I'm not sure if this has been suggested before, but here's what I thought up.
Let's assume I have a cobalt armor with Shock resistance high sitting in my arsenal for 4 stinkin' years. With this system, I can use said cobalt armor to transfer the UV from it to a different armor, such as a Magic Cloak.
The basic idea is as follows:
Cobalt Armor (Shock Resistance: high) → Magic Cloak = Magic Cloak (Shock Resistance: high)
Using Cobalt Armor as catalyst for UV transfer, the UV in the Cobalt Armor is transferred to the Magic Cloak, thus the Magic Cloak now has Shock Resistance high.