Cleaning implement comprising elastic compressed foam

A method of making a cleaning implement based on melamine-formaldehyde foam, wherein said foam comprises elastic compressed foam based on melamine-formaldehyde resins obtained by a process comprising the steps of:

• a) Providing a melamine-formaldehyde precondensate and expanding the precondensate to a soft, not finally-cured melamine-formaldehyde foamed material;
• b) Compressing the soft, not finally cured melamine-formaldehyde foamed material of step a), in the range of about 1 to about 90% to yield an elastic compressed melamine-formaldehyde material;
• c) Drying the elastic compressed melamine-formaldehyde material of step b) to form at least two elastic compressed foam layers having a density in the range of about 5 to about 100 g/l;
• d) Providing a third layer of melamine-formaldehyde material comprising a foam material which is not compressed;
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• d) Joining three layers of melamine-formaldehyde material, to yield a cleaning implement comprising two outer layers of said elastic compressed foam and an inner layer of melamine-formaldehyde material.