Superiority And Popularity Of Glazed Ceramic Tiles
Ceramic tiles are a popular tiling material that is widely used to design households and commercials. It’s highly popular due to its extraordinary physical and chemical properties. These tiles can be utilized to designs your floors, walls, counter tops, black splashes, fireplaces and walkways. Hence, they can be used to create an elegant and royal look for your homes.
Nowadays, you can find glazed and unglazed ceramic tiles. The glazed tiles have a thin coating on its surface while unglazed tiles are sold in their natural state. The liquid glass coating is responsible for the amazing texture, color and design of glazed tiles. Therefore, glazed tiles are available in different range of colors and designs.
However, glazed ceramic tiles have several properties like:
They are stain resistant and can be cleaned with help of chemicals like soda and acid. Hence, you can use them to design you kitchen shelves and floorings, since the area is highly prone to dirt and stains.
These tiles are less prone to scratches and stain due to falling or dragging of objects from one part of room to another.
Glazed tiles are fire resistant; hence they retain their shine and shimmer despite being exposed to fire or heat.
The color of glazed ceramic tiles doesn’t deteriorate on exposure with harsh sun rays.
Glazed tiles are slip resistant and ideal for designing bathroom and kitchen floors.
However, the glazed tiles don’t have any glass coating on their surface. Their colors fade after sometime and lose its shine. Moreover, the color is widely distributed throughout the surface; hence they lose their beauty once they get worn out. They are available in earthy colors like light brown, peach, gray etc.
Hence, you should be particular about your tiling needs, while you purchase ceramic tiles for your households and commercials.
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Jason Colling is a renowned writer, who has written articles on various interior designing techniques related to floor decor. His articles focus on various uses of porcelain tiles, ceramic tiles , granite tiles,natural stones and adhesives.
Glazed Ceramic Tile – PROS/CONS?
Do they resist stains, scratches/nicks and does it protect it from fading and making it easier to clean?
The tiles will be going in my kitchen and pantry.
Are unglazed tiles, ideal for high-traffic areas?
for a kitchen, a glazed tile might be too slick, so be careful what type of glazed surface you choose. steer clear of any tile that has a “mirror” finish. if you can see your face in the glaze at a certain angle, its not suitable for a kitchen! when it gets wet it will be too slippery. a glazed tile can be easier to clean than an unglazed tile. depending on the type of glazed tile, scratches can be a problem. unglazed tiles can have a rougher surface, which helps in the slip factor, but might be tougher to clean. go to your local tile distributor and look around. ask the sales rep; tell them where the tiles are going to be installed. they can give you some good ideas. consider a porcelain tile. they can be smooth as well as textured, generally are easy to clean, and VERY durable for high traffic areas. i’ve never seen any type of tile fade, so i can’t help you out there. most tiles won’t suck in staining liquids, like grape juice, etc, so unless you chose a marble or natural stone, i wouldn’t worry about that. good luck!
Glazed and Unglazed Ceramic Tile
