Author: Site Editor Publish Time: 2024-09-06 Origin: Site
SPC flooring started to go into public sight in 2016 and keeps developing till now. Various kinds of micro-innovation make it gain the favor of many people. It is famous and has wide spread use due to its excellent durability and stability. As we know, SPC flooring is made of PVC resin and limestone powder, and its structure consists of UV coating, wear layer, color film, SPC core and optional underlay such as IXPE or EVA. Every layer has its own special function to ensure final product performance. Here i will mainly introduce the UV coating.
UV coating is made of epoxy resin, acrylic resin, polyurethane resin, photo initiator, solvent, auxiliary and cross-linking monomers. UV coating is named based on its paint solidifying method by using ultraviolet(UV). UV coating play a very important role on the flooring overlay. Next let us know more about it.
Not like wear layer, UV coating only provides a little wear resistance. However, instead of it, UV coating gives a better scratch resistance and stain resistance, which help strengthen SPC flooring durability and using lifespan. If you are a pet lover, or have kids at home, UV coating will help prevent scratch from cat paws and make SPC flooring easy to clean after catching stain. UV coating can also keep the same glossiness for overlay appearance.
Commonly surface physical performance will directly determine flooring’s lifetime, and UV coating will influence a lot as well. It has Al2O3 inside, which will also provide wear resistance and scratch resistance. Here is a sheet to show its lifespan clearly based on different Al2O3 content and different use.
Some residential customer are pet lover and they keep one or many cats or dogs at home. Pets are just like kids, are always very naughty and will scratch everywhere such as sofa, chair and flooring. Their sharp paws will cause scratch on the flooring surface and finally make it look beyond recognition. Super scratch resistant UV coating has Al2O3 inside, which will give an excellent anti-scratch ability to the surface. What’s more, thicker UV coating will provide better scratch resistance, but it is not suitable to make it too thick, which will influence the color film definition as well.
This UV coating can make SPC flooring become very durable and greatly expand its using lifespan in many areas and environment. It can withstand very heavy commercial use. There are many people walking through and on the flooring in commercial plaza, which will cause heavy tear and damage to its surface. Regular SPC with UV coating can only be used around 5 years in commercial area, while super wear resistant UV coating will make SPC flooring have ability to hold and withstand peak flow of people in daily life.
Some special area will require a very high slip resistant performance flooring as its main option such as nursing house and hospital. It is very dangerous that old people or patients slipping when taking a walk on it. Thus based on this requirement, super slip resistant UV coating flooring has been innovated. Manufacture has added something like corundum to the UV coating in order to make its surface become rough. It help reduce high risk of slipping and give a better guarantee to people’s safety and health.
In commercial areas, many people will smoke a cigarette when go shopping. It can not be avoided that some smoke residue will fall and drop on the flooring, which will cause scald damage to its surface. After some time, surface protection layer such as UV acoating and wear layer will be broken, then continue to affect next layer color film. At last, there will be many yellow areas, which make the whole flooring looks very bad and low-end. Super cigarette resistant UV coating has been added fire retardant and will prevent surface from holes and broken damage. One point should be noticed that if one piece of flooring has used super cigarette resistant UV coating, there will be no wear layer because wear layer is the most easily to become yellow after scalding.
Some residential customer will complain that it is very hard to clean the flooring after catching stain from oil food or colored condiments. Super stain resistant UV coating help entirely solve this problem. There is additional stain inhibitor inside in order to inhibit dirty and stain from sticking to the flooring surface. Residential flooring with this UV coating will make master feel very comfortable and convenient to do cleaning for entire house.
Nowadays more and more people pay much attention to health and safety when choosing construction materials for their home decoration. Such as formaldehyde and bacterium will cause bad influence to people, especially affect kids a lot. Super anti-bacteria UV coating has been added bacteria inhibitor and will efficiently prevent bacterium breeding.
Above all, various types of UV coating are all playing a significant role in flooring protection. It helps enhance flooring’s durability and stability and then expand its lifespan. Protex can provide versatile customized service for UV coating based on different requirement from customers. If you have any interest in improving your residential or commercial flooring for special usage, do not hesitate to contact us.
