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How Mopping Your Floor?

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Use hot water. Whether you are creating a solution to wash your floor, or just using water, you should use hot water. Hot water will help cut through grime. Ultimately, by using hot water, you’ll decrease the chance that you’ll need tougher solvents that could damage the marble.


Focus on distilled water. Distilled water is water that has gone through a process to remove minerals and other impurities. By using distilled water, you’ll reduce the chance of discoloring or staining your marble. You can buy distilled water at just about any grocery store or box store. It is usually cheap.


Add a mild detergent to your water. Add a mild detergent such as 2-3 drops of dish soap into a bucket with your hot, distilled water. Follow the directions of the soap and dilute it with an appropriate amount of water. Mix your solution thoroughly. Make sure to only add pH neutral soap to your water.


Harsh chemical solutions like bleach, hydrogen peroxide, ammonia, and vinegar can be damaging to your floors. Avoid using these on marble. If you prefer, you may be able to use a commercially prepared marble cleaner. Simply follow the directions on the bottle and then clean as you would with a water and detergent solution. Some products include Stone Tech, Resolve, or Simple Green.


Use a soft mop on your floor. Take a mop with a soft mop head (preferably microfiber) and dip it into your solution of detergent and water. Wring out the mop head to relieve it of excess water and systematically mop your floor. Do short strokes that overlap. Rinse and wring out the mop head after you’ve covered 10 to 20 square feet (1 to 2 square meters). This might vary depending on how dirty the floor is.

How Using Homemade Cleaners?

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Use a paste of baking soda and bleach. Make a thick paste from ¾ cup (180 mL) of baking soda with ¼ cup (60 mL) of bleach. Use an old toothbrush or nylon scrubbing brush to work the paste into the grout. Let it sit for 15 minutes, then scrub it. Allow it to sit another 15 minutes, then wipe it off with a damp rag. Frequently rinse out the rag with water as you’re wiping off the paste.

Wear gloves when cleaning with bleach. Open a window or wear a respirator to protect your nose, throat, and lungs. Protect your eyes with safety glasses. Wear old clothes that can get bleached.

Try baking soda and vinegar. Rub baking soda into the grout with your finger. Make it stickier by combining water with the baking soda until you have a thick paste. Next, fill a spray bottle with vinegar and spray vinegar all over the baking soda. Let the mixture bubble for a few minutes, then scrub it with an old toothbrush or nylon scrubbing brush. Wipe up the solution with a damp rag that you rinse frequently.

Scrub it with coarse salt. Wet the grout and surrounding tiles with a damp sponge. Sprinkle it with a coarse salt, then scrub the salt into the grout with a toothbrush or nylon scrubbing brush. Allow the salt to dry overnight, then rinse it off in the morning. Scrub with any coarse salt, even Epsom salts. You can use the same method to clean your grout with Borax. Put a damp scrub brush in a bowl of the Borax and use that to scrub the grout.

Clean and lighten the grout with cream of tartar. Combine two teaspoons (9.85 mL) of cream of tartar with enough lemon juice to create a liquidy paste. Rub the paste into the grout, then scrub it with a toothbrush or nylon scrubbing brush. Rinse the paste off with plenty of water. Use water if you don’t have lemon juice.

How to Cleaning Grout with Vinegar?

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Vinegar is a natural, effective cleanser for porcelain tile. You can clean tile floors, countertops, backsplash, and bathroom surfaces using a mixture of equal parts water and vinegar. Cleaning wood tile grout is also easy. You can use vinegar alone or a mixture of baking soda and vinegar to remove tough stains and grime from grout.

Pour vinegar along tile edges. Vinegar can effectively clean grout when applied at full strength or when diluted with water. Carefully pour vinegar along the edges of the marble tile, allowing it to soak into the grout.

Let the vinegar sit for 10 minutes. After you pour the vinegar along the wood marble tiled edges, allow the vinegar to soak into the grout. Letting the vinegar sit for 10 minutes will help loosen debris and stains.

Scrub the grout with a toothbrush. After you allow the vinegar to soak into the grout for 10 minutes, scrub the grout using small, circular motions. An old toothbrush works best, but you can also use a small cleaning brush.

Rinse with clean water. When you finish scrubbing the grout, you will want to rinse away the remaining vinegar from the wall tile and grout. You can pour clean water over the tile, or you can wipe with a clean, wet cloth.

Use vinegar and baking soda for a deeper clean. Add a small amount of vinegar to baking soda. Add just enough vinegar so that the two ingredients form a paste. Use a toothbrush to scrub the grout with the paste. Rinse with clean water when finished, making sure you remove any residue from the mixture.

