and cases cost over £2 ..Printed covers look really good tho HD quality really ....I know you have a Film machine too ..How is the consisntancy of you machine ?.. How many cases can be printed in a one go and how long you need to cook them for ......?? Would you recomend that machine ??....Is is possible for you to send me a Printed case as a sample if I pay you the costs ..Thanks in advance ..

[malkram]

Hi Malkram , I went to the PW show and saw the new Sublideck 3D machine ..Very impresive ..But its really expensive and jigs are about £100 and cases cost over £2 ..Printed covers look really good tho HD quality really ....I know you have a Film machine too ..How is the consisntancy of you machine ?.. How many cases can be printed in a one go and how long you need to cook them for ......?? Would you recomend that machine ??....Is is possible for you to send me a Printed case as a sample if I pay you the costs ..Thanks in advance ..

Yeah that's expensive. Well I didn't print a case for months now, my project is in stand-by for now, I'm planning to start within 2 months but I often turn on the machine, heat it and vacuum and it looks to work ok. It can print 2 cases at a time, it takes 180 seconds.

I would definately recommend this machine but unfortunately Sunfly discontinued it, now they only got A2, A3 and A5 machines (which cost lot more, even the A5).

But I know another provider that sells A4/A3 machines that are affordable (a little more expensive though), I never used them but they look to be very good (I would have bought one from them if it was cheaper than Sunfly at that time). A4 costs $1500 & A3 costs $1800 without shipping.

Here is a presentation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3VDjXfCL4g


I have cases I made with the machine laying somewhere, if you pay I will send you one, or two.