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A primary advantage of curing with ultraviolet light is the speed at which a material can be processed. Speeding up the curing, or drying step, in a process can reduce flaws and errors by decreasing time that an ink or coating spends as wet.

A primary advantage of curing with ultraviolet light is the speed at which a material can be processed. Speeding up the curing, or drying step, in a process can reduce flaws and errors by decreasing time that an ink or coating spends as wet.

This bonding process, called a “photopolymerization reaction”, is what takes a resin from its liquid state to a solid state. Via this photopolymerization reaction, you can dry, bond and paint objects and materials by curing. This is why UV curing is also called UV drying, UV bonding, UV coating, etc.

Ultraviolet curing (commonly known as UV curing) is a photochemical process in which high-intensity ultraviolet light is used to instantly cure or “dry” inks, coatings or adhesives. UV formulations are liquid monomers and oligomers mixed with a small percent of photoinitiators, and then exposed to UV energy.

UV-curable monomer causes the photoinitiator to react with ultraviolet rays and with the monomer to cause polymerization. UV curable monomers are applied to UV coating materials to impart excellent physical properties such as hardness, gloss, abrasion resistance, and adhesive strength.

There are still multiple factors that could affect the quality and speed of the curing process. However, it generally takes between 15 and 20 minutes for a small UV resin piece to cure completely. If you're not careful with the UV light, it can cause the project to harden faster, but you can also cause over curing.

However, due to the need for a one-part, non-solvent, fast-curing configuration, visible light cure resins are starting to be used in inks, paints, adhesives, sealants, sealing agents, printing plates, and various resist materials.

It's ideal for jewelry making due to its high-gloss finish and transparent look. Unlike epoxy resin, which requires careful mixing, your UV resin is ready to use straight from the bottle, saving you time. Cure times can be as fast as a few minutes under a UV lamp, leading to an efficient crafting process.