How to Select Rustic Tiles?(2009/9/3)

Quality: there are many ways to identify quality of rustic tiles, commonly used measure water absorption, listening to percussion sounds, scraping brick, color scan and so on. Measured water absorption of the most simple operation is to pour a glass of water in the tiles on the back, spreading quickly showed high water absorption, kitchen and toilet are not suitable use high water absorption because often in water environment, you must use a relatively low water absorption. Good product by hand percussion issued after the crisp sound, using a hard object and slide the glazed tile will not leave marks, and the same batch of brick-chip color difference is very small, shiny texture consistent.

Style: Rustic tiles generally civilized type classification, a total of romantic in Europe, the original Africa, the mysterious Egypt, the ancient Indian style, refined in China, the ancient kingdom of Babylon and other seven series, now popular in Europe and refined Chinese romantic series of antique brick.

Color: Color decided style, personality, and also on behalf of certain customs. Pattern is also a sign of civilization, appears in the antique brick surface finishing touch on the wall play a role, but also to guide people's imagination and experience classic charm. Currently the most popular styles of antique tiles are color bricks and monochrome bricks. Monochrome brick is mainly used for large-scale pavement, while the tile is used as a local decorative embellishment. The general patterns are hand-painted tiles, the surface is glazed, the retro fashion with a sense of simplicity and generous, yet delicate.

Collocation: the size of bricks in the visual, the large pieces of brick to make the surface of expansion, small pieces of brick to enrich a small space is available in principle, the classical European style could use smallsize antique tiles, modern fashion could use large size bricks, a small room using small size tiles, large rooms using of large size tiles. However, popular trends, is still mainly based on large pieces of brick, because people like to open a number of field of vision.

Maintenance: Rustic tiles also need careful maintenance. Matt surface ceramic anti oil is poor, clean, neutral detergent can be cleaned; and glazed ceramic tile surface without pore, routine maintenance will not waxing in order to avoid a slippery brick.

(by China Leiyuan, 2009/9/3)