The Difference Between Porcelain and Ceramic Tiles

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Before you buy tile for a tiling project, you should be able to identify porcelain and ceramic tiles. Both are made from a mixture of clays and other materials, then kiln-fired. Both porcelain and ceramic tile are in the category of “ceramic tile.” Ceramic tiles are divided into two groups: non-porcelain tiles (or ceramic) and porcelain tiles. In general terms, porcelain tiles are a higher quality and more resistant to damage, since they’re fired in a kiln at higher temperatures and made of less porous materials.

Inspect the tiles’ finish to see how smooth it is. You can do this either by visually inspecting the tiles’ top surfaces or by running your fingers over the top of the tiles. Porcelain tiles have a fine-grained finish that is smoother than the finish on ceramic tiles. So, if the finish is slightly bumpy or coarse when you touch it, you’re dealing with non-porcelain (ceramic) tile. If the tiles are already glazed, flip them over and look at the unglazed underside.

Look for chips in the glaze to identify ceramic tile. Look closely at the glaze: if it’s chipped, you will be able to see the tile’s white or tan base. This is a sure sign that the tile is ceramic. Porcelain tiles are sometimes, but not always, glazed. Most high-quality porcelain tiles will have a consistent color that goes through the top, body, and bottom of the tile. Ceramic tiles, on the other hand, are nearly always glazed. Glazed porcelain tiles are much harder and are more resistant to wear and damage than non-porcelain ceramic tiles.

Examine the sides of the tile for a white, tan, or red color. While porcelain tiles can be colored, ceramic tiles will always have a white, tan, or red color, with a colored glaze on top. So, if you see that the sides (and base) of the tile are any other color other than white, tan, or red, you can be sure that you’re dealing with a porcelain tile. Some cheap, low-quality porcelain tiles may not have the color mixed through the body of the tile. Avoid purchasing these tiles.

Compare the costs of the two tile types. In nearly every scenario, porcelain tiles are more expensive than ceramic tiles: they take more time to produce, are more versatile, and tend to last longer. If you’re looking at two types of tiles in a hardware or home-supply store, non-porcelain (ceramic) tiles will be a little cheaper. As a broad rule of thumb, porcelain tile usually costs approximately 60% more than ceramic tile.

Why not use the stone for the decoration, to use the ceramic tile?

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Family decoration is a very important and grand thing, and the good or bad decoration not only affects the overall visual effect, but also related to the daily life of the use, In the entire decoration process, the choice of decoration materials is often very important. Is family decoration stone or tile?

The stone is cracked and fragile, and the processing requirement is very high. If it is not careful, it will cause fragmentation. Ceramic tiles are made by physical suppression and chemical firing. They are hard in texture and can be machined according to the actual decoration requirements of consumers.

Stone Mori hardness is only 2-3 grade, long time for the ground, the surface is easy to wear and wear. The ceramic tile is 4-7 degree Mori hardness, the surface adds the glaze protection, the product is super wear-resisting.

Stone is easy to break and fragile, especially large long boards. Even if the glued steel mesh is fixed, slotting and steel bars are easy to break when transporting and installing paving. Ceramic floor tiles are made by physical suppression and chemical firing. The texture is hard and dense. Generally, cars will not break through brick surfaces slowly.

The stone is mainly made of calcium carbonate naturally, with more cracks on the surface and easy to permeate. All kinds of stolen goods at home are easily infiltrated into the marble. The clean surface can not be cleaned at all, and the professional nursing price is expensive. The glaze layer on the surface of the ceramic tile is fired at high temperature. The stains are completely impervious and polished. The surface is smooth and easy to clean.

The nature of stone material causes small holes and crevices on the surface of stone, easy seepage and high water absorption, which is the reason why stone cleaning and nursing can’t be used for water. The glaze layer of ceramic bath tile is dense and smooth, and the water absorption rate is less than 0.3%. Therefore, tiles can be washed and cleaned with water.

The natural stone of the stone surface texture color difference is large, many defects, even if there is a uniform and unflawed stone, the price is also very expensive, the common stone will be filled with glue, dyeing treatment; Ceramic tile specialized production, raw materials, technology is completely controllable, no defects and chromatic aberration.

Stone is rough mining and simple processing, semi-finished products are not. At the same time, due to the non renewable quality of the products and mine resources, supply is not stable, replenishment is basically impossible, home installation especially large project in supply and time is difficult to control; The ceramic tile flooring is the finished product of the standardized industrial production, the size specification can be made according to the requirement, the product is bought in and out, the supply is stable, the quantity is big also can be delivered on time, the time limit is guaranteed.

