Glossary
Product Decorator Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential product decorator terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key product decorator vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in product decorator training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- Airbrush
- Fine spray tool.
- Color match
- Matching a standard.
- Cure
- Set paint or ink.
- Decal
- Transfer image.
- Flash dryer
- Quick ink dryer.
- Glaze
- Ceramic coating.
- Mask
- Covers areas.
- Overglaze
- Decoration on glaze.
- Pad printing
- Transfers ink with a silicone pad.
- PPE
- Personal protective equipment.
- Proof
- Approved sample.
- Registration
- Alignment of layers.
- Screen printing
- Ink through mesh.
- SOP
- Standard operating procedure.
- Stencil
- Cut-out pattern.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Product Decorator practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Product Decorator training.
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