Surface material for coating melamine resin laminates

A laminate comprising a surface material laminated to a thermoset substrate, the surface material comprising a polyethylene terephthalate film having first and second surfaces, each surface etched with trichloroacetic acid and precipitated silica (SiOx), and one of the etched surfaces of the polyethylene terephthalate film being provided with a varnish, and wherein the surface material is provided with a sealing layer on the surface not provided with a varnish, said sealing layer being based on melamine resin in combination with colloidal silica, the surface material being the outermost layer and the varnished surface of the surface material pointing outward away from the substrate.

A method for producing a laminate comprising the compressing of a surface material and a thermoset substrate, where the surface material comprises a polyethylene terephthalate film having first and second surfaces, each surface etched with trichloroacetic acid and precipitated silica (SiOx), one of the etched surfaces of the polyethylene terephthalate film being provided with a varnish, and wherein the surface material is provided with a sealing layer on the surface not provided with a varnish, said sealing layer being based on melamine resin in combination with colloidal silica, the surface material with the varnish layer outward constituting the topmost layer.