High-Pressure Laminates: The Ultimate in Durability
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High-Pressure Laminates: The Ultimate in Durability

The balance between the look of the furniture/decor and its life is also vital when you choose the materials for your furniture and décor. Among various alternatives for interior decoration, laminate comes up as an offer of awesome, in-vogue touches for inside spaces. High-pressure laminates, or HPL, have gained popularity recently among carpenters, interior designers, architects, and decorators worldwide. In the game of durability and longevity, HPL is way ahead of other laminates.

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What are High-Pressure Laminates?

High-pressure laminates, or HPLs, are essential to any interior design. As they have grown in popularity, they are now an essential part of contemporary life. These chic and elegant laminates can provide colour, warmth, and cosiness to any space. High pressure and heat are used to combine multiple layers of kraft paper and decorative paper to create high-pressure laminates or HPLs. This produces a product that is incredibly resilient to UV light, wetness, and scratches.

How Are High-Pressure Laminates Made?

Multiple layers of kraft papers are pressed together and bonded with the help of different resins. To give the laminate sheets a decorative finish, a layer of printed paper is placed on the outer surface. The complete array of layers is then put together under a predetermined controlled heat and pressure. The resin being used then transforms into plastic under pressure, thus binding the paper layers into a single sheet, known as high-pressure laminates. This creates an unbreakable bond between the papers, which is the primary reason why these laminates are so durable.

High-Pressure Laminates: The Game Changer in Durability

High-pressure laminates are the most durable surface material when it comes to surface ornamentation. For the majority of uses, including home and business settings, these laminates are perfect. Here are various innovative ways where you can incorporate these laminates.

Kitchens

The mood that is created in kitchens with HPL laminates encourages visitors to return time and time. More significantly, using HPL as a surfacing option contributes to keeping kitchens as clean as possible. The HPL sheets from CenturyPly are stain- and scratch-resistant. CenturyPly HPL sheets have antimicrobial properties, so they are an ideal surfacing option for kitchen furniture like countertops as they promote hygiene and good health.

Bathrooms

High-pressure laminates can resist fire, chemicals, scratches, and impacts. Heavy usage, neglect or abuse of a facility can lead to regular wear and tear. High-pressure laminates can take scratches from heavy objects - and do not break. For this reason, HPL sheets can be used in your bathrooms.

HPL sheets are commonly used in residential bath vanities because they offer a hygienic, moisture-resistant surface that can withstand the sometimes extreme conditions found in bathrooms. In addition, HPL sheets can be used to finish bathroom wall panels, providing a smooth, visually appealing surface and a maintenance-free solution.

Furniture

HPL furniture is incredibly easy to maintain, resistant to changes in humidity and temperature, and does not chip. Selecting HPL furniture is a wise choice for both homes and workplaces. There are numerous thicknesses, sizes, textures, and looks for modern HPL panels that can imitate metal, wood, stone, and even fabrics.

Because HPL sheets are strong and durable, they are used on tables, shelves, and other furniture items. With its durable finish that can tolerate frequent opening and closing, HPL is a great material for cabinet and wardrobe surfaces. CenturyPly uses primary pigments in more modern and imported designs, and the most impenetrable aspect of these high-pressure laminate patterns is their colour-fastness.

Hotel Lobbies

Making sure the space emits a cosy and friendly atmosphere for guests is crucial when creating a hotel reception. Installing CenturyPly HPL laminates that improve the area's aesthetics and aid in making a good first impression is one approach to do this. Using HPL laminates as a surfacing solution for a hotel's reception area makes sense because they are resistant to stains and scratches and have long-lasting colour. It ensures that the area is constantly in the best condition by making maintaining it considerably simpler.

External Wall Cladding

The appeal of your house can be improved by installing external grade compact HPL laminates as exterior wall cladding. In addition, it shields the house structure from adverse conditions, including intense heat, cold, wind, and rain. The special qualities of exterior HPL wall cladding include fire retardancy, resistance to dry heat up to 180º C, scratch resistance, and dimensional stability.

How Do You Pick the Best High-Pressure Laminate?

Here are a few tips and tricks to pick the best high-pressure laminate for your dream decor.

Coating:

Select HPL with a resin coating if you want something resistant to heat, moisture, and scratches. Select an HPL with a phenolic resin layer if you require one that is more flexible.

Thickness

The HPL will be stronger and thicker. Nevertheless, working with thicker HPLs is also more difficult. You should go with a thinner choice if you haven't worked with HPLs before. CenturyPly HPL has the perfect thickness of 1 mm.

Colour & Finish

Ultimately, you must choose the colour and finish of your HPL. Before deciding on a final choice, take some time to go through all of your alternatives because there are many different colours and finishes available. CenturyPLy provides a wide array of hues and choices to choose from.

Wrapping Up!

For both commercial and residential environments, surfacing options like laminates are essential for both external and interior design. The numerous uses and advantages that HPL offers put them in a class by themselves. CenturyPly has created a unique high-pressure laminate with a guaranteed 2000-cycle resistance to surface wear. CenturyLaminates provides you with a wide selection of anti-fingerprint laminates with amazing colour-fastness and antiviral protection. These laminates are evidence that CenturyLaminates uses the greatest and newest technology available.

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