A process for controlling the surface gloss of a molded composition of: (a)
a polyvinyl chloride resin and (b) a graft copolymer comprising a
discontinuous poly(alkyl(meth)acrylate) rubber phase and a rigid
thermoplastic phase, wherein at least a portion of rigid thermoplastic
phase is chemically grafted to the poly(alkyl(meth)acrylate) rubber phase,
by regulating the cross-link density and thus the swell index of the
rubber phase in the graft copolymer to at least about 8 to vary the
surface gloss after extrusion.