| abstract |
In a door constructed of spaced apart compression molded skins reinforced with fiber glass with the core between the skins filled with foam to construct the door, an improved skin for such doors is constructed by adding specific pigments to the raw materials for such skins before compression molding occurs to achieve a surface which is superior in appearance to the skins of such doors which are painted and/or stained after such skins are compression molded and converted into a door. The specific pigments employed are titanium oxide [TiO2], ferric oxide [Fe2O3], chromium oxide [Cr2O3], and carbon black and are blended in different percentages to achieve different colors without loss of the integrity of the skin. |