Marabu and Durst have tied up to develop UV-drying primer. The two companies have collaborated to develop a UV-drying primer, as well as UV protective varnishes. Both with varying degrees of gloss that are eco-compatible and enable users to print on melamine-coated panels like Resopal or Max. These developments have provided access to new and creative fields of application for interior decoration and furniture and kitchen manufacture.
The Marashield UV-PMM primer is applied with a roller coater in a layer of about 15 microns, giving printing with Rho Rigid Ink a rating of 0 to 1 on the basis of checkering tests. The Marashield UV RCG (Gloss), UV RCS (Semi-Gloss) and UV RCM (Opaque) protective varnishes gave the prints extreme hardness between 8 and 15 N, compared to the 2 to 5 N without the varnish, measured with the SP 0010 TQC device for hardness tests.
