Our post form collection is a series that can be heated and bent to create integral backsplashes and wrapped front profiles.
Postform laminate houston.
For the postforming process a sheet of laminate is heated to soften the resins in the material letting the laminate bend more.
Postform countertops are different from custom laminate countertops for this reason.
We can give you the option to install all of the countertops for you fabricate the countertops for you to install or sell you all the necessary materials for the do it yourselfer in you.
Usually some extra formations of wood aptly named built down sticks are made and attached to the underside of the receiving substrate.
These sticks act like guide rails and help in shaping the laminate on the counter top.
The word postform comes from the original manufacturing process by which the laminate is formed curved with heat blocks and glue.
The technical specifications are that decorative papers saturated in melamine resin are combined with phenolic soaked kraft layers at pressures above 750 psi and temperatures close to 300 degrees fahrenheit.
The backsplash is curved to form a one piece no seam option.
Norfolk has it s own shop that orders postform laminates in lengths of 8 10 and 12 from the manufacturers and we cut them to fit your.
Once the laminate has been shaped and cut it is time to make sure the substrate accepts the laminates easily.
Floform offers two collections of laminate countertops.