To manufacture surfaces such as S or S', the invention provides to make the substrate 2 from a sheet of elastomer or plastomer having a thickness lying in the range 0.1 mm to 1 mm, e.g. a sheet that is calendered and then perforated to form the orifices 4', 4, etc., and then to fix said substrate a metallic sheet or foil or else, in a modification, a sheet such as 25 prepared by calendering or by