Exam 12: Synthetic Materials

Scratches, cuts, and burns can be sanded away in solid surface material.

The layers of the laminate are bound together with a hydraulic press under heat and pressure.

Plastic laminates and solid surface materials are both manufactured synthetic products.

____ laminates are designed for surfaces that will have a great deal of use, such as countertops.

A sheet of solid surface material may be up to ____ percent ATH.

Like veneers, plastic laminates are attached to a ____ such as plywood, MDF, or particleboard.

Rigid laminates are frequently referred to as ____ laminates.

Solid surface material was invented by a DuPont chemist named Donald Slocum and first appeared as a consumer product in the ____.

Post-forming laminates are typically heated before bending to allow them to form curves.

The most commonly used mineral in solid surface production is ____.