A Small Coup In Selecting High Quality Tiles

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View color: in the light good environment, observe the brick surface whether there are color difference, leakage, sliding marks, cracks, cracks, porcelain missing, color dirty and other defects, whether the color is bright. There is no obvious defect on the surface of the high quality product, the color is bright and uniform, and the size is regular.

Listening: tapping the brick body by hand, carefully identifying whether the sound is crisp and pleasant, and having metal sound ceramic tile, brick body density is high, sintering is good. If the sound is rough and dull, the sintering degree of brick body is low and the density is not high. Knock the sound hoarse, then this kind of polishing brick is inferior products, brick body may exist cracks.

Weigh: weigh by hand, feel heavy or not, sink to high density, strong hardness, on the contrary, poor texture.
Test the water: put a small amount of ink or tea on the brick surface for two minutes, then rinse with water or wipe with cloth, to see whether the residual traces are obvious. Traces clearly indicate the quality is general, otherwise the quality is better.

In short, polished quality has four elements: look, to shine; listen to the sonorous; a weigh heavy, strong; try, low water absorption rate.

Tile Laying: Details Of The Gap Treatment Is The Key

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1, the importance of ceramic tiles remain seam

We must not literally understand, to carry out the so-called “seamless paving””. Because no matter what grade varieties between each piece of tile, are not exactly the same, its length, width, height, thickness error, seamless paving or seam properly, will make the tiles become crooked. The appropriate seam can also ensure the safety of the ceramic tile itself, otherwise, once the environmental temperature changes, even if tile thermal expansion and cold contraction, there are paving methods of ceramic tile, leaving the rules of the seam are different.

2, ceramic tile gap in 1-1.5mm
The common seamless brick should be sewn at 1-1.5mm, but not less than 1mm. And ordinary tiles, roughly between 3-5mm. Consumers should buy the special cross locator (width 1mm, 2mm, 3mm, 5mm, etc.) in order to ensure the seamless seam and uniform size of the ceramic tile.

3. Widening the gap of ceramic tile
Ceramic tile for special effect can also widen the gap of ceramic tile. For example, the special effect of antique brick, exterior wall brick, cultural brick and so on should be left wide seam is appropriate. In addition, if the ceramic tile paving is in winter, pay attention to the seam should be slightly increased, to prevent thermal expansion and cold contraction, seam filling will be mutually squeezed.

Attention Should Be Paid To Ceramic Tile Selection

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1, look at product packaging. Ceramic tiles are usually packed in cartons. The name of the product and the product must be printed on the package. Trademark specification, size grade, color number, etc.. Some of them are labeled with ISO9000 quality system certification. The product qualification certificate should also be placed in the packing box. In the purchase of tiles, must choose complete identification, clear products, especially to pay attention to the selected ceramic tile and packaging box logo specifications, color number is consistent.

2, look at the appearance of the product. From the box any checks several tiles, see the product surface had the following defects: lack of glaze, spots, crack, bump, bubble, peeling edge, corrugated and so on. Generally from the porcelain 3M visual inspection, the defect is not obvious, does not affect the use of qualified products. Each ceramic tile has a product mark on its back, and it is not allowed to adhere to the sides and back of the glaze and other obvious failures that affect its use.

3, see color difference. Due to the large number of tiles purchased, if there is a significant color difference, the decoration effect is very affected, to all packaging products sampling contrast, observe the change of color difference, color difference can not choose. Also should pay attention to each box of ceramic tile color is consistent, whether or not chromatic aberration.

4, listen to tile sound. How to distinguish the inner quality of ceramic tile is not to be seen. It can be distinguished by sound.The method is: each hand holding a tile, with a brick corner gently hit the brick surface of another brick, the sound is loud and clear

5. Look at the size. One by one inspection, size error greater than 0.5MM, flatness is greater than 0.1MM products, not only will increase the difficulty of construction, but also after the decoration effect is poor, can not be used for engineering.

Selection Of Color Of Kitchen Tiles

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General kitchen room is relatively small, with windows and a door and cabinet, the net area is relatively small, in order to avoid the waste of space and maintain coordination, should choose the small size tiles, thus paving waste will be small, to avoid the inconvenience of large size ceramic tile cutting construction brings.

