Patent ID: 8287795

Claim:
A method of forming a wood composite door facing, comprising the steps of: providing a mold having a lower die and an upper die, wherein the lower die has a flat portion and at least one die cavity, and the upper die has a flat portion and at least one downwardly extending contoured design complementary to the at least one die cavity; disposing a cellulosic mat between the lower and upper dies; and compressing the cellulosic mat between the lower and upper dies to form a door facing having a contoured portion and a planar portion, the contoured portion extending inwardly from and relative to a first surface of the planar portion adapted to be exteriorly disposed and opposite to a second surface adapted to be interiorly disposed, wherein the contoured portion has a vector angle and a draw depth that achieve a satisfactory stretch factor as shown in FIG. 6 .