Questions frequently asked about Formica® special products
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What is the Formica Digital Service?
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Our Digital Service gives designers the freedom to create truly customised interiors. Using advanced techniques and materials, we can create laminates with images tailored to individual needs. Applications such as furniture, doors, wall panels and signage can all be enhanced through the incorporation of custom-designed high pressure laminates.
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What is Veneer Laminate?
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Veneer Laminate is made by combining a reconstituted real wood surface with a phenolic core. This material offers the natural appeal and quality of real wood with the ease of handling and application of laminate.
Veneer Laminate provides the added benefit of colour consistency between sheets of the same design. As with all real wood products, there may be some colour change over a period of time due to the natural ageing process.
The Veneers Range provides a variety of natural and exotic designs; classic natural veneers; decorative Birdseyes; artistic Linea and Frisee designs; and patterns based on African wildlife.
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What is Metallic Laminate?
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Metallic Laminate is made using a core of high-pressure laminate with a real metal surface, combining the timeless look of solid plate metal with the ease of use of laminate.
Intended for light duty applications, Metallic Laminate is ideal for use on vertical surfaces, adding dramatic impact to any interior design.
Within the Metallics Range, styles of classic simplicity are complemented by striking modern industrial effects and by designs that echo the working of metal in traditional crafts. Finishes vary from a mirror-like polish to embossed and burnished metals.
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What is Compact Laminate?
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Formica Compact Grade high pressure laminate is a high performance, versatile, homogeneous material, much thicker than conventional laminate and generally with a decorative surface on both sides.
Compact Grade (also known as solid grade) is an impressively strong and damage-resistant material with excellent dimensional stability and mechanical strength. It is frequently used to manufacture lockers, cubicles and wall panels in high traffic or wet areas in public buildings. Its inherent properties also make it an ideal choice for laboratory work surfaces.
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What is special about Formica ColorCore®?
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Formica ColorCore is a high performance surfacing laminate with integral solid colour throughout the thickness of the material. ColorCore has been developed to maintain its appearance in high surface wear conditions and has proved ideal for applications such as doors, counter tops and check-out desks.
The product can be fabricated creatively to produce graphic and layered effects using techniques such as routering, carving and sandblasting. Edges become a real feature as the through colour effect minimises the appearance of joint lines. Formica ColorCore is available in fourteen vibrant solid colours.
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What is Formica Solid Surfacing?
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Formica Solid Surfacing is a homogeneous product made from cast resin with mineral fillers. Highly versatile and durable, the product is available in a range of sheets and pre-moulded shapes. It can be cut, machined and inlaid to create the most beautiful and lasting decorative designs and forms, perfectly suited to the most demanding and prestigious surroundings.
Non-porous, microbiologically inert, and resistant to staining, chemicals, heat and impact, Formica Solid Surfacing is non-toxic and approved safe for use in contact with food. The product has been awarded the Certificate of Hygienic Merit by the Royal Institute of Public Health.
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Where can I use Formica Solid Surfacing?
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Formica Solid Surfacing can be used in any situation where durability, aesthetics, hygiene and ease of maintenance are important. Some of the many applications include:
• Laboratory work surfaces
• Servery counters
• Check-in desks
• Reception desks
• Washroom vanity units
• Free-standing furniture
• Shower enclosures
• Kitchen work surfaces
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How is Formica Solid Surfacing Material fabricated and fixed?
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This work is carried out by approved fabricators. For further details, please contact our Sales Department:
Tel: 0191 259 3000
Fax: 0191 258 2719
Email: sales@formica.co.uk
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