Manufacturing of decorative surfaces

1. A method for manufacturing a decorative surface, the method comprising, in order:

a) inkjet printing an image on a first thermoplastic foil by jetting and UV curing one or more pigmented free radical UV curable inkjet inks on the first thermoplastic foil;

b) applying on the inkjet printed image a second thermoplastic foil including a layer including a vinylchloride-vinylacetate-vinylalcohol copolymer such that the layer faces the inkjet printed image on the first thermoplastic foil; and

c) heat pressing the first thermoplastic foil and the second thermoplastic foil into a decorative laminate; wherein

at least one of the first thermoplastic foil and the second thermoplastic foil is transparent; and

the one or more pigmented free radical UV curable inkjet inks includes a polymerizable composition including:

30 to 90 wt % of one or more compounds with one ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable group;

10 to 70 wt % of one or more compounds with two ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable groups; and

0 to 10 wt % of one or more compounds with three or more ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable groups, and all weight percentages wt % are based on a total weight of the polymerizable composition.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

d) cutting the decorative laminate to form a decorative panel.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first thermoplastic foil and the second thermoplastic foil include polyvinyl chloride.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first thermoplastic foil is transparent.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first thermoplastic foil is opaque.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the decorative surface includes a base layer;

when one of the first thermoplastic foil and the second thermoplastic foil is opaque, the base layer is attached to a side of the opaque thermoplastic foil; and

when both of the first thermoplastic foil and the second thermoplastic foil are transparent, the base layer is attached to a side of one of the transparent thermoplastic foils.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the base layer includes polyvinyl chloride and reinforcing fibers.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the reinforcing fibers include glass fibers.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more pigmented free radical UV curable inkjet inks includes at least one monomer selected from a N-vinyl-lactam and an acyclic-hydrocarbon monoacrylate.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the step of heat pressing is performed by preheating the first thermoplastic foil and the second thermoplastic foil to a temperature above 130° C.

11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the vinylchloride-vinylacetate-vinylalcohol copolymer in the layer includes more than 80 wt % of vinyl chloride and 1 to 15 wt % of vinylalcohol based on a total weight of the copolymer.

12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the layer including the vinylchloride-vinylacetate-vinylalcohol copolymer has a dry weight of 1 to 10 g/m 2 .

13. A decorative panel obtained by the method according to claim 1 .

14. The decorative panel according to claim 13 , wherein the decorative panel includes a tongue and groove joint that interlocks with another decorative panel.

15. The decorative panel according to claim 14 , further comprising a polyurethane finishing layer on the at least one of the first thermoplastic foil and the second thermoplastic foil that is transparent.