Abstract: Aqueous coating compositions for use in the preparation of decorative sheets employed in heat and pressure consolidated decorative laminates, comprising a pigment, a pigment binder, and a dispersion of a urea-formaldehyde resin condensate or a melamine-formaldehyde resin condensate; such coating compositions comprising, as an additional component in the preferred embodiment, a thermoplastic resin which is non-film-forming at drying temperatures.

Abstract: Decorative, heat-and-pressure consolidated laminates comprising a decorative sheet impregnated with a thermosetting resin which does not undergo color deterioration during the consolidation step and a backing sheet, the outer surface of which has been coated prior to consolidation with a composition containing an inert filler, a non-thermoplastic adhesive, and a water-soluble thermosetting resin selected from the class consisting of urea-formaldehyde resin condensates and melamine-formaldehyde resin condensates; and processes for making such laminates.