Kitchen operating environment is high temperature environment, the choice of tile color should be mainly light and cold colors, such as white, light green, light gray and other colors. This color can feel the breath of spring and cool, under the condition of high temperature and light colors can feel in space extended to avoid dark colors make people feel dull and depressed in a small space. Because there are many cabinets in the kitchen, the back of the cupboard should not be tiled, because it is a waste of tiles to be covered in such a place completely blocked by the cabinet.

The best matte paving tiles, matt tiles will make people feel not good cleaning, actually this is wrong, matt tiles of good quality not only very easy to clean, and the delicate, earthy luster can show elegant aesthetic master, make the kitchen more harmonious and natural taste. Avoid the use of tile waist line, because of the small space using the waist will make the space look cluttered, cumbersome, but suitable for ornament posted a few trailers pawnshop, the kitchen exuding some vitality and romantic.

Maintenance Tiles Four Coup, So That Home Tiles Lasting Bright

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maintenance tiles four coup so that home tiles lasting bright

Using a bead

Advantage: can protect ceramic tile angle, decorate again, conceal short seam

The traditional tile is generally rectangular corner bead, solve safety problems have the child’s family can choose the thick tile collocation inverted arc. Materials suggested the use of stainless steel bead, Aluminum Alloy bead of soft material, in the construction process of slight collision or extrusion, will sag deformation.
In addition to the protection of the ceramic tile angle bead can beautify and conceal defects such as tiles, some tiles irregular cross-section, corner joints to perfect seam bead can be obscured.

Two, ceramic tile sealant

Benefits: high dirt resistance, strengthen the bathroom mildew

Floor tile is generally not easy to mildew and dirty, dirty tiles because the gap between the tiles is most moldy or falling dust, the traditional ceramic tile construction with cement, silicone sealant or even replace sealant, in fact as long as in the use of ceramic tile construction sealant well can prevent this problem.

Three, ceramic tile waxing

Benefits: waterproof, antifouling, bright and extended service life

Do not think that only the floor is actually need to wax, waxing is a protection material of the ceramic tile good way! A layer of wax paved tiles can improve its waterproof, anti fouling, not words polishing trouble can be carried out once every 2-3 months interval, a year only four times can get home the tiles are durable and beautiful, prolong life.

Four, anti oil stickers

Benefits: greasy dirt, lazy, good helper, easy to clean

The kitchen is the home of smoke heavily, lining tile most easy to get dirty and most difficult to clean, use a long time the kitchen tiles will fade, looked at heart stopper, and posted a piece of anti oil sticker in the kitchen tiles before use, the troubles can be easily solved.

Mix Modern Bricks And Create Fashionable Space

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Modern antique brick is a nostalgic expression

Modern antique brick is a kind of natural and antique to a nostalgic state of performance, so that the entire space to create an antique flavor. The modern antique brick has several basic characteristics, is a modern antique brick reflects a natural taste in color; it is two in the color does not like other products so bright, reflect a kind of introverted cultural atmosphere, it will create a cultural atmosphere of the space; three is difficult to mold process get the biggest play in other products, but in the antique brick body can use many sophisticated technology to the performance.

Create space for fashion petty bourgeoisie

Modern Antique brick is suitable for all sorts of collocation. For example, Italy has adopted the most popular blank design in China, using metal edging to close edges, while forming a mashup on the material. Through the mix, the entire space will not be like the whole shop tiles are not so rigid, pixel tiles so dull, this mix of jumping the whole spatial sense of fashion and young feeling very well, but also with a little taste of the petty bourgeoisie, is by domestic designers.

Mix modern Antique brick, create fashionable space

The modern antique brick in color and features, suitable for collocation in the family bathroom, living room, balcony and other places, will create a simple and pure feeling, is currently in the domestic popular style tiles.

Tips: How To Clean The Tiles?

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Method one : Brush by brush and brush

Toothbrushes and brushes are more common, and they are also the most practical tools for cleaning tiles, cracks and dirt. In the first place of ceramic tile aperture, using a toothbrush dipped in a small amount of detergent paste brush slot in the dirt, and then use the brush brush waterproofing agent in the crevice with a can, this method can not only prevent seepage, and can prevent the growth of mold.

Applies to: kitchen floors and walls, bathrooms, walls and floors, living room floor tiles.

