Low pressure melamine resins containing elastomers

A composition of matter comprising a mixture of

• (1) an aqueous melamine/formaldehyde resin solution wherein the melamine to formaldehyde ratio thereof ranges from about 1:1.6 to about 1:2.5,
• (2) from about 2.5% to about 30.0%, by weight, based on the weight of the resin solids of (1), of an elastomer comprising
• (a) an ethylene vinyl chloride copolymer containing from about 20% to about 30% ethylene, from about 65% to about 80% vinyl chloride and from about 0.5% to about 7.0%, by weight, said percentages being based on the total weight of (a), of amide groups,
• (b) a polyurethane resin containing from about 3.0% to about 10.0%, by weight, based on the total weight of (b), of carboxyl groups, or
• (c) a butadiene/acrylonitrile polymer containing from about 50% to about 95% butadiene, from about 5% to about 50% acrylonitrile and from about 1% to about 10%, by weight, said percentages being based on the total weight of (c), of carboxyl groups, said elastomer having a particle size of up to about 20,000 Angstroms, and
• (3) from about 0.25 to about 1.25%, by weight, based on the total weight of solids in said composition, of an alkylene polyamine having the formula
• H.sub.2 N[CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 NH].sub.n CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 NH.sub.2
• wherein n is a whole, positive integer of 0-3, inclusive.