Fluorination: Your bottle can take the pressure

Paneling. If you don’t gasp when you hear this word, you will when you know what it means. According to Terminology 101 at CPS University, paneling is the:

distortion of a plastic container that occurs during aging or storage, caused by the development of a reduced pressure inside the container.

In short, paneling is the slow, inexorable and impending implosion of your bottle. Pictured above are bottles that have paneled. Looks painful. (I assure you the bottle feels no pain, YOU, however, will feel the pain when your customers refuse to buy your emaciated-looking container).

So how do you stop paneling from happening? You fluorinate it! Let’s return to Terminology 101 at CPS University to get a definition of fluorination.

Fluorination is a treatment for plastic containers that prevents container paneling and distortion and reduces odor emission and chemical permeation. Also reduces flavor or fragrance loss.

NOT ALL PRODUCTS NEED A FLUORINATED CONTAINER. Some products that use fluorinated bottles include: acetone, auto additives, lighter fluids, degreasers, some health and beauty care products, insecticides, kerosene, lubricants, paint thinners, plant food products, waxes, cleaners, polishes, weed killers, herbicides, wood preservatives.

Call us at 1-800-473-4144 if you have found that your containers are paneling. We can help you identify if you need fluorination.