1 8 saturated carboxylic acids include vinyl acetate vinyl propionate vinyl butanate and allyl acetate the compound is applied to the carrier belt by a suitable means typically the compound will be applied to the carrier belt at a wet thickness up to about 20 mils 0 020 inches preferably from about 5 to 15 most preferably 8 to 2 mils the dry thickness of the skin on the substrate will be thinner by the amount of water lost from the compound when it is dried thus a compound with 50 percent solids applied to the carrier belt at 10 mils wet should give about 5 mil film on the substrate for higher filled compounds thick wet films may be used for practical purposes the wet film may be about 120 mils thick the following examples are intended to illustrate the present invention and are not intended to limit it unless otherwise stated parts are parts by dry weight ______________________________________ dry weightingredient compound a compound b______________________________________carboxylated s b latex 100 0 100 0 approx 50 solids polysar 2400 4 0 4 0release agentnopco 1186 nil 50filler calcium carbonate water to 55 solids 0 50______________________________________ a foam backed carpet was fed through a drum laminator adapted with a carrier belt in accordance with the present invention compound a was applied to the carrier belt at a wet coat thickness of 10 mils the line speed was 35 feet per minutes and the temperature of the drum was 180 u00b0 c the product is a foam backed carpet with a shiny smooth integrated bonded film on the back of the foam the surface does not delaminate from the foam the bond strength between.