BARANA new full body marble tiles–One tile, one world, one heart and one stone tile design

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Long live in reinforced concrete forests, it is hard to miss the natural beauty of past years. However, people who are accustomed to the conveniences of modern society, if they really want to return to the countryside, are expected to have another consideration. Compared with the pursuit of the so-called “return”, the use of more natural stone tiles to decorate their own side of the world can better meet the fantasy of the natural life of the majority of people.

In this era of natural beauty, natural stone is loved by many people.BARANA full body marble tiles are more close to the texture of natural stone both in texture and color. The whole tile can achieve the perfect texture effect from any angle, so as to achieve real texture. The full body marble tile series has higher fidelity than traditional marble tiles, and is more similar to stone. It is noble in quality, delicate in stone, glossy and soft, and has strong decoration. It is the best in marble tiles.

The warm and soft rice yellow gives people a sense of peace and peace, with a strong American pastoral atmosphere, so that people can not help but sink into this boundless and leisurely. The combination of the aloofness concealed in the world and the prosperity of modern cities gives a rare feeling to the people who live in reinforced concrete forests for a long time.

Combined with the mystery of Turkey and the natural texture of stone, a noble and elegant marble tile with unique charm is designed. Its texture is soft, meticulous, or deep or shallow, creating a mysterious and fascinating artistic conception. The texture of the tile is just like gold wire inlaid in it, shining brightly. The combination of gold and jade enjoy the honor. The color is pure and natural, and the color block is well distributed. Using 3D reduction technology, showing the feeling of interlacing trees. Restore the delicate texture of the original wood, make it natural and comfortable and return to nature. Restore the delicate texture of the original wood tiles, make it natural and comfortable and return to nature.

The appearance of white and transparent is mixed with a little wrinkle like texture, giving people the feeling of floating clouds. The tiles surface is as smooth as a mirror, showing a glossiness of jade, emitting a crystal like feel. The layout of the space is scattered, emphasizing the integration of classical and modern beauty. It is intended to create a comfortable, comfortable and stylish lifestyle. In the tone of the use of cool blue ash, to add a low profile for the fashionable life.

The layout of the space is scattered, emphasizing the integration of classical and modern beauty. It is intended to create a comfortable, comfortable and stylish lifestyle. The use of cool colors in tone tones adds a low profile to the fashionable life. The delicate texture of the surface, elegant and vivid lines, each of which is the display of nature’s ghosts and workmanship. The rich texture is displayed on the floor tiles. It seems to deduce a decorative feast, and take you deeply to the natural charm. With a clear heart, you can show a transparent space from inside to outside. This is the charm of the full body marble tiles.

Use small size tiles to make the bathroom more colorful

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The tile application is very common in home decoration, the decorating effect is the same as nature wood tile. Characteristic elegant demeanor tiles create an ingenious bathroom style. Pursue creativity in color, and in the way of laying, the pursuit of a hundred changes. There have a big different on small ceramic floor  tiles and common size tiles. It is the small figure that shows a great taste. If you use small tiles to decorate the bathroom, what kind of scenery it will bring. Normally, the ceramic tiles used in bathrooms should be light colored. This will help to expand the space and improve the brightness of the bathroom.

Small figure that shows a great taste. Small pieces of small ceramic tiles will bring different sense of brightness to bathroom space. If the light color is too monotonous, you can match small size colored tiles. Actually, as long as use light or light colored small size ceramic tiles for decorate, we moreover changed, they can also be infinitely wonderful. If the bathroom spaces is too large, we can use dark colored tiles and light colored tiles. In this way, small size tiles can not only activate the atmosphere, but also show a steady temperament.

If you stick to your style and show your uniqueness, you need to show your extraordinary creativity. Although there are a lot of tiles and ceramics on the market, this fixed pattern is very popular, but it can also break the fixed pattern through its own creativity. For example, you can take your favorite animations, favorite picture and world famous paintings, or give your own interesting idea to manufacturer, so that they can show different design bathroom spaces, although the price is more expensive and the time spent is longer, but it is still worth it. Small size ceramics  can be put together with different design, but not too dazzled. Disorderly will destroy the original beauty. Though the style of stripe and three-dimensional stripe is not my favorite, but it is also the most commonly used design method in fashion industry. How is the small striped tiles? Using strong stripe to decorate a strong sense of three-dimensional sense, it brings not only very strong feelings, but also a very ordered arrangement.

Is it a good idea for a small  mosaic tile in the bathroom? No matter when and where, the beauty of the effect is absolutely inseparable from the participation of color, using the variety of colors to express their distinctive, in the same space, such a color change, can increase the level of the interior. Stripe small size ceramic tile, the three-dimensional sense of creation is beyond compare with others.

