blue glass bottle
Resolve open artwork, sample and revision questions for a blue glass bottle before two factory quotes are treated as the same construction. This page is a prepress and sample path, not a sustainability pledge.
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A die line that does not name wrap, height and glue flap cannot be sent to two label or sleeve plants as one job. A cobalt shade named only as "blue" is not a lot reference. Sample bottles that arrive without the intended closure leave torque and liner questions open.
Write the decoration method first: plain glass, screen print, shrink sleeve or a pressure sensitive adhesive label. Then write how many artwork revisions are already spent. A plant that quotes "print included" without a color count is not yet on the same line as a plant that quotes six-color flexographic printing plus a plate charge.
Rewind specification applies when the label is supplied on roll, not when the bottle is undecorated. Gravure printing is uncommon on short personal-care lots; if a plant offers it, ask why the cylinder cost is listed and whether a digital or flexo path would change the MOQ.
Before accepting an alternative construction, verify neck finish, capacity, glass weight if stated, and whether the cobalt color is a furnace tint or a coated surface. A coated bottle can change migration testing and recycle-path notes. An alternative that swaps boston round for a different profile still needs a new die line for any wrap label.
Sample and revision checks
Ask for a die line that states bottle diameter, label height and any taper. A rectangular artwork file is not a die line. If the bottle is tapered, a straight wrap will wrinkle; that is a construction limit, not a print-quality complaint.
A hand-decorated sample does not prove furnace color or screen registration on a production mould. Write whether the sample is stock glass with a temporary label or a moulded color lot. Color drift between lots is a known glass limit; ask how the plant records the shade.
Plate, screen or cylinder charges should be listed once and then marked as already paid or still open. A new SKU that only changes a date code is not the same as a new die line. Digital for short runs can avoid a plate; conventional flexo or offset often keeps spot color steadier once the run is stable.
What a sample photo should show
Neck and closure
Wrap fit
Pack-out
Send artwork status with the brief
If a specification choice is still open, name it. Preference for high-end, mid-range or budget decoration is a buying preference, not a verified plant rating.