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ENLARGED SYSTEM FOR MATT COATING WITH GLASURIT MATT CLEAR SYSTEM From satin to matt finishes, Glasurit Matt Clear System reaches every gloss level.
Matt surfaces have been adding a special touch to cars for several of years. Glasurit developed a clear coat system for the refinish repair and offers an enlarged range of gloss levels. With the Matt Clear System, Glasurit offers bodyshops a reliable and easy way of achieving any desired gloss level for matt coatings. Gloss levels are measured in gloss units. To start with, bodyshops could rely on 22 or 53 gloss units for refinishing, but meanwhile, each vehicle manufacturer has their own gloss levels, ranging from 12 to 65 units. Previously, bodyshops could use Glasurit 923-55 MS Clear extra matt and 923-57 MS Clear matt elastified to reproduce two gloss levels, 22 units +/- 2 and 53 units +/- 2. To make mattters even more difficult, the OEM coating of a vehicle often shows different gloss levels on horizontal and vertical surfaces. The fact that the gloss level of the refinish coating can also vary considerably due to the influence of the substrate, film thickness and flash-off times adds to the complications involved for bodyshops.
“By mixing the two matt Glasurit MS Clears in different, defined mixing ratios, bodyshops can achieve gloss units of between 12 and 65, measured at a 60° angle.”
By mixing the two matt Glasurit MS Clears in different, defined mixing ratios, bodyshops can achieve gloss units of between 12 and 65, measured at a 60° angle. This enables them to match any conventional matt gloss level using only two clears. Glasurit has produced a matt swatch with reference to a specified gloss unit to assist with the identification of OEM gloss levels. A formula to produce the identified gloss level can be easily referenced within the Profit Manager colour retrieval software. In addition, Glasurit has revised the process and defined the individual painting steps even more precisely. This gives bodyshops a greater degree of reliability, because now they can reduce to a minimum any undesired influences such as different film thicknesses, flash-off times and the hardeners used.