What is this Melamine you speak of?

Kubiq currently has eight colour varieties in the Group One Melamine series for the kitchen and wardrobe panels. You can choose from any of the eight comfortable colours for your cabinets to match the walls and flooring in your humble abode. We keep introduce it to you as our group one melamine laminated material, but what is it exactly? What is this Melamine we speak of?

At it's roots, Melamine is a chemical compound which was first synthesised by German Chemist Justus von Liebig in 1834. Melamine is now commonly made from Urea. But this toxic chemical compound is not what is in our cabinets. Melamine is combined with formaldehyde to produce Melamine Resin, a very durable thermosetting plastic which is often used in the cabinet industry. The Melamine Resin is used to saturate decorative paper which is then laminated under heat and pressure onto particle board. Hence, Kubiq Group One panels are made from the safe and durable Melamine Resin.

We are often asked, is this Formica? To clear things up, No, this is not Formica. Formica is a brand of composite material manufactured by New Zealand based Formica Group. Although their classic laminates may also contain Melamine Resin.

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