Operating Guide

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Boiling Water Resistance
No effect
No effect
Slight effect
High Temperature
Resistance
Slight effect
Slight effect
Slight effect
Impact Resistance
40” (1016mm)
20” (508mm)
20” (508mm)
Radiant Heat Resistance
120 seconds
80 sec. (min.)
80 sec. (min.)
Dimensional Stability
Machine Direction
Cross Direction
0.5%
0.8%
0.7% (max.)
1.2% (max.)
1.1% (max.)
1.4% (max.)
Surface Wear Resistance
(cycles)
Meets or Exceeds 400
400 (min.)
400 (min.)
Formability
7/16” radius (11mm)
Not applicable
1/2” radius (13mm)
Blistering
45 seconds
Not applicable
40 seconds
*Radius for face is actually the radius of the form around which the laminate is postformed. The radius
for back is actually the radius to which the decorative face is postformed.
Physical Properties of Postforming Laminate
NEMA Test
Typical Wilsonart
Type 350
NEMA Standard
HGP
Thickness
0.039” 0.005”
(0.99mm 0.13mm)
0.039” 0.005”
(1mm 0.12mm)
Appearance
No ABC def.
No ABC def.
Light Resistance
Slight effect
Slight effect
Cleanability (cycles)
10
20 (max.)
Stain Resistance
Reagents 1-10
Reagents 11-15
No effect
Slight effect
No effect
Moderate effect
Boiling Water Resistance
No effect
Slight effect
High Temperature Resistance
Slight effect
Slight effect
Impact Resistance
55” (1397mm)
30” (762mm) (min.)
Radiant Heat Resistance
140 seconds
100 sec. (min.)
Dimensional Stability
Machine Direction
Cross Direction
0.5%
0.8%
1.1% (max.)
1.4% (max.)
Surface Wear Resistance
(cycles)
Meets or Exceeds 400
400 (min.)
Formability*
*9/16” face (14.28mm)
*3/16” back (4.76mm)
*5/8” face (16.00mm)
Blistering
70 seconds
55 seconds
*Radius for face is actually the radius of the form around which the laminate is postformed. The radius
for back is actually the radius to which the decorative face is postformed.
Typical Fire Test Data
High-pressure laminates are subject to Flame Spread and Smoke Developed standards in structures
where codes establish such conditions.
Test data to determine compliance with these codes are obtained by the Steiner Tunnel Test method
of the American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM-E-84, Standard Test Method for Surface Burning
Characteristics of Building Materials). Tests were conducted in accordance with test method and
mounting procedure as described in paragraph X1.7.2 of the test method. This procedure is cataloged
by Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. as UL 723.
Here is typical data for Wilsonart laminates, averaged from two specific tests: