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The present disclosure relates to decorative flexible sheet goods and a method for making the same, such as sheet vinyl floor and wall coverings, wherein a crinkle finish is created on a decorative pattern on a flexible substrate in varying thicknesses and also in register with said decorative patte

The present disclosure relates to decorative flexible sheet goods and a method for making the same, such as sheet vinyl floor and wall coverings, wherein a crinkle finish is created on a decorative pattern on a flexible substrate in varying thicknesses and also in register with said decorative pattern. The method is accomplished by means of printing an actinic radiation curable coating which is essentially solvent-free and comprises at least one organic compound having at least two photopolymerizable ethylenically unsaturated groups per molecule and capable of curing upon exposure to actinic radiation. The actinic radiation cured registered coating serves the novel purpose of creating the desired relief to the pattern in register, and also forms a durable wear layer with superior stain and wear characteristics as well as gloss retention properties.

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The process for providing a crinkle finish on a decorative pattern on a flexible substrate comprising the steps of: coating said substrate with a foamable vinyl composition and heating to gel the foamable composition, applying a decorative pattern to the surface of the gelled composition, coating a

The process for providing a crinkle finish on a decorative pattern on a flexible substrate comprising the steps of: coating said substrate with a foamable vinyl composition and heating to gel the foamable composition, applying a decorative pattern to the surface of the gelled composition, coating a vinyl overlay over the decorative pattern, heating to gel the vinyl overlay, passing the flexible coated substrate through a printer where an actinic radiation curable coating of lower elongation properties than that of the vinyl overlay is applied at varying thicknesses in preselected areas of the substrate in register with the decorative pattern, curing said coating upon exposure to actinic radiation, passing the flexible coated substrate through a fusion and expansion oven, whereby upon exiting, the foamable coat has expanded to a cellular foam, the vinyl overlay is fused, and the product exhibits a crinkled surface texture which has been created on the surface of the flexible substrate by permitting the differential elongation properties of the overlay and the printed actinic radiation cured coatings to interact to give the crinkle surface texture.