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About Aluminum Shoe Polish Tubes

The aluminum shoe polish tubes are made of aluminum slug or flake in purity not inferior to 99.7%.  It is soft, empty, collapsible and recyclable.

The aluminum tube for shoe shiner is usually attached with a sponge.

The Properties of the aluminum shoe polish tubes:

  • Airtight,
  • No ingress of light and UV rays,
  • Heat-resistant,
  • Corrosion-resistant,
  • The aluminum shoe polish tube efficiently protects the contents by preventing bacteria, germs and other potentially hazardous substances from entering the tube.

The aluminum soft tubes are produced by one time impact extrusion which makes it not possible to have gap or leak.  has no spring-bak defect in use

More features of the aluminum empty tube for shoe polish

1

Raw material: 99.7% purity aluminum slug or flake

2

100% recyclable, environment-friendly

3

Impressive offset printing

4

Max 6 colors offset printing; label or sticker will also do

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Inner lacquer phenolic epoxy resists strong ammonia or acid

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Wide use range: pharmaceutical, cosmetic & toiletry, like hair colour cream, hand cream, lip balm, chemical, pigment, painting, animal food, nutrition gel, and other the semi-liquid products including pharmacy ointment products such as eye ointment, personal care products such as shaving cream, shoe polish etc..

Wide ranging diameters:

13.5 mm, 16 mm, 19 mm, 22 mm, 25 mm, 28 mm, 30 mm, 32 mm, 35 mm, 38mm, 40mm

Orifice:

Membrane sealed, open, with sanitary screw

Thread/ Screw:

M7, M9, M11, M12, M15, M16

Various nozzle:

Membrane-sealed, open end, extended nozzle, long nozzle, nasal tips, ophthalmic tips

Shoulder finish:

Plain, uncoated, polished, coated, printing, pattern

Internal coating/lacquer:

High-quality phenolic epoxy resin.It is critical to adapt the high-quality and anti-leaking epoxy phenolic with reliable and stable performance to your tubes, and also it’s key element to spray the inner coating properly, OR the coating won’t protect the products from corrosion and even leads to leakage.

Bottom sealant:

It is optional and there are various sealants for the tubes, and it depends on customers’ filling.

Regular volume and size of the aluminum shoe polish tubes

(The size may varies due to different formulation of products.)

Diameter (mm)

Length (mm)

Suggested Volume

13.5

55~65

5ml / 0.17oz

13.5

62~71

6ml / 0.20oz

13.5

70~80

7ml / 0.24oz

13.5

78~85

8ml / 0.27oz

16

60~70

10ml / 0.34oz

16

72~80

10ml / 0.34oz

16

100~110

15ml / 0.51oz

19

57~70

15ml / 0.51oz

19

77~88

15ml / 0.51oz

19

96~107

20ml / 0.68oz

19

115~126

25ml / 0.85oz

22

95~105

25ml / 0.85oz

22

108~119

30ml / 1.01oz

22

122~133

35ml / 1.18oz

25

89~100

30ml / 1.01oz

25

101~112

35ml / 1.18oz

25

140~150

50ml / 1.69oz

28

140~145

60ml / 2.03oz

30

120~130

50ml / 1.69oz

30                       .

170~175

90ml / 3.04oz

30

175~180

100ml / 3.38oz

32

165~170

100ml / 3.38oz

32

175~180

120ml / 4.06oz

35

165~170

120ml / 4.06oz

Further advantages of the aluminum shoe polish tubes

100% recyclable

Comparing to the hybrid products, the aluminum collapsible tube is from pure aluminum, so in addition to the properties above, the aluminum squeeze tubes are 100% recyclable.

Sterile handling

The aluminum soft tubes are perfectly adapted to products requiring the highest standards of hygiene and quality like pharmaceuticals, high-end cosmetics and foods.

Preservative-free

The use of aluminum pharmacy tube allows preservative-free processing of products in the food and pharmaceutical industry.

Stylish…

The aluminum squeezing tubes have been used for packaging purposes in various sectors. Thanks to new printing techniques, the aluminum pharmacy tube can be printed in 8 different colors with a wide array of finishes.

FQA:

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Q:  How is the MOQ of the aluminum shoe polish tubes?
A: Our MOQ is generally 50,000 pieces each design/art, we could do 30,000 pieces as well for consolidating shipment.

2.
Q: How is your lead time?
A: It takes generally 15 to 20 days. It could be shorter in slow season; while it could be longer in peak season.
But we always do our best to help deliver the urgent orders.

3.
Q: Can we get some samples of aluminum shoe polish tubes from you? Are you going to charge us for the samples?
A:  Storage samples are always free any time.  But it costs for running production when it comes to customized samples with your art printed, and it takes about 7 days to deliver customized samples.

4.
Q: Our company is launching several new products, and we’re looking for a metal collapsible tube type. This is the first time we work on the aluminum tubes, what would be the process if we are going to order from you?
A:  We could follow the steps as:
~ We will quote you the price per your requirement about the tubes. (Basic information about diameter and length or volume, cap will be needed. If you don’t know anything about the size, you could refer to the Volume chart we provided above.)
~  Free samples will be sent to you for your evaluation or testing inner lacquer stability.
~ Customized samples will be made for you given you provided the artwork.
~ After you approved the samples, we could start the cooperation procedure.

5.
Q: What is your payment term?
A: Normally 30% deposit before production and 70% balance should be paid by T/T before shipment, while it could be negotiable for the good credit old customers.

6.
Q: What is the diameter range are you capable of with the aluminum tube?
A:  Our general diameter ranges from 13.5 mm to 40 mm.

Raw material: aluminum of great purity not inferior to 99.7%

Cap: high-quality plastic caps, various types, we are also capable of customized caps.

 

Inner lacquer: high-quality expoxy phenolic resin; we used to use the lacquer from PPG who is a well-known and reliable supplier of lacquer. The quality of lacquer is critical to cosmetic and pharmaceutical, as it plays an important role of preventing ointment or cream from reaction with air.

 

Bottom latex or sealant: it is actually optional, and it depends on the characters of product and the filling machine of the clients.

Packaging: high-quality carton, and plastic pallets are optional due to different clients. Divider inside carton is not a common option, but used to be necessary for some specific clients, as it will lead to high cost on packaging.

 

Payment term: we used to do T/T & L/C, D/A or D/P is optional for some big customers

Lead time: generally 3 weeks to 5 weeks

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