Method of Applying a Decorative Film to a Support and Method of Preparing Articles for Said Purpose

An application process of a decorative film on a support, characterised in that it comprises the following steps:

• (a) providing a temporary support having surface characteristics such as a material to be painted can be applied in the form of a film directly onto said temporary support, while generating limited adhesion forces between the temporary support and the film;
• (b) applying said material to be painted on said support;
• (c) drying the film;
• (d) applying to a definitive support and/or on the free face of the film an adhesive for generating between the film and the definitive support adhesion forces greater than those existing between the film and the temporary support;
• (e) applying the temporary support fitted with the film to said support;
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• (f) after adequate drying of said adhesive, peeling the temporary support while leaving the film of material to be painted on the definitive support.

A process for manufacturing an article especially allowing the affixing of a decorative film on a support, characterised in that it comprises the following steps:

• (a) providing a first temporary support having surface characteristics such as a material to be painted can be applied in the form of a film directly to said temporary support, while generating limited adhesion strength between the temporary support and the film;
• (b) applying said material to be painted on said support to form the film;
• (c) drying the film;
• (d) applying to the film a first adhesive, deactivatable in water;
• (e) applying a second temporary thin support with high deformability and partially absorbent against the film present on the first temporary support and fitted with the first adhesive, so as to place it in contact over their entire common extent, this first adhesive being suitable for generating between the film and said second temporary support adhesion forces greater than those existing between the film and the first temporary support;
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• (f) after adequate drying of the first adhesive, exerting traction on the second temporary support so a to peel an assembly formed by said second temporary support and said film of material to be painted, held together by said first adhesive.

A process for manufacturing an article especially allowing affixing of a decorative film on a support, characterised in that it comprises the following steps:

• (a) providing a temporary support having surface characteristics such as a material to be painted can be applied in the form of a film directly to said temporary support, while generating limited adhesion strength between the temporary support and the film;
• (b) applying said material to be painted to said support;
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• (c) drying the film.