Looking for a laminate that is beyond the ordinary? Wilsonart High Definition Laminate is an amazing new laminate that doesn't look like any laminate you've ever seen before.

Start with the detail, the appearance of depth and texture, the flow of color, the play of light and shadow. Twenty-first century science and design have come together to create totally new laminate surfaces that challenge easy description or comparison.

WilsonartHD High Definition Laminate is all about drama and surprise -- deep, luxurious looks that intrique the eye and invite the fingertips, delighting you from the first moment, pleasing you every day, and stopping your guests in their tracks.

Drawing on technologies first developed for laminate flooring, WilsonartHD High Definition Laminate delivers three times the wear-resistance of the industry standard. It's the performance you've come to expect from laminate, dramatically multiplied.

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Warm to the touch, with designs and textures unavailable in other luxury materials, WilsonartHD is a welcome alternative; there is simply no other surface like it. And one more dramatic surprise -- WilsonartHD is a surprising value when compared to other luxury surfaces. In fact, this may be the most affordable luxury you'll ever make your own.

Luxury Made Comfortable
These are luxurious looks you can feel at home with. Cook, clean, raise children, spill, splash, live in your kitchen, without a moment's worry. Highly resistant to wear and impact, WilsonartHD countertops are also nonporous - there's no need for sealing and re-sealing as with other, more costly materials.

WilsonartHD features subtle variations in matte and gloss finish that make visual connections to nature’s own stone and mineral surfaces, whether rough and weathered, or smooth and polished.

Plastic laminate has been part of our surroundings for decades, yet most people don’t know much about the product that is found virtually everywhere – in homes, restaurants, hospitals and even bowling alleys! The name itself – “plastic laminate” – can lead to misunderstandings.

High pressure decorative laminate (HPDL) is made by saturating sheets of decorative and core paper with resins, then pressing them under high heat, fusing the layers into a single sheet. Surprisingly, a sheet of laminate is only 18% plastic resin; the rest is paper!

Laminate sheets are bonded, using special adhesives, to “substrates” made of plywood, fiberboard or particle board which give the final product its strength and substance. The laminate surface provides resistance from wear and impact.

Here are some interesting “factoids” about laminate:

• Laminate was originally invented as a material for electrical insulation, not decoration.
• “Woodies,” the wood paneled station wagons popularized in the 50s and 60s, were actually sided with woodgrain laminate.
• Today, most bowling alleys are surfaced with laminate. Wood lanes can be warped by the weight of bowling balls; plastic laminate lanes allow for a more accurate bowl.
• Laminate is the material that lines the chutes of many vending machines, allowing candy bars and sode cans to quickly slide out.
• Interiors of pleasure boats are often manufactured with laminate because of the product’s durability, easy maintenance and resistance to salt.
• Many of the 20th century’s greatest designers worked with laminate: Donald Deskey, Aero Saarinen, Ray and Charles Eames, Norman Bel Geddes, Raymond Loewy, Florence Knoll, Vladimir Kagan, Robert Venturi, the Memphis Group, Michael Graves, even Frank Lloyd Wright.