When compared to many other coatings, UV provides a few key benefits that your project should capitalize on:
- High Gloss Finish
- UV coatings can make a stunning impact on your finished piece, especially if your design contains rich colors such as blues or blacks.
- Unique Effects
- UV coatings can be applied with many different effects including: flood or spot applications, matte, satin, tints, even special scents.
- Protection
- Scuffing, marking, and other abrasions can make a great design look horrible. UV coatings provide an extremely hard finish. This makes sure that your direct mail piece survives post office sorting. Consider UV coatings when your project needs durability.
- Instant Drying
- After applying a UV coating, it is cured instantly using UV lights. Less time waiting means your product is completed faster.
- Energy Savings.
- Since UV inks cure instantly, there is less energy wasted during this process when compared to traditional coatings which require high heat to vaporize the water.
- Environmental Impact
- UV coatings also are not petroleum based like many other varnishes and do not release VOCs into the air. The materials within the coating are easily decomposed via hydrolysis (exposure to water) and oxidation (air exposure). UV coatings are also completely recyclable. Projects with UV coatings are regularly recycled to make numerous papers and building products.