Soft-touch & spot UV
Soft-touch matte lamination for a velvet, fingerprint-resistant surface, with flat or raised spot UV that makes a logo, pattern, or word gleam against the matte, contrast you feel and see.
Soft-touch is the finish that makes people say a card feels expensive without knowing why, a velvety matte lamination that is warm in the hand, resists fingerprints, and deepens dark colours. On its own it is understated luxury; paired with spot UV it becomes theatre. A glossy spot UV logo or pattern on a soft-touch matte field creates a contrast you catch as the light moves and feel as your thumb crosses the edge, and raised or textured spot UV adds a physical dimension on top of the shine.
The effect lives in the contrast and the registration, the gloss landing precisely on the matte where it belongs, sharp against the velvet around it. We run soft-touch as a full-surface lamination and place the spot UV in register, flat for a clean sheen or built up for a raised, tactile gloss. Because these are surface finishes, the stock underneath matters, and we proof the combination on your real material so the matte is as deep and the gloss as crisp as you pictured, not a flat approximation on a proof printer.
Frequently asked questions
- What is soft-touch lamination?
- A velvety matte film that feels warm in the hand, resists fingerprints, and deepens dark colours.
- Can spot UV be raised or textured?
- Yes, flat for a clean sheen or built up for a raised, tactile gloss against the matte.
- Will the spot UV line up with my logo?
- Yes, we place it in register so the gloss lands precisely on the matte where it belongs.
- Can I see soft-touch and spot UV before the run?
- Yes, we proof the combination on your real stock so the matte and gloss are exactly as pictured.
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