Methods of producing molded articles

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF MAKING A MOLDED ARTICLE SUCH AS A SIGN PANEL WHICH COMPRISES THE STEPS OF SCREENING ONTO A PORTION OF A SURFACE OF A GLASS FIBER SURFACE MAT A THERMOSETTABLE POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF, IN PERCENT BY WEIGHT,FROM THIRTY TO SIXTY PERCENT OF A POLYESTER RESIN, FROM THIRTY TO SIXTY PERCENT OF AN INERT GRANULAR FILLER, UP TO TEN PERCENT OF A COLOR PIGMENT, AND FROM ONE HALF TO TWO AND A HALF PERCENT OF A CATALYST, SAID FIRST COMPOSITION BEING SCREENED ONTO A PORTION OF SAID SURFACE OF SAID SURFACE MAT TO FORM A DESIGN ON SAID SURFACE AND TO EXTEND INWARDLY INTO SAID SURFACE MAT FROM SAID DESIGN, THEN ALLOWING SAID FIRST COMPOSITION TO GEL PARTIALLY AFTER IT HAS BEEN APPLIED TO SAID SURFACE MAT, THEN PLACING A GLASS FIBER BACKING MAT IN A MOLD SO THAT A SURFACE OF SAID BACKING MAT IS UPERMOST, COVERING AID UPPER SURFACE WITH A SECOND THERMOSETTABLE POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF, IN PERCENT BY WEIGHT, FROM TWENTY-FIVE TO EIGHTY PERCENT OF A POLYESTER RESIN, FROM FIFTEEN TO SIXTY PERCENT OF AN INERT GRANULAR FILLER, UP TO TENPERCENT OF A COLOR PIGMENT, AND FROM ONE HALF TO TWO AND A HALF PERCENT OF A CATALYST, THENPLACING SAID SURFACE MAT ONTO SAID SECOND COMPOSITION WITHTHE SURFACE OF SAID SURFACE