Plastic laminate will probably be more durable, but they're both fairly close.

You can't

Laminate countertops are made of two or morelayers of material sandwiched together with a plastic resin and sealed by a thermocoupled process. Melamine plastic is a major component of many countertops as well as layers of kraft paper and decorative paper. Newer plastic sheets used for laminates have included glass fibers and carbon to strengthen the final product. To make laminate countertops, the layers of plastic and paper are run through a large laminating machine that uses high pressure and heat to weld the layers together. Formaldehyde is sometimes used to strengthen the final product.

yes you can laminate anything that will fit on the laminator as the prosess lamination is caoted in plastic

you laminate it

(put plastic around it ) OR you can wax it!