Thin, tough, stable, mar-resistant laminate

A unitary heat and pressure consolidated laminated article comprising, in superinposed relationship,

• A. at least one paper sheet impregnated with a substantially completely cured resinous composition, which, in its uncured state, comprises a mixture of (a) and (b), said (a) comprising a polymer of
• 1. from about 75% to about 98%, by weight, based on the total weight of polymer (a), of a polymerizable acrylic monomer and
• 2. from about 2% to about 25%, by weight, based on the total weight of polymer (a), of an acrylic monomer which is different from and copolymerizable with (1) and contains a functional group comprising carboxyl, amide or hydroxyl groups, and said (b) comprising
• 3. a thermosetting melamine/formaldehyde resin having a ratio of melamine to formaldehyde ranging from about 1 :
• 1.6 to about 1 :
• 2.5, respectively, the ratio of melamine in said (b) to polymer (a) ranging from about 4 :
• 1 to about 0.5 :
• 1, respectively,
• B. a decorative sheet, with its decorative side facing upwardly, impregnated with a substantially completely cured resinous composition which, in its uncured state. comprises a mixture of (c) and (d), said (c) comprising a polymer of
• 4. from about 75% to about 98%, by weight, based on the total weight of polymer (c), of a polymerizable acrylic monomer and
• 5. from about 2% to about 25%, by weight, based on the total weight of polymer (c), of an acrylic monomer which is different from an copolymerizable with (4) and contains a functional group comprising carboxyl, amide or hydroxyl groups, and said (d) comprising
• 6. a thermosetting melamine/formaldehyde resin having a ratio of melamine to formaldehyde ranging from about 1 :
• 1.6 to about 1 :
• 2.5, respectively, the ratio of melamine in said (d) to polymer (c) ranging from about 4 :
• 1 to about 1 :
• 1, respectively, and
• C. a clear, thermoset cross-linked resinous coating, directly applied to the upward face of said decorative sheet, comprising a composition, which, in its thermosetting, non-cross linked state, comprises a mixture of (e), (f) and (g) said (e) comprising a polymer of,
• 7. from about 75% to about 98%, by weight, based on the total weight of polymer (e), of a polymerizable acrylic monomer and
• 8. from about 2% to about 25%, by weight, based on the total weight of polymer (e), of an acrylic monomer which is different from and copolymerizable with (7) and contains a functional group comprising carboxyl, amide or hydroxyl groups, said (f) comprising
• 9. from about 10% to about 100%, by weight, based on the total weight of said (8), of a highly alkoxymethylated melamine, and said (g) comprising
• 10. from about 5.0% to about 40.0%, by weight, based on the total weight of resin solids in (C), of andalusite, pyrophyllite or mixtures thereof.