Coated mat of inorganic fibers, and functional decorative layers, manufactured therefrom, in floor, ceiling and wall coverings

A mat of inorganic fibres, which on one of the two surfaces has a printed coating, wherein:

• (i) the coating is applied directly to the one of the two surfaces of the mat, wherein the coating comprises particles, whose grain size lies in the range from 0.1 μm to 5 μm, and the mass per unit surface area of the coating corresponds to a mass per unit surface area of between 50 and 200 g/m2,
• (ii) the coating has been applied onto the mat using transfer coating or slot bead coating,
• (iii) the printing has been applied directly onto the surface coating,
• (iv) the coated and printed mat has a binder system capable of B-stage curing in the B-stage state,
• (v) the quantity of the binder system capable of B-stage curing applied is between 40% and 80% by mass, wherein the quantity is based on a total mass of the mat after the mat has been fully dried.

A mat of inorganic fibres, which on one of the two surfaces has a printable coating, wherein:

• the coating is applied directly to the one of the two surfaces of the mat, wherein the coating comprises particles, whose grain size lies in the range from 0.1 μm to 5 μm, and the mass per unit surface area of the coating corresponds to a mass per unit surface area of between 50 and 200 g/m2;
• the printing has been applied directly onto the surface coating;
• and
• the coated mat has a permeability to air (in accordance with Gurley) in the range from 5 to 50 sec/100 ml, and smoothness values (in accordance with Bekk) between 100 and 500 sec.