The thermal fused melamine surface is thinner than high pressure laminate so it is more vulnerable to scratches and chips.
Thermally fused laminate vs melamine.
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.
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Each is produced differently.
Thermally fused laminate tfl and high pressure laminate hpl.
Arauco prism tfl is ideal for on trend designs.
The low quality melamine will not last as long as most laminate surfacing.
Textured melamine opens up a lot of great options for your cabinets by giving a three dimensional texture to your doors.
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.
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.
However the thicker textured thermal fused melamine has the same kind of life expectancy of high pressure laminate.