Surfacing materials and method of manufacture

A laminate lay-up, comprising:

• a release sheet composed of
• a release sheet substrate, which has been electron beam treated, including a top side and a bottom side;
• and
• a matte surface formed on the bottom side thereof, wherein the matte surface of the surfacing material is a coating of an radiation curable material applied to the bottom side of the substrate, the coating being an UV curable acrylate mixture applied to the substrate, wherein the UV curable acrylate mixture is irradiated with UV-radiation via an excimer laser emitter to produce a UV-irradiated layer wherein the UV curable acrylate mixture is only crosslinked on the surface thereof, which produces a matting surface through the effects of a micro-convolution;
• a decorative layer, which has been electron beam treated;
• a core layer composed of one or more sheets of paper impregnated with resin.