Fabrication
- Condition sheets in the shop before cutting.
- Use carbide tooling; support the sheet fully on the saw.
- Balance the panel — same HPL or a balancing sheet on the reverse.
- Keep grain direction noted on the cut list for rift and teak.
Resources
Catalog, notes, and the unglamorous parts.
Sample book
Top Shelf 1.00 mm catalog
Finish review for shortlisting and client meetings. Large file — download when you need the full book, or browse the library here first.
Download PDFCollective
Collective 1.00 mm
Companion range for selected woodgrains, mineral, and atelier codes. Ask the desk for the current Collective book — it is not hosted as a public download.
Request CollectiveTypical sheet data
- Format
- 4 × 8 ft / 1220 × 2440 mm
- Thickness
- 1.00 mm decorative HPL
- Construction
- Kraft core, phenolic resin, melamine overlay
- Use
- Interior horizontal and vertical surfaces
- Postforming
- Selected codes — confirm before specifying
- Fire / wear
- Ask for the current sheet on the code you are using
Fire rating, wear class, and postforming limits are finish-specific. Do not copy a generic HPL spec into a project without the sheet for that code.
Finish guide
- Matte: the default. Hides fingerprints better than satin woodgrains.
- Satin: richer grain, more light. Better as a feature than a whole kitchen.
- Soft-touch / AF: specify on doors that get grabbed all day.
- Embossed textures are not postformable unless marked.
Care
- Interior use only. Not for wet rooms as a counter substitute for stone.
- Wipe with a damp cloth and mild detergent. No abrasives on gloss-adjacent satins.
- Keep hot pans and open flame off the face.
- Edge failure is almost always moisture at an unfinished edge.