Method two : Waxing clean

Wholesale tile floor waxing can effectively maintain the ground to tile waxing, also has a bright and clean effect to keep tile. First of all tile stains completely clean, such as plastic or stains, available neutral detergent or 100 clean cloth wipe. The first floor cleaning agent onto the tile, then water poured into a clean dry mop wax, wax evenly coated on the ceramic tile can be. After waxing let tile surface dry, dry to stampede.
Here to remind, many times after waxing tile surface will turn yellow, need to re waxing, wax removing agent treatment. The specific method is: wax removing agent used directly, without water, even then, about 15 minutes or so, wax removing agent into the tile, tile water will be wet, completely remove wax, wax or re not shiny. After removing the wax, please clean it according to the above procedures.

Applies to: kitchen and living room floor.

Method three : Steam fumigation

The oil is not cleaned for a long time, even if the product in the plane is difficult to clean, especially the gap in the kitchen grease, steel ball, cleaning agent…… Is not the most effective method, not only laborious and ineffective against oil pollution, kitchen tile gap, the best way is to use steam. As long as the kitchen tiles are heated in large pots in the kitchen, the walls are steamed by steam, and the oil can easily fall off naturally after being fumigated.

Suitable for: kitchen wall.

Three Kinds Of Fashion Tiling Method Of Ceramic Tile

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With the increasingly high demand for decoration, but also more on the technical requirements so worker  grade, derived from many kinds of tiling method, the following three methods, to see which is more suitable for you.

First of all, ceramic tile adhesion method. This method is also called dry sticking method. It is a new kind of paving auxiliary material. It changes the wet method of mortar cement, the ceramic tile does not need to be soaked beforehand, the base surface does not need to wet, so long as the foundation condition of the pavement is better, the operation condition can be greatly improved. Its adhesion effect is also more than the traditional mortar cement, especially suitable for small work surface, the work environment is not ideal for small and medium-sized projects and family decoration.

Secondly, the cross bar positioning method. The use of the auxiliary materials, the construction technology of pavement cloudy angle, the positive angle has been greatly improved. Tiles no longer need to be cut at 45 degrees angle, saving hours and breakage. The cross positioning can improve the seam accuracy when paving tiles, and simplify the construction process.

Third, a combination of specifications. The utility model is characterized in that a plurality of tiles with different geometric sizes and sizes are selected and assembled in groups according to certain combinations. Because the floor tiles are made up of different sizes and combinations, the geometric lines of the ground are changed immediately, and the changes and vividness are reflected in the order.

How To Pave The Floor Tile More Beautiful And Practical?

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1.Bedding before the notice of floor tiles:
(1)the shop must be checked before the product, see the product packaging, qualified tiles are mostly use cardboard boxes for packaging floor tiles. The manufacturer’s name, product name, trademark, specification, size, grade, weight, color number and quantity shall be printed on the package. Avoid buying floor tiles that are inferior or inappropriate.
(2)floor tiles in use before soaking half a day, until the floor tiles are not bubbling before they can.


2.The process for floor tile:
(1)floor brick, bedding is the most important to have totally different tile joints, namely gap horizontal and vertical direction are on the straight, let new bricks as before on the wall of the same level. Otherwise, cracks appear between the bricks and bricks, which is not only beautiful, but also affects the actual use of the floor tiles.
(2)in the bedding floor tiles to knock a knock, listen to the sound to identify whether the cement is not real enough, hear gaps, then rework immediately.


3.When the floor tile is finished, cover the brick face with cardboard, etc., and walk on the brick face at least 24 hours later.

What’s The Difference Between Polished Tile And Full Polishing Glaze?

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The difference between polished tile and full polishing glaze:

Different materials:
(1)The polished tile: it is the surface of the body of the body of the body of a kind of polished brick, a kind of body brick. The ceramic tile that absorbs water rate is less than 0.5% is called vitreous brick, the water absorption rate of polishing brick is less than 0.5% also belongs to polished tile. In addition, bo hua brick is porcelain polishing brick is commonly known as a kind of ceramic tile. There is no polished tile in ceramic terminology.


(2) full polishing glaze: is a kind of can in the polishing process of glaze in a special glaze formula, it is in a final glaze, archaize brick generally are now a transparent surface convex flower glaze, glaze or transparent glaze as smooth as polished tile brightening, at the same time its glaze like archaize brick pattern of design and color is rich, thick or gorgeous colours.


In fact, the difference between polished tile and full polishing glaze is mainly in the embryo body, other still should choose more appropriate according to individual demand and hobby.