Gloss-adjusting mask layer with particulate filler

A flexible, weatherable decorative sheet material useful in lieu of painting for providing a decorative finish for parts, comprising:

• a decorative paint film, said paint film having an inner surface and a weatherable outer surface suitable for forming an exterior finish for a part,
• an extensible mask layer releasably adhered to said outer surface of said paint film to form a protective film overlying said paint film, said mask layer comprising a film-forming polymer component and at least one particulate filler dispersed in said polymer component and present at a concentration sufficient to controllably alter the gloss appearance of the underlying paint film after thermoforming and upon removal of the mask layer;
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• a non-extensible carrier layer releasably adhered to said extensible mask layer.

A flexible, weatherable decorative sheet material useful in lieu of painting for providing a decorative finish for parts, comprising:

• a thermoformable decorative paint film, said paint film having an inner surface and a weatherable outer surface suitable for forming an exterior finish for a part, said paint film comprising a clear coat layer of a transparent weatherable alloy of a fluoropolymer composition and an acrylic polymer composition forming said outer surface and an underlying color coat layer of a pigmented polymer composition forming said inner surface of the paint film,
• an extensible mask releasably adhered to said outer surface of said paint film to form a protective film overlying said paint film, said mask layer comprising a polyurethane film-forming polymer component and at least one particulate filler at a concentration at least about 0.5 weight percent on a dry solids basis, said particulate filler having a particle size of about 2 to about 20 microns,
• an adhesive layer overlying said inner surface of said paint film, and
• a thermoformable backing layer formed of a thermoplastic olefin composition adhered to said inner surface of said paint film by said adhesive layer.