Patent ID: 8460497

Claim:
A method of providing a sheet capable of being thermoformed into an exterior surface layer of an article, said method comprising: a) applying a composition to a substrate so as to form a composite that comprises a layer of said composition coating a surface of said substrate, said composition comprising 1) a polyester, 2) an alkyl-etherified melamine formaldehyde compound and, based on the combined weight of the polyester and alkyl-etherified melamine formaldehyde compound, 3) from about 1 to about 15% of a thermally activatable catalyst; b) heating said composite to a temperature of from about 49° to about 77° C. for about 2 to about 60 seconds so as to partially cure said composition, thereby making said composition layer non-tacky, thereby providing a thermoformable sheet suitable for forming an exterior, outward facing surface of said article upon application thereto.