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by Crumb Eye on February 18th, 2005

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What is the silver stuff they use on scratch-off cards and lottery tickets?

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  • by Pillock on February 22nd, 2005

    Pillock

    It's just a thin covering of Latex!

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  • by RedJohn on October 2nd, 2005

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    There are two methods used to make the protective coating applied to a lottery ticket.

    One method uses a heavy-coverage ultraviolet-sensitive ink (varnish). A layer of ink is applied to the area on the ticket to be covered, then it passes through a UV curing stage. This is repeated several times to make a suitably thick coating. The varnish is designed to cure somewhat soft, so that it can be removed by scratching. This process is performed at the production speed of a multi-colour printing press - thousands per minute.

    When some form of pattern or variety of colour is desired, a thin layer of foil is used instead. The foil hides the ticket contents somewhat better than the varnish, but is more costly to use.

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  • by Emi_K on July 16th, 2011

    Emi_K

    Everybody know's that, it's made of 25 % copper and 75% zinc oxide.!.!

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  • by Promo Master on April 20th, 2008

    Promo Master

    The material on scratch cards and lottery tickets is a latex ink. To properly apply this ink to a printed material you need a non-porous surface like enamel paper. This paper must then be coated with a release coating of varnish. After a release coating has be applied the scratch off material is then applied. Different processes take from 1 to 11 coats depending upon desired design, colors, and opacity for security. This material can be applied with an offset printing press, flexo, or using a silk screen process. One of the largest provider of scratch off cards in the world is ImpactWorldwide.com.

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  • by momtwil on October 28th, 2006

    momtwil

    It's a scratch-off coating applied over a clear sticker. You can find them and many more at http://www.Easyscratchoffs.com

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  • by Anonymous on February 7th, 2006

    Anonymous

    The simple answer is.......latex

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  • by Tommy12oz on February 19th, 2005

    Tommy12oz

    not exactly sure, but you can purchase stickers of it to make your own scratch offs.

    http://www.edps.com/index.php?cPath=130

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  • by mropp01 on October 29th, 2006

    mropp01

    Ah, that makes sense!

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  • by Lisa_lu on October 29th, 2006

    Lisa_lu

    very helpful!

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