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.
Thermally fused laminate tfl is created by soaking decor paper with resin and allowing it to partially dry.
The thermal fused melamine surface is thinner than high pressure laminate so it is more vulnerable to scratches and chips.
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.
There are two types of laminate that we use pretty often for furniture.
These papers have been glued together and finally a melamine plastic is pressed at the top.
And while both materials are moisture resistant if you left a sweating glass on the surface of each overnight the results would be different.
It s great for vertical applications or low impact.
Thermally fused laminate tfl and high pressure laminate hpl.
However the thicker textured thermal fused melamine has the same kind of life expectancy of high pressure laminate.
Each is produced differently.
Textured melamine opens up a lot of great options for your cabinets by giving a three dimensional texture to your doors.