What is the difference between laminate and veneer?
Laminate furniture has grown to be a very popular selection for many businesses today. Laminate is a inexpensive way to reproduce a wood (veneer) image onto layered particle board that ultimately creates a final product that greatly resembles veneer (wood). All levels, Low, Mid, and High end brands offer this laminate option, although the quality of the final look is better as your quality level increases. The advancement of laminate technology has grown over the years. There are different ways of applying a laminate to the layered particle board, which gives it different degrees of durablity. High and low pressure laminates are fused onto particle board using heated resin and applied pressure. Ultimately, the resin hardens and cools. Also, some lower end brands use paper laminate that is applied with glue. This method proves to be much less durable (For example, look at the outer edges of a low end desk. It is likely you will see the surface is pulling up or chipping away revealing th
