The invention relates to a wear protection layer comprising a mixture of non-uniform transparent hard material particles, which are stored in a matrix material and which comprise a Mohs hardness of at least 6 and transparent solid material particles, wherein the transparent solid material particles encompass a bi-modal grain size distribution. The invention also relates to a method for producing a wear protection layer as well as the use thereof for producing wear protection surfaces, in particular surfaces on wood fiber boards, which are provided with a a d?cor.

The present invention resides in a lamination or specialty paper, such as dcor paper, suitable for lamination, wherein the paper has a furnish in which the fibre portion comprises between 1% and 100% non-wood pulp. Also disclosed is a method for making a non-wood based paper comprising forming an unrefined slurry of bleached or unbleached non-wood pulp, blending the slurry with chemical or mineral additives, and passing the slurry into a paper-making machine.

A decorative paper for a high-pressure, low-pressure or continuous-pressed laminate may include, distributed through a thickness of said paper, particles of a filler that have an oil absorption of 80% or higher, and that have a median diameter D50 ranging from 0.5 to 10 ?m.

A decorative paper for a high-pressure, low-pressure or continuous-pressed laminate may include, distributed through a thickness of said paper, particles of a filler that have an oil absorption of 80% or higher, and that have a median diameter D50 ranging from 0.5 to 10 ?m.

The invention relates to an aqueous coating composition. The invention further relates to a coating obtained by drying the aqueous coating composition of the invention. The invention further relates to a substrate (preferably the substrate is paper or paperboard) that is at least partly coated with at least a coating of the invention.