Demo before you decorate

Where serious bottle decorating starts

Before approving any production run, it pays to see the kit and finishes up close. Our showrooms let you examine print durability, colour accuracy, and grip feel on your own bottles or standard blanks. Clients run bottle trials at the main Sunnyrock HQ or set up appointments at regional venues from Roodepoort to Gqeberha. Each floor is built for hands-on testing, so you see exactly how UV decoration holds up in conditions like Gauteng’s dust or coastal Durban’s humidity. Bring your line manager, the label specifier, or anyone who’ll spot problems now, before you box up a thousand units.

How to pick your showroom

Choose your demo based on what needs solving. The Clearwater showroom in Roodepoort covers UV Cylinder and Sample Lab Day set-ups, best for breweries and house-brand beverage lines. North Johannesburg’s Cresta floor is suited to PromoRun Kit and CapPrint nests for promo agencies or sports cap orders. If PET is your thing, Durban’s Pavilion site handles PETClear Soft and juice-line briefs. Gqeberha’s Baywest appointment bay is best for compact set-ups and smaller runs. For estate wine and skincare sample trials, Cape Town’s Tygervalley suite is the pick. Pretoria’s Brooklyn demo floor is handy for Tshwane-based teams.

• Gauteng: Roodepoort, Johannesburg North, Pretoria
• KwaZulu-Natal: Durban coastal appointments
• Western Cape: Cape Town estate and beauty lines
• Eastern Cape: Gqeberha MiniLine Compact demos
• Free State: Bloemfontein regional cures
• Mpumalanga: Mbombela lodge and amenity kit trials

Common questions answered on the floor

Most first-time visitors want to check scratch resistance, how colours handle transit or shelf life, or whether artwork registration stays true on non-standard bottle shapes. We set up real-world trials, so you get honest answers. Test how a PromoRun or Sample Lab Kit stands up to handling with wet hands, or see if a metallic ink rubs off during packing. We can’t predict every use, but we can show each system’s limits, from high-gloss glass to textured aluminium surfaces. Bring your pack spec or box sample if you want to see how a decorated bottle fits and ships.

• Ask to compare UV vs. Conventional curing side by side
• See how decoration resists scuffs and stacking in cartons
• Check finishes under different light or humidity conditions
• Try your own bottle or one of ours for sample prints

Avoiding common demo mistakes

It’s easy to rush a visit and miss the problems that matter. Some teams only look at colour but never run a drop test, then find prints rubbing off after delivery. Others focus on the smoothness of one finish but forget to handle bottles with gloves or wet hands, as happens on the line. Don’t bring sample artwork that does not match your exact label shape, or forget to mention unusual bottle materials. Regional appointment floors like Bloemfontein’s Mimosa showroom or Mbombela’s Riverside venue are booked for a reason: they fit trials to the work you do in that area, with local challenges like Highveld grit or Eastern Cape wind.

• Book enough time for a full cycle: print, cure, pack, and handle
• Test artwork on both standard and non-standard bottle sizes
• Bring up any site-specific issues (power supply, ventilation, etc.)
• Get pack samples checked by the person who signs off at your end

Book your next session or get advice

Our team will help you compare showrooms to match your line, bottle substrate, or finishing spec, whether you’re prepping for a new estate wine release, a skincare tester series, or a lodge amenity pack order. Nearly every region offers demo floors most weeks, and operator support is straight from the bench, not a call centre. To book, ask questions, or brief your visit, send a message through our contact form. For broad info on our UV systems and finishes, check the Catalogue, Finishes or Use-cases first. That way, your session is spent testing, not catching up on basics.