1 I was very impressed by new wood products with UV curing coatings including excimer curing. Customers on wood products markets want to have surfaces that look and feel like uncoated wood. Gloss and wet look may be perceived as unnatural. At the same time, these products must fulfil very high requirements regarding resistance and durability. Surface treatments of wood are needed that do not alter the visual impression but enhance resistance significantly. This sounds like a miracle, but recent product developments delivered very matt surfaces and coatings without wet look. With polymer coating films, this can yield the required ...