Patent ID: 8722139

Claim:
A method of producing a transparent article comprised of a transparent base substrate of a plastics material having a thickness of at least 200 microns and an abrasion resistant surface coating of a transparent resin, wherein the uncoated transparent base substrate has a HAZE value as measured in accordance with ASTM D-1044 in excess of 30%, comprising: applying a coating of a curable u.v. resin composition including curable u.v. resin materials and a solvent to the substrate by means of an ink jet, wherein the uncured resin composition has a viscosity of 60 to 500 cP and after application of the curable resin composition, feeding the substrate successively through a drying station and a u.v. curing station to form said abrasion resistant coating of transparent resin, the coating of said abrasion resistant resin having a thickness of from 5 to 100 microns, and said abrasion resistant resin coating providing the coated substrate with a HAZE value of less than 10%.