softcoat
nounEtymology From soft + coat.
1
A coating that is vulnerable to scratches or other types of damage.
- There are two types of low-E coatings, softcoat and hardcoat. Softcoat low-E coatings are vacuum-deposited on the glass after it comes off the float glass manufacturing line.1998, Richard T. Bynum, Daniel L. Rubino, Handbook of Alternative Materials in Residential Construction:
- Coordinate terms
- hardcoat