The present disclosure relates to a method to produce a coating layer, including applying a coating composition on a surface of a carrier, curing the coating composition to a coating layer, and subsequently applying pressure to the coating layer. The disclosure further relates to a method to produce a building panel, and such a building panel, and to a method to produce a coated foil, and such a coated foil.

The present disclosure relates to a method to produce a coating layer, including applying a coating composition on a surface of a carrier, curing the coating composition to a coating layer, and subsequently applying pressure to the coating layer. The disclosure further relates to a method to produce a building panel, and such a building panel, and to a method to produce a coated foil, and such a coated foil.

There are provided a decorative sheet having excellent fingerprint resistance of the surface of the decorative sheet, a decorative board, a method for manufacturing a transfer master plate, and a method for manufacturing a decorative sheet. The decorative sheet includes: a base material layer; a colored pattern layer provided on one surface of the base material layer; and a first surface protective layer provided on the surface on the side opposite to the base material layer of the colored pattern layer and having irregular shapes on the surface. The decorative sheet is formed using a transfer master plate which is a resin material having irregular shapes for master plate on the surface formed by irradiating the surface of an applied ionizing radiation curable resin with a first ionizing radiation having energy capable of cleaving a polymer chain of the ionizing radiation curable to shrink the surface of the ionizing radiation curable resin, forming the irregular shapes for master plate on the surface of the ionizing radiation curable resin, irradiating the shrunk ionizing radiation curable resin with a second ionizing radiation curing the ionizing radiation curable resin to cure the ionizing radiation curable resin.

Systems and methods described for embossing micro-scale features are provided. On various substrates. Micro-scaled features can contain nanometer to micrometer structural features. Various embodiments may relate to methods and systems that may allow substrates, non-limiting examples of which may include metals such as silver, copper, tin, gold, or the like, to be embossed to diffract light into various colors that can be refracted at various perspective angles. High-quality grooves can be machined down to the sub-micron or nanometer regime to generate embossment moulds for fast, single-step, repeated (e.g. in the order of tens to thousands) replication of gratings on bulk metallic substrates using a same embossing die without significant loss of embossing quality.

An apparatus for texturing a plastic substrate, while forming a dye sublimation image in the plastic substrate, wherein the plastic substrate has a first side and a second side, is provided. A textured cover is on a side of a platen, wherein the platen is on a first, untextured side of the textured cover. A first side of the dye carrier is on a second, textured side of the textured cover, and wherein the plastic substrate is supported on a second side of the dye carrier, wherein a first side of the plastic substrate is supported by the dye carrier, wherein the textured side of the textured cover has a texture to be transferred to the plastic substrate. A membrane is on the second side of the plastic substrate. A vacuum pump provides a vacuum between the membrane and the platen. A heater is positioned to heat the plastic substrate.

A decorative material wherein, in a cross section in a direction orthogonal to a direction where a groove extends, the groove has a first slope part extending from one end of the groove to the deepest part of the groove, and a second slope part extending from the other end of the groove to the deepest part of the groove, wherein when an angle formed by a line segment connecting the one and other ends and a line segment connecting the one end and the deepest part is defined as θ.sub.1, and an angle formed by a line segment connecting the one and other ends and a line segment connecting the other end and the deepest part is defined as θ.sub.2, θ.sub.1 is more than θ.sub.2.

A metallic stamp and die for the craft industry comprises a predetermined acid-etched design on a surface of a metallic plate. A first layer of a metallic paint is applied over the front and back surfaces of the metallic stamp and die. A second layer of a rubber paint is applied over the metallic paint. The metallic paint facilitates bonding of the rubber paint to the metallic plate and increases the life of the coating of the rubber paint. The rubber paint is configured to absorb and store an ink and facilitate transfer of the ink to one or more substrates, thus enabling stamping of the design on the substrate. The metallic die can be configured for a plurality of uses, such as embossing, cutting, heat-foiling, stamping, scoring, and inserting patterns or designs in a plurality of substrates.

A metallic stamp and die for the craft industry comprises a predetermined acid-etched design on a surface of a metallic plate. A first layer of a metallic paint is applied over the front and back surfaces of the metallic stamp and die. A second layer of a rubber paint is applied over the metallic paint. The metallic paint facilitates bonding of the rubber paint to the metallic plate and increases the life of the coating of the rubber paint. The rubber paint is configured to absorb and store an ink and facilitate transfer of the ink to one or more substrates, thus enabling stamping of the design on the substrate. The metallic die can be configured for a plurality of uses, such as embossing, cutting, heat-foiling, stamping, scoring, and inserting patterns or designs in a plurality of substrates.

The present invention provides a decorative sheet having extremely excellent design properties where a picture pattern of a picture layer harmonizes with depressions. The present invention relates to a decorative sheet including: a substrate; a picture layer; and a transparent resin layer, the decorative sheet including at least the picture layer and the transparent resin layer in a stated order on one side of the substrate, the picture layer including a characteristic portion and a non-characteristic portion, the transparent resin layer having a depression (D.sub.1) harmonizing with the characteristic portion of the picture layer on a side opposite to a side facing the picture layer, the picture layer having a depression (D.sub.2) positioned in a lamination direction of the depression (D.sub.1) on a side opposite to a side facing the substrate, the depression (D.sub.1) having a depth H greater than a depth h of the depression (D.sub.2).

An embossing lacquer containing radical polymerizable compounds (A) to (D) that have an overall aromatic content of at least 20 wt %: compound (A), which is a non-crosslinking compound and has an aromatic content of at least 40 wt %; compound (B), which is a crosslinking compound forming crosslinks via one or more aliphatic chain(s) each having a molecular weight of 200 to 2000 g/mol, wherein the content of the aliphatic chain(s) in compound (B) is at least 40 wt %; optionally compound (C), which is a crosslinking compound and has an aromatic content of at least 30 wt %; and optionally compound (D), which has a urethane group. A decorative article containing the cured embossing lacquer and a method of preparing the decorative article.