15 to 0 35 dry basis to limit migration at various saturator line speeds another functional ingredient for the saturant system is a release agent which is believed to migrate to the surface of the sheet during the calendering operation and provide release from the hot steel rolls emulsified waxes or waxy materials could be used for this purpose although emulsified waxes tend to cause smoke generation during processing waxy materials such as stearylated melamine can impart other properties that may or may not be undesirable such as water resistance after processing preferably the release agent is sorbitan tristearate such as tween u00ae 65 from ici americas inc sorbitan tristearate also can be used to improve smoothness it is used in an amount of from 0 to 3 on a dry basis to provide release from the hot calender rolls at various calender line speeds other inert ingredients such as pigments and defoamers can be added preferably the paper is saturated to a 40 add on level an exemplary saturant system comprises the following amounts of preferred ingredients on a dry solids basis since the ph of acrylic latexes is generally low and the ph of pvc latexes is generally high it is preferred that the ph of the acrylic latex be raised with dilute ammonium hydroxide and that the pvc latex be added thereto slowly the order of addition of the remaining ingredients is not critical fig1 illustrates an exemplary procedure for fabricating an exemplary saturated paper based overlay in accordance with the instant.