Rolled melamine and vinyl are laminated with a press that has two rollers that presses a pre-glued paper (for a rolled melamine) or vinyl to a substrate (usually particleboard, or mdf) with heat and pressure. It bonds or fuses to the substrate but it lacks the plastic resins a fused melamine has.

The advantages of rolled melamine are that it is inexpensive, easy to cut and machine, and we have our own laminator which gives us more control. We can dictate how the product is made, how quickly the product is laid up, and the choice of paper--a textured paper or a smooth paper. The disadvantages of rolled melamine is that it is not as durable as Kortron and fused melamine. It also is not as resistant to water to the extent Kortron and fused melamine are.

The advantages of vinyl are that it is inexpensive and easy to machine as well. It is more resistant to water than rolled melamine. It also is less expensive to produce than rolled melamine.

The disadvantages are that it is not as durable as Kortron and fused melamine, and that it scratches easier than Kortron, fused melamine, and rolled melamine because of the softness of vinyl.