Melmac dishes vintage

Collecting vintage Melmac and melamine dinnerware can be a fun hobby. Learn about the history of this fantastic plastic of our past and how to find it!

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History of Melmac Dinnerware Plastic dinnerware was found in many homes in the 1940's through the 1970's and is highly collectible now. During the 1930's the raw material "melamine" hit an all time low price. With heightening wartime threats and soon to be monetary constraints, American industrialists jumped on the bandwagon to make melamine into functional products for both commercial and households. Melamine, a thermoset plastic material was used in many factories and in much dinnerware…

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Melmac Dishes (~1962)

Here I will go over the tips and tricks of cleaning Melmac Dinnerware.

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Vintage Pink Melamine / Melmac Plastic Dishes 3 Bowls Sugar & Creamer 6 Pieces Unmarked 1 Large bowl 8.5" 2 Small Bowls 6" Sugar bowl with lid Creamer No brand, no markings Discoloration / stains Show signs of use See pictures Preowned From an estate pet friendly home A23

This set, for sale has all the pieces from Etsy seller EddyEtcetera In the 1940's every housewife wanted a new China dinnerware set, for her family or for entertaining, ceramic was pricey and often kept in the corner china closet for special dinners. By the 1950's, melmac was the rage. At first, companies selling plastic had to do some hefty marketing to compete with china, can you imagine the fact that their claim to fame was that it was "unbreakable" or would be replaced if broken or…

Find out how to get these great items below! We know the fun melamine of the fifties is never ending, but what about the 1960's? Yes, indeedy, it was still going strong. Just imagine, living back then and nearing the holidays. Not having Amazon or Ebay , or Etsy to search on, you would have quite possibly enjoyed a coffee or tea and then having opened a Reader's Digest. This look screams 1962*. Set of 5 plates $8 @ RiversideTradingCo on Etsy. An old marketing book refers me to this: "The…