Abstract: A method of forming an article having at least a portion of its surface resembling a dimpled golf ball comprising forming dimples in a sheet of polymer or paper material by debossing or other means, cutting or otherwise forming the debossed material into a pattern, and affixing the pattern to an article.

Abstract: A method for producing a pelletized pavement marking mixture includes selecting an appropriate thermoplastic binder that is a solid at ambient temperatures and heating the appropriate thermoplastic binder in a reaction vessel to a temperature sufficient to form a liquid thermoplastic binder; forming a heated pavement marking mixture by adding a plasticizer and a filler to the liquid thermoplastic binder in the reaction vessel; forming a substantially homogeneous pavement marking mixture by blending the heated pavement marking mixture for period sufficient to substantially evenly distribute the plasticizer and the filler within the liquid thermoplastic resin while maintaining the heated pavement mixture at an elevated temperature; extruding the substantially homogeneous pavement marking mixture from the reaction vessel to form an extruded substantially homogeneous pavement marking mixture; and pelletizing the extruded substantially homogeneous pavement marking mixture.

Abstract: A method for marking roadway surface includes selecting an appropriate thermoplastic binder that is a solid at ambient temperatures and mixing the appropriate thermoplastic binder in a mixing vessel with a plasticizer and a filler to form a substantially evenly blended homogeneous pavement marking mixture by blending the pavement marking mixture for period sufficient to substantially evenly distribute the plasticizer and the filler with the thermoplastic resin; transferring the substantially evenly blended pavement marking mixture from the mixing vessel to a compression pelletizer; and pelletizing the substantially evenly blended pavement marking mixture by compression. A pavement marking mixture consists of pellets, each of which consists of a substantially evenly blended blend of a thermoplastic binder, a plasticizer, and a filler. The pavement marking mixture is heated to melting and applied to the roadway surface.