What's the difference between polyurethane and melamine?

What's the difference between polyurethane and melamine?

Melamine is a compressed wood that is coated with paper and resin which can be produced in a range of colours and styles. In comparison, a polyurethane kitchen can be between 30-40 percent more expensive than a melamine kitchen due to its durability and the amount of labour required to produce.

Can you screw into melamine?

Use Coarse-Threaded Screws
A coarse-threaded screw, such as a drywall screw, will work better in melamine than a standard wood screw or metal screw. The underlying particle board is coarse and infused with adhesive, so fine screws won't find much additional purchase and can take more effort to screw in.

 

Are melamine shelves strong?

Melamine routinely used for bookshelves is 3/4-inch thick. It's strong and is perfect for bookshelves. It's produced in different colors, but the most common color is bright white.

 

Which is better MDF or melamine?

Melamine: Melamine is more economical and easier to look after for the kitchen and bathroom cabinet boxes and shelves. ... MDF is a dense fiberboard and very heavy, in fact, too heavy for cabinet boxes. MDF doors cost as much as Maple framed doors and they are heavier than Maple doors.