“I’ve developed a metal allergy to my favorite pierced earrings, so can you coat them?”
“What does the coating actually look like?”
I’m going to have a consultation like that.
In addition,
“I want to wear these earrings casually as accessories, so if they are made from tantalum or hafnium and cost more than 100,000 yen, it’s a little expensive…”
For this kind of person, we are telling you that it would be good to coat your pierced earrings or your favorite pierced earrings.
So today, I would like to write in detail about the coating for metal allergies.
Coating is just an emergency measure
As a major premise, I personally am against coating.
With that in mind, I would like to begin today’s talk.
This is because even if the surface is repaired with a coating, if the surface treatment peels off, it will cause trouble immediately.
As the name suggests, it is a surface treatment, so it is not a fundamental solution. Coating is just a part of the first aid.
Conversely, if there is a coating that cannot be peeled off, it will be difficult to remove. When you make a mistake, or when you want to re-coat a part of it when it comes off, you will be in trouble if you can’t remove it.
In that sense, we recommend choosing good materials and safe materials. By the way.
However, considering the cost, the use as casual accessories, and the fact that it is often lost, especially earrings, I think it would be a realistic choice for coating. thinking about.
What coating is effective and what is not effective
The coating cannot be expected to be effective unless the metal part that touches the skin is completely covered.
In that sense, coating is effective for piercings because it prevents the metal from touching the skin by covering the post with a coating. By the way, it is difficult to cover the catch part with a coating, so I think it is safer to replace it with a silicone catch.
Rings are less effective with coatings. Regardless of the inner circumference of the ring, the outer ring will hit various things while wearing it, so the coating will soon peel off. The outer part where the coating has peeled off easily hits the fingers on both sides of the ring and causes trouble.
In addition, coating has almost no effect on necklaces. Or rather, the chain is not coated, and if it is soaked in water, the chain will harden. In addition, the coating does not work effectively on watches with movable parts such as bands.
Coating is effective for bangles, earrings, ear calves and anklets.
Types of coating agents applied to metal products
A plastic (resin) coating material is used as a countermeasure against metal allergies. The feature is that it can be handled easily like a manicure.
Currently, there are three types of coating agents available on the market: Metal Coat, Allergy Clear, and Sweat Barrier.
Since the Metal Coat is an acrylic resin, it can be removed with an organic solvent such as a remover or nail polish remover, making it easy to use.
llergy Clear ingredients are denatured silicone and IPA (isopropyl alcohol) solvent. It has higher covering power and durability than acrylic resin and seems to last longer.
Sweat Barrier consists of fluorine resin and fluorine solvent. It is a thin, colorless and transparent film that does not appear to change much when attached to jewelry.
All three have slightly different covering power, but there is no difference in that they will peel off at some point, so considering that you will be using them repeatedly, you can remove them cleanly and reapply them. I personally think that the easy-to-use Metal Coat is easy to use.
