Scheduled Maintenance

The site may be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance from Friday, May 3rd starting at 8 PM CDT through Monday, May 6th.
During this time, the website may not be available. If you experience issues, please check back later.
Thank you for your patience, and we apologize for any inconvenience.

Close
MENU

Follow us on @Ask_ICAR for daily updates.

Home / Collision Repair News / Ultraviolet (UV) Cured Primer

Ultraviolet (UV) Cured Primer

Posted on 15 August 2019 | Share: | Print Print

Repair facilities constantly look for ways to become more efficient. One of the ways that may increase efficiency is ultraviolet (UV) cured primer.

Ultraviolet curing primer can greatly reduce cycle time. UV products will completely cure in 30 seconds to a few minutes. Conventional refinishing materials can take 30-45 minutes to cure in a bake cycle.

A quart of ultraviolet primer can last 3-4 times longer than urethane primer because of its higher solid content. Due to the higher solid content and the 100% complete curing of a UV product, shrinkage is minimal and immediate, meaning that there is no shrinkage or repair mapping.

UV products will not cure until exposed to UV light, usually supplied by a special UV lamp. For this reason, Ultraviolet primers have no pot life. UV cure products are typically one part and require no mixing or reducing. Anytime a UV primer is poured out of its container, it should poured into a black or opaque mixing or spray cup to prevent surrounding ultraviolet light to reach the primer and cure it before it’s sprayed. There is little to no waste, as any product left in the gun can be poured back into the original container for later use. These products are also available in aerosol cans for added convenience and time saving.

Related I-CAR Courses

Course Ultraviolet (UV) and Infrared (IR) Curing Technologies

Top Ten Vehicle Specific Questions

Hyundai Does Hyundai have a sectioning procedure available?
Kia Does Kia have a sectioning procedure available?
Chevrolet Does Chevrolet have a warning against sectioning when there is no procedure?
BMW Can I-CAR send me BMW repair procedures?
Hyundai Does Hyundai have part replacement procedures available?
Honda What does Honda say about repairing damaged airbag system wiring harnesses?
Mercedes-Benz Can I-CAR send me Mercedes-Benz repair procedures?
Honda What does Honda say about straightening front lower rails?
Subaru Do you have to replace a front passenger airbag on a Subaru even if the airbag did not deploy? The repair information seems to indicate that it should.
Nissan Is there a wiring repair procedure for the airbag connector?

Top Ten I-CAR Specific Questions

What does I-CAR say about using a recycled quarter panel assembly that includes the inner, outer, and reinforcements?
What does I-CAR say about straightening a kink?
Can I-CAR General Sectioning Guidelines be used?
What does I-CAR say about repairing damaged door intrusion beams?
What does I-CAR say about the decision to use recycled parts?
What does I-CAR say about replacing suspension parts in pairs?
What does I-CAR say about repairing damaged bumper reinforcements?
What does I-CAR say about repair tolerances?
What does I-CAR say about using recycled airbags?
What does I-CAR say about repairing damaged crush boxes?