Journal
JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY
Volume 15, Issue 3, Pages 381-387Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2008.11.002
Keywords
UV-curing; Waterborne; Flash-off; Morphology; Hardness; Adhesion; Surface
Funding
- Seoul RBD program [10593]
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UV-curable coatings are widely used on wooden materials such as flooring and furniture, because they have excellent properties, including high hardness, gloss, mar and chemical resistance, and are also environmental friendly, containing no solvents. Recently, waterborne UV-curable coatings have been studied as a viable alternative, since solvents are added to spray applications to lower viscosity. We investigated the effects of water drying conditions on the surface properties and morphology of waterborne UV-curable coatings at the flash-off step. Temperature conditions studied were 22 degrees C, 50 degrees C, and 80 degrees C, with various drying times. We evaluated surface properties such as pendulum hardness, pencil hardness, and adhesion strength. Also observed was surface morphology, comparing surface properties using optical microscopy after drying and UV-curing. Insufficient drying caused cracking, peeling and blistering at the surface of a cured coating. Sufficient drying was very important for the best application and ideal surface morphology of waterborne UV-curable coatings. (C) 2009 The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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