WHAT IS ANTI SCRATCH?

This is a very thin layer of microscopic substrates or ingredients that prevent different
scratching effects. These scratching effects may include:

 Scratch; they are due to small cuts on plastic material.

 Mar; these are marks due to compression of a plastic surface.
 Abrasion; it is due to rubbing or scratching of surfaces.
 Surface with and without anti-scratch coating
 The substrates in anti-scratch coating are nano particles that neither affect nor
interfere with the optical properties of a surface. They simply function as
protective a layer of the plastic material.
 Don’t worry, I will explore about more about these nanoparticles in chapter 2,
keep reading.
 For now, I want to make one thing clear:
 Quite a number of people tend to confuse these two words – anti-scratch and
scratch proof.
 The truth is that, hardly will you find a scratch proof coating for plastic
material. All we have is a scratch resistant or anti-scratch coating.
 It is exactly what I am going to discuss in this guide.
 So, let’s see what exactly makes this coating scratch resistant
HOW ITS WORK?

Today, there are many products that are made from polycarbonate or acrylic materials.

Even though these materials have many advantages over glass, they are susceptible to
scratches.

As I had stated earlier, a scratch resistant coating for acrylic or polycarbonate

functions as a protective layer.

That is, a barrier between the plastic material and external factors responsible for the
scratching effect

HOW TO APPLY?

Dip Coating

Dip coating is a popular method of creating thin anti-scratch film coatings. Adopting
dip coating for anti-scratch substrate involves the following:

 Immersing plastic material in anti-scratch coating at a constant speed.

 Plastic material remains in anti-scratch coating for a while. It is during this
stage that the abrasion resistant coating gets deposited on the plastic material.
 It is then withdrawn at a constant speed. The speed will determine the
uniformity and thickness of the anti-scratch coating