Technical Information: Printlac COFREE Rub Resistant
Technical Information: Printlac COFREE Rub Resistant
Range of application
This protective varnish is a particularly rub resistant type of printing varnish, as required for certain
folding boxes and other packaging, for example. 10 L 9700 stands out thanks to its quick setting and
short oxidative drying characteristics. As a result, the length of time before the print sheets can be
further processed (converted) is shortened. The gloss values achieved with high-gloss varnishes
cannot be achieved with this product.
PRINTLAC rub resistant 10 L 9700 is suitable for inline application, but it should preferable be used for
wet-on-dry varnishing because greater film thicknesses can be transferred with this process.
By conducting extensive development work, however, we have succeeded in greatly reducing the level
of unfortunately unavoidable yellowing and in producing print results that are as good as free of
yellowing considering an oil-based varnishing system has been used.
Special properties
▪ Good gloss
▪ Fast oxidative drying
▪ Fast setting
▪ Very good pile behaviour
▪ Very good abrasion resistance
▪ Little tendency to yellowing
In the field of package printing, print varnishes have now largely been replaced by alternative coating
systems, for example by dispersion coatings. In other areas, however, the use of print varnishes is
essential.
Some of the reasons for this:
Food and semi-luxury goods packaging must not transfer any components to the packed product which
Therefore sheet-fed offset printing inks and varnishes used for the production of food and semi-luxury
goods packaging must be „low migration“ and must not affect the taste and odour of the packed
product.
PRINTLAC Rub resistant 10 L 9700 may release odour-generating by-products during the drying
process and is neither low-migration nor low-odour. Oxidative drying overprint varnishes like
PRINTLAC Rub resistant 10 L 9700 are generally not recommended by member companies of the
hubergroup for the production of packaging for food and semi-luxury goods. These varnishes can only
be used for this purpose if any transfer of substances from the printed ink film to the packed product
(by migration or set-off) as well as a deterioration of the organoleptic properties of the packed product
is excluded by suitable packaging design, by appropriate processing conditions and the use of a
primary packaging material with sufficient barrier properties.
For further information, please refer to our information sheet „Note regarding the use of standard sheet-
fed offset printing inks (setting and/or oxidative drying) and standard water-based varnishes for the
manufacture of food packaging made of paper and board“.
Printing auxiliaries
The specified print varnish is ready for printing and can normally be used without the help of additives.
If in exceptional cases it is necessary to reduce the tack for papers that are particularly susceptible to
picking, Linseed Oil/Printing Oil 1405 should be used.
Classification
How supplied
Contact addresses for advice and further information can be found under www.hubergroup.com
This Technical information sheet reflects the current state of our knowledge. It is designed to inform and advise. We assume no
liability for correctness. Modifications may be made in the interest of technical improvement.