Also called high pressure laminate this is popular among common people by the name of formica to make this laminate a very high pressure of 1400psi is used over 6 8 layers of kraft paper.
Thermally fused laminate vs melamine.
It s great for vertical applications or low impact.
However the thicker textured thermal fused melamine has the same kind of life expectancy of high pressure laminate.
There are two types of laminate that we use pretty often for furniture.
The company manufactures and distributes high pressure laminate quartz solid surface coordinated tfl and edgebanding and other decorative engineered surfaces for use in the office education healthcare residential.
And while both materials are moisture resistant if you left a sweating glass on the surface of each overnight the results would be different.
The low quality melamine will not last as long as most laminate surfacing.
Thermally fused laminate tfl and high pressure laminate hpl.
Thermally fused laminate tfl is created by soaking decor paper with resin and allowing it to partially dry.
Arauco prism tfl is ideal for on trend designs.
Each is produced differently.
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