Methods to Improve the Gloss of Plastic
There are two different meanings of improving the gloss of plastic. On the one hand is to improve the gloss on the plastic products surface, which means brightening method. On the other hand is to reduce its gloss on the plastic products surface, which means extinction method.Besides choosing reasonable materials, we can also adopt methods of adding, mixing, morphological control, smooth finish of molding equipment control, secondary processing, surface coating, etc.
Plastic materials can classify into resin & additive, and melmac, ABS, PP,HIPS, PA, POM, PMMA, PPO are generally recognized to have better glossiness for their products. Among which Melmac and ABS have outstanding glossiness.