Method for controlling laminate gloss

摘要

A method for forming a glossy decorative laminate is disclosed. The method is achieved by stacking a decorative laminate sheet assembly (10) having a top layer, casting a polypropylene release sheet (12) wherein the polypropylene release sheet (12) is processed with chill rollers treated in a manner which improves the gloss characteristics of the resulting decorative laminate, positioning the polypropylene release sheet (12) on the top layer of the decorative laminate sheet assembly (10), applying heat and pressure to the decorative laminate sheet assembly (10) and the polypropylene release sheet (12) sufficient to bond the decorative laminate (10) and releasably bond the polypropylene release sheet (12) to the top layer of the decorative laminate sheet assembly (10), and removing the polypropylene release sheet (12) from the top layer of the decorative laminate sheet assembly (10) to reveal a decorative laminate exhibiting desirable gloss characteristics.