A method of manufacturing a door skin includes the steps of providing a
wood composite flat blank. The blank is placed between the platens of a
heated press, the platens being heated to a temperature sufficient to
soften the resins in the blank and to thereby soften the blank. Sufficient
pressure is applied to close the platens and thereafter the pressure is
cyclically applied to increased pressure levels for thereby causing the
blank to be deformed into a molded shape determined by the configuration
of the platens. The molded blank is then removed from between the platens.
