Patent ID: 8650822

Claim:
A hollow core door comprising: a door frame; first and second door skins attached to said door frame so as to define a hollow core area there between, at least one of said skins being a molded door skin; said one molded door skin having molded therein a plurality of panels; and wherein said one molded door skin has a bond strength of at least about 2.0 N/mm 2 ; wherein each of said first and second door skins is a molded door skin formed by pressing a loose bat or mat into wood composite flat door blank having a density of at least about 550 kg/m3, and thereafter moisturizing, heating, and reforming in a press said flat door blank into a molded door skin having the panels molded therein, so that the bond strength of each of the skins is increased relative to that of the original flat blanks from which said skin flat blanks are formed.