LumiSet™ Film Formers for Long-Wear Nail Polish
Strong on Their Own. Tougher with Light.
Welcome to the future of simple, durable raw materials for long-wear and natural-light curable hybrid nail polishes! Building on the strengths of Bomar® oligomers for UV nail gels, Dymax's all-new LumiSet™ film-forming polyurethane and polyurethane methacrylate resins offer excellent adhesion, easy removal, inherent toughness, and fast dry times. Their superior flexibility over cellulose resins allows nail polish formulators to easily create 5-free formulations without suspect materials like TSF, DBP, or other plasticizers and adhesion promoters. LumiSet™ resins also have excellent compatibility with common organic solvents like butyl and ethyl acetate, and with common film formers like nitrocellulose.
Different material options are available for base/color coat formulations or top coat formulations, allowing either for improved adhesion to the nail bed or excellent intrinsic hydrophobicity built into the resin backbone. Both reactive and non-reactive versions of LumiSet™ resins are available.
- Great adhesion to nails, eliminating the need for a base coat or adhesion promoter
- Extreme toughness for improved durability and wear
- Compatible with organic solvents and common film formers
- Fast, tack-free dry time – excellent properties dried, superior properties cured
- No need for soaking – the resins are easily removed with traditional nail polish removers
- INCI registered & MeHQ free
LumiSet™ Film Forming Resins for Nail Coatings
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| LSR-141 | Reactive resin for base and color coat applications; forms a clear tack-free film upon solvent evaporation; excellent adhesion; excellent flexibility and toughness | 25,000 (@ 25°C) |
50% | 81° | |
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| LSR-141N | Non-reactive resin for base and color coat applications; forms a clear tack-free film upon solvent evaporation; excellent adhesion; excellent flexibility and toughness | 25,000 (@ 25°C) |
50% | 75° | |
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| LSR-241 | Reactive resin blend for top coat applications; excellent flexibility and toughness; intrinsic hydrophobicity; forms a clear tack-free film upon solvent evaporation; high gloss | 400 (@ 25°C) |
24% | 99° | |
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| LSR-241N | Non-reactive resin blend for top coat applications; intrinsic hydrophobicity; excellent flexibility and toughness; high gloss | 300 (@ 25°C) |
24% | 92° | |
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| LSR-241P | Reactive resin for top coat applications; dries tack free; excellent toughness and hydrophobicity; polymer is flexible without plasticizers | 13,000 (@ 25°C) |
50% | 88° | |
