Soft touch and feel UV coatings
Give a high-end luxurious feel to your UV curable specialty coatings
How does it feel?
Soft touch coatings are unique finishes that deliver the feel and appearance of a rubbery, velvety or silky fabric substrate:
As much as aesthetic, the feel plays a decisive role in "buy or don't buy" decisions for consumer goods. Soft touch coatings are now extensively used in high-end applications like:
- Automotive
- Consumer electronics
- Cosmetic packaging
- Small domestic appliances
- Printing special effects
Formulate soft touch UV coatings with CN6510EU
CN6510EU is a unique acrylate oligomer especially designed for UV curable soft touch coatings
Typical liquid properties:
- 100% UV, no solvent
- Aliphatic, non yellowing
- Viscosity @ 25°C: 70 Pa.s
- Form: clear to hazy liquid
Main features:
- Solvent free
- Spray applications
- Can be formulated "as is", without additional resins, or with other Sartomer specialty acrylates to fine-tune film properties
| Formulation | (%wt) |
| Acrylate oligomer CN6510EU | 86,00 |
| Matting silica | 3,65 |
| Orgasol® 3501 EXD NAT 1 | 3,65 |
| Photoinitiators | 5,90 |
| Dispersing agent | 0,80 |
Typical film properties:
| Properties | Thickness/Substrate | Data |
|
Gloss at 85° |
30 µm on ABS | 73,9 |
| 30 µm on Leneta chart | 58,7 | |
|
MEK resistance |
30 µm on aluminium | > 100 s |
| 30 µm on ABS | 7 s | |
| Persoz hardness | 100 µm on glass | 105 |
Curing conditions: 2x10 m/min, standard mercury lamp and doped lamp (0,5 J/cm²)
Additional benefits of Orgasol®* powder vs. silica:
- Reduced viscosity for easier application
- Lower gloss
- Better stain resistance
- Improved reactivity
*Orgasol® is a registered trademark of Arkema