Coated abrasive articles

An abrasive article comprising:

• a flexible backing having a major surface, the major surface being a top surface;
• a make resin contacting the major surface and extending over a portion of the major surface in a first pre-determined pattern of discrete coated regions;
• individual abrasive grits contacting the make resin and generally in registration with the make resin as viewed in directions normal to the plane of the major surface;
• and
• a size resin extending over both the portion of the major surface and the make resin in a second pre-determined pattern of discrete coated regions and contacting both the individual abrasive grits and the make resin, the first and second pre-determined patterns being generally in registration with each other as viewed in directions normal to the plane of the major surface, wherein the size resin generally extends over areas of the major surface coated by the make resin and encapsulates the abrasive particles and the make resin, but does not generally extend over areas of the major surface not coated by the make resin, and wherein areas of the major surface contacting the make resin are generally coplanar with areas of the major surface not contacting the make resin, whereby the areas of the major surface not contacting the make resin remain uncoated at the top of the abrasive article.