«I thought paint gripped laminate like any other wood»: why one missing coat makes copper amber flake at the first fingernail

«I thought paint gripped laminate like any other wood»: why one missing coat makes copper amber flake at the first fingernail

That copper amber paint flaking at the first fingernail scratch? It never bonded to your laminate at all—it was just resting on top like icing that never set. The culprit isn’t the paint itself, but one missing coat: a bonding primer that changes everything.