UV resin

Sunlight-hardening craft liquid

UV resin is a liquid polymer that hardens when exposed to ultraviolet light, curing in minutes rather than hours.

It's widely used in jewelry making, crafts, and 3D printing for creating clear, glossy finishes or small castings: She coated the pendant with UV resin and cured it under a lamp.

Unlike two-part epoxy resins, UV resin requires no mixing.

Related

jewelry · mold · casting · glossy · clear · coating · lamp · tacky · dome · bezel · silicone mold · pigment · drip · sticky · shine · layer · pour · pendant

Opposites
curing mechanism

UV resinhot glue

Heat-applied bonding agent

epoxy resin · two-part epoxy · polyurethane

material state/permanence

UV resinsolvent

Dissolving liquid or financially stable

acetone · removable adhesive

material type

UV resinnatural resin

Plant-derived sticky exudate

shellac · animal glue · tree sap · beeswax · pine tar

Family

UV, resin, ultraviolet, violet, ultra, resins, resinous, resiny

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G