Use elegant and fashionable as the main theme of the bathroom, it can feel the feminine color brought by flower and grass patterns. Though light color tile is the main color of bathroom decoration, it is also the most commonly used color. But the romantic and warm flowers can create a soft color that is not created by the shades, and introduce the natural curves, colors, interesting and diverse patterns into it. With the embodiment of flowers and plants and recover the original simplicity, it is the main future trend of bathroom decoration. The theme of the concept is to put a wall in the bathroom space, by designing the wall, to highlight the character of the wall, to quote the theme to the bathroom, and to bring a new experience to life and vision. Publicize the uninhibited creativity and let the secret space tiles appear. This is the most powerful part of the theme concept.

The avant-garde design concept, let the color of small ceramic floors tiles add a brilliant color, we should not use too gorgeous color, usually white as the bottom, in white or light color small tiles on the outline of the theme. Don’t afraid too exaggerated, exaggerated theme will have a look.

 

How To Buy Tile With Value For Money?

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First, look at the appearance. Tile color should be uniform, surface smoothness and smoothness is good, the surrounding rules, patterns intact, from a box of four or five pieces, to see whether there is color, deformation, lack of edges, less angle and other defects. In the distance of 1 meters, with the naked eye to observe the ceramic tile surface has no pinhole, if there is, indicating that the glaze is not completely fused, it is easy to accumulate dirt. All superior and qualified products require that at least 95% of the tiles in this distance “vertically observe the surface without defects.”. Observe warped (bending) curvature. To carefully observe the surface smooth degree, if Alice (bending). The situation is serious, it will affect the firm after the day.

Two. Listen to the sound. With a hard object tip, the sound is more crisp, the higher the degree of porcelain, the better the quality. Can the left thumb, forefinger and middle finger clip tile corner, easy to hang, with the lower right index finger and tap the tiles, such as voice clear and sweet for the top grade, such as sound dull and sluggish muddy beneath contempt.

Three, observe its hardness, ceramic tile with good hardness, toughness, not brittle rotten as the top grade. Scratch the edges and corners of the ceramic tiles to see if there are scratches. If there is, it means that the glaze is poor, the surface glaze is polished, once the brick surface is dirty, it will be difficult to clean.

Four. Drop test. Drop a few drops of tea juice or water on the back of the ceramic tile. After a few minutes, the quality of the water will be better if the water absorption is not diffused or the water absorption rate is low.

Several Tips For Tile Selection

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The first is material selection, ceramic tile has a variety of materials, divided into glazed tile, brick, polished tile, glazed tile, mosaic of several categories. Mosaic, because of its small, colorful and easy to decorate in the bathroom small space to foil the atmosphere. Among them, the glass mosaic is the most eye-catching. In the kitchen, living room and other large number of public space, the first choice is matt glazed tiles, it can create “fashion” effect. At present, many brands have rich colors matt glazed tiles for consumer choice.

Then you should consider the tile fashion and your overall home fashion is adjusted, whether with your personal distinctive personality. As long as we get rid of the old tradition of blindly and blindly purchasing ceramic tiles, “ceramic tiles are also fashionable”, only consumers spend more time on some illustrations and collocation consultation, and more efforts should be made to design and overall coordination.

More importantly, we should have the concept of tile decoration. A wall tile looks beautiful alone: pure background, bright pattern. Can be densely packed repeatedly after laying a good wall, often dazzling, disorganized, visual impact is too intense. So the choice of tile also need to report the “decoration” starting point. Consumers can also refer to the business model with the legend of the model, or choose to let the business effect according to your creative professional advice and advice. The number of businesses offering such consultancy services has increased.

3 Key Points To Test The Quality Of Ceramic Tile Paving

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1, to see the use and treatment of decorative materials

Tile varieties, specifications, grade, size, shape, smoothness, color and pattern should meet the design requirements for solid, uniform color stone, no crack, no pollution or deterioration of color, line, surface without warping, no blisters. The tile has no defects, sand drop, hole, drop angle, crack and other defects, the surface is neat, the color is consistent.

2, to see the quality of construction

Requirements facing layer surface to be smooth and clean, clear texture, uniform color, no skew warp, paste without hollowing; gap between veneer bulk uniform filled inlay very dense, flat, uniform color; brick special parts of pressure to the right, the whole brick using the appropriate position, arrangement of flat projections; application of whole plate cutting well, neat, smooth edges, uniform thickness, prominent.

3, to find and solve quality defects in time

After the wall tile construction prone to the following quality defects, we should carefully observe and supervise the construction personnel in a timely manner to solve.

(1) discoloration. Tile quality is poor, glaze is too thin and improper construction methods.

(2) the sloughing. Mainly adhesive material is not rich, brick impermeable and grassroots treatment is not clean.

(3) the seam is uneven. The main brick specifications are different and improper construction, such as the joint exceeds the allowable error, timely removal of wall tiles, resolutely rework.