Abstract: A compound formable decorative laminate includes a decorative layer composed of a bilaterally stretchable polyolefin decorative sheet and a resin impregnated core layer composed of a bilaterally stretchable kraft paper. The laminate is formed by providing a decorative sheet composed of a polyolefin that is bilaterally stretchable, providing a kraft paper that is bilaterally stretchable,—impregnating the kraft paper with a resin, layering the decorative sheet and the kraft paper, and—consolidating the layered decorative sheet and kraft paper under heat and pressure to form a sheet of decorative laminate.

Abstract: A decorative laminate door panel includes a compound formable decorative laminate including a resin impregnated decorative layer composed of a bilaterally stretchable decorative sheet and a resin impregnated core layer composed of a bilaterally stretchable kraft paper. The door panel also includes a substrate to which the decorative laminate is bound.

Abstract: Optical barrier compositions are provided that allow the production of thin solid surfacings without the problem of having visual characteristics of the substrate visible through the thin surfacing. The optical barriers are filled thermoplastic which inhibit at least 90% of light transmitted therethrough at a thickness between about 1 and about 50 mils. The optical barriers are designed to be interposed between the substrate and a decorative overlay which is either transparent or translucent.