What Is Laminate, What Can We Do You

Laminate essentially means covering a surface or 'Laminating'. This word is widely used for various surface coating materials. This means that it can have multiple meanings depending on what referring material. Common uses of the word include Melamine, multilaminar veneer or timber veneer, plastic wrapped and even paper-rolled surfaces can all be classed as laminate. All of which can be repaired.

Most laminated surfaces cover inferior and cheaper structuring materials to protect them and keep costs down. Common types of laminated structures are real wood, plywood, chipboard and multi-fibre board.

What’s the hype

Laminate worktop repairs are one of our most common types of repairs carried out for home builders and contractors. Laminate is the most popular worktop because it has a variety of advantages which range from; little cost, reasonable reliability, low maintenance, resistance to water and mild chemicals or cleaners.

Laminate Designs

Laminate worktops are available in a variety of colours and designs used to mimic;

natural granite or marble stone,

composite stone,

natural hardwood or softwood timbers

as well as a mass of other unique designs only available to laminate materials.

Popular Worktop Suppliers

Purchasable from a mass of major outlet stores, some of the popular manufacturing suppliers we've re-fabricated items for are;

Howdens

B & Q

Wickes

Homebase

Magnets

Jewsons

Symphony

MFI

Laminate worktop repairs are performed with relative ease, even drastic types of damage can produce results which are most impressive An invisible repair is achieved with excellent results 99% of the time. The other 1% of repairs are noticeable if looking for the repair in the correct light and angle.

One of the problems associated with certain aspects of finish is in achieving an invisible repair to a high gloss, gloss is a hard and awkward finish to match 100%, even the most skilled engineers would find this. Often an acceptable finish is achievable but the outline of the clear coating to the spot repair will often be noticeable when the area is hit with large amounts of natural lighting.

There are certain products that engineers use that help reduce this effect but perfect results are not always achieved, this effect is also inherent in-car manufacturing and household decorating. It is harder to make the perfect finish on laminate when compared to paint or lacquer because the surface is essentially dyed plastic. Plastic or laminate surfaces are none porous, key the surface to allow coatings to adhere to them, it is possible to blend out the repair with a protective layer to make it invisible but this would also run over the areas that are UN-keyed and the repair would fail in little time, one option is to re-coat the entire surface to make an absolutely flawless repair.

Laminate worktop Scratch repairs

Laminate worktop stain repairs

Laminate worktop water damage repair

laminate worktop swelled joint repair

Can Laminate worktops be repaired?

Yes, Laminate Worktops can be repaired, by filling the damaged area, detailing to match the worktop pattern and sealing with a protective clear coat.

We are based in Surrey on the Hampshire border and repair all types of laminate worktop damages throughout the South East of the UK.