How Melteca and Laminex Formica Laminate Work Together
Having the same colour available across Melteca and Laminex Formica Laminate makes it easier to create a consistent look, when different surfaces require different products.
Melteca is a low pressure laminate (LPL) that is also referred to as melamine board. It’s used for cabinetry, joinery, and wall lining. Laminex Formica Laminate is a high-pressure laminate (HPL) more suited to harder-wearing applications and anywhere post-forming or curving is required, such as benchtops, splashbacks, rangehoods, curved door faces, and commercial fit-outs. There are over 28 colour matches* across both range. Each product has its strengths, but when they share a colour, it opens up more design possibilities.
Designers and trade professionals have used this approach in everything from residential kitchens to commercial interiors.
*Important note: because Melteca and Laminex Formica Laminate are manufactured using different processes, a colour difference may be noticeable when the two products are placed directly adjacent to each other. Always check physical samples before specifying to confirm the colour match works for your intended placement.
Classic Oak: A light, even tone across a kitchen
This showhome kitchen built for the GJ Gardner Nelson Bays by Bays Joinery, featuring Melteca Classic Oak runs across the cabinetry and into the scullery, carrying a warm, even timber décor throughout the home. The rangehood is clad in Laminex Formica Laminate Classic Oak, maintaining colour continuity on a surface where laminate is the practical specification choice.
Danish Walnut: Warmth carried through
Danish Walnut is a mid-depth timber grain that gives tonal flexibility in cool or warm settings. In this warm palette kitchen by Complete Kitchens, Melteca Danish Walnut is used on the upper and lower cabinetry, while Laminex Formica Laminate Danish Walnut wraps the curved rangehood box, where the post-forming capability of the laminate made it the appropriate product.
Oiled Legno: A statement tone, with curved design
This bathroom vanity, designed by Tones and Co and fabricated by Green Joinery, illustrates the introduction of curves whilst still maintaining design cohesion. The curved vanity door and the surrounding cabinetry are specified in the same colour: Melteca Oiled Legno on the flat panels and, Laminex Formica Laminate Oiled Legno on the curved door face where shaping was require.
Green Slate: Colour drenching in a commercial setting
This kitchenette in a Christchurch orthodontist office uses Melteca Green Slate on the cabinetry and Laminex Formica Laminate Green Slate on the benchtop, to deliver a unified colour palette across the fit-out, with the appropriate product chosen for its performance requirements.
Advantages of matching Melteca and Laminex Laminate:
Some joiners may curve Melteca, however it’s worth noting that it adds time and complexity to the build. Consistent colour across cabinetry and harder-wearing or post-formed surfaces is made easier with the Melteca and Laminex Formica Laminate matches.
- Melteca suited to cabinetry, joinery, and wall lining
- Laminex Formica Laminate suited to commercial, curved, and high-contact applications
- Simplifies specification on mixed-material projects
- 28 matching decors across both products and all Laminex Formica Laminate woodgrains have a Melteca match
Ready to explore the range? View Melteca and Laminex Laminate colour matches to find the right pairing for your next project.
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