Roymal's soft feel coating is designed to achieve low gloss values (5-10° @ 60° angle) with excellent haptic feel while maintaining excellent clarity (especially over dark colors). Our soft feel coatings have excellent print receptivity to a wide variety of inks including solvent borne, waterbased, UV and offset. These soft feel coatings will also give excellent ballpoint pen receptivity. They stick to a wide variety of paper, films and foil including nylon, PET and OPP. These soft feel matte coatings have excellent rub/mar resistance by virtually eliminating any "gloss up" which is typical for existing matte coating systems. The best application method for these soft feel matte systems on film is rotogravure.

Soft Feel Coating Product Features

• Low Gloss (5-10° @ 60° angle)
• Excellent Haptic (leather like) Feel
• Excellent Clarity (especially over dark colors)
• Excellent Adhesion
• Excellent Rub and Mar Resistance
• Good Water Resistance
• Good Chemical Resistance
• Excellent Ink Receptivity
• Excellent Ballpoint Pen Receptivity

Soft Feel coatings, also known as Soft Touch^® are manufactured to create a smooth, leathery surface and enhance tactile appeal of printed substrates like paper, film and foil including nylon, PET and OPP. Soft Feel coatings dry quickly and are non-yellowing, offering a lasting, finished look in end use applications. Often used to deliver high clarity and matte muted graphics, these aqueous coatings offer a luxurious, sophisticated look while providing a scuff and mar resistant barrier to printed substrates.

Soft Feel Coatings and Graphic Arts 

Known for excellent print receptivity, Soft Feel coatings are a popular option for darker color palettes, making them appear muted and offering a rich, more luxurious finished look. Soft Feel coatings are generally applied to a semi or high gloss surface, to avoid flattening of the printed graphics post-production. Receptive to a wide variety of inks, these coatings are manufactured to work well with solvent borne, water based, UV and offset inks.

Soft Feel coatings are applied in-line during the printing process and protect the substrate from abrasion. Converters use Soft Feel coatings to avoid purchasing secondary matte films to achieve the same matte look and feel. Film laminates also use Soft Feel coatings to create a scuff and mar resistant clear matte appearance while offering a surface that does not change gloss when scuffed or marred like traditional aqueous matte coatings.

Soft Feel coatings are commonly used for end use applications like:

• Printed marketing materials
• Food & beverage product packaging
• Over laminate films
• Book cover paper stock

Custom waterbased soft feel coatings by Roymal, Inc. can be designed and manufactured to suit a variety of applications.

For more information about waterbased soft feel coatings, please Contact Roymal, Inc.