Bathroom decoration tile selection

The bathroom area is not large, the humidity is relatively high, and there may often be water on the floor. Therefore, it is very important to choose good bathroom tiles for bathroom decoration tiles. When purchasing bathroom tiles, you need to consider the coexistence of anti-slip and decorative bathroom tiles. Therefore, ceramic tile consumers often don’t know what type of bathroom tiles to choose. Here, the editor will give a detailed introduction to different ceramic tiles, so that everyone can first understand the classification of bathroom tiles and facilitate the purchase of bathroom tiles.

1. Glazed bricks

1. Definition of glazed bricks: Glazed bricks are bricks whose surface has been glazed.

2. Classification and characteristics of glazed tiles

(1) Classification of different glazed tiles based on raw materials

Ceramic glazed tiles are fired from clay It has high water absorption and relatively low strength. Its main feature is that the color of the back is red.

Porcelain glazed tiles, which are fired from porcelain clay, have low water absorption and relatively high strength. Its main feature is that the color of the back is off-white. It should be noted that the comparisons of water absorption and strength mentioned above are all relative. There are currently some ceramic glazed tiles with better water absorption and strength than porcelain glazed tiles.

(2) Glazed tiles are classified according to different glosses

Bright glazed tiles are suitable for creating a "clean" effect; light glazed tiles are suitable for creating a "fashionable" effect.

3. Frequently asked questions about glazed tiles

Glazed tiles are the most common type of bricks used in decoration. Due to their rich color patterns and strong anti-fouling capabilities, they are widely used on walls and floors. This article comes from Huaxia Ceramics Network. Common quality problems mainly include two aspects:

(1) Cracks

The fundamental cause of cracks is the gap between the blank and the glaze layer. The stress exceeds the difference in thermal expansion coefficients between the blank glazes. When the thermal expansion coefficient of the glaze is larger than that of the base, and the shrinkage of the glaze is greater than that of the base during cooling, the glaze will be subject to tensile stress. When the tensile stress is greater than the ultimate strength that the glaze layer can withstand, cracking will occur.

(2) Back seepage

No matter what kind of brick, water absorption is natural, but when the density of the brick body is too loose, it is not only a problem of water absorption, but Cement seepage problem. That is, cement sewage will penetrate into the surface.

4. Specifications of glazed tiles

Square glazed tiles include 152×152mm, 200×200mm, rectangular glazed tiles include 152×200mm, 200×300mm, etc. Commonly used thicknesses of glazed tiles 5mm and 6mm.

2. Vitrified tiles

1. The concept of vitrified tiles

In order to solve the problem of easy staining of polished tiles, another kind of vitrified tiles has appeared on the market. A variety called vitrified tiles, vitrified tiles are actually full ceramic tiles. Its surface is smooth but does not require polishing, so there is no problem of polishing pores. Vitrified tiles are reinforced polished tiles that are fired at high temperatures. The texture is harder and more wear-resistant than polished tiles. There's no doubt that it's also more expensive.

2. Vitrified tile specifications

Vitrified tile specifications mainly include: 400x400mm, 500x500mm, 600x600mm, 800x800mm, 900x900mm, 1000x1000mm.

3. Polished bricks

1. Definition of polished bricks

Polished bricks are a kind of bright brick made by polishing the surface of the whole body. It is a kind of whole body brick. Compared with the rough surface of full-body tiles, polished tiles are much smoother. Polished tiles are hard and wear-resistant and are suitable for use in most indoor spaces except bathrooms, kitchens and indoor environments. Based on the application of infiltration technology, polished tiles can produce various imitation stone and imitation wood effects.

2. Disadvantages of polished tiles

The biggest disadvantage of polished tiles is that they are easy to get dirty. This is caused by the concave and convex pores left by the polished tiles during polishing. These pores can trap dirt and absorb dirt. Dirt will cause the polished tiles to become stained and discolored, and even some tea poured on the polished tiles will not be able to save the day. Perhaps everyone is aware of this. Later, some high-quality polished tiles were added with an antifouling layer when they left the factory. However, this antifouling layer made the polished tiles lose the effect of full-body tiles. If you want to continue to cover the whole body, you have to continue to apply the anti-fouling layer. In the decoration industry, there is also the practice of applying water wax before construction to prevent stains.

3. Polished tile specifications

Polished tile specifications are 400x400mm, 500x500mm, 600x600mm, 800x800mm, 900x900mm, 1000x1000mm.

IV. Full-body bricks

1. Definition of full-body bricks

The surface of full-body bricks is not glazed, and the material and color of the front and back sides are the same, so it is name. Full-body bricks are wear-resistant bricks. Although there are still varieties such as full-body bricks with seepage patterns, their designs and colors are not as good as glazed bricks. As the current interior design tends to be more and more plain, full-body bricks have become more and more fashionable and are widely used on the floors of halls, corridors, outdoor walkways and other decoration projects. They are generally rarely used on walls. , and most anti-skid bricks are full-body bricks.

2. Full-body ceramic tile specifications

Full-body ceramic tile specifications include 300x300mm, 400x400mm, 500x500mm, 600x600mm, 800x800mm, etc.

5. Mosaic

1. Definition of mosaic tiles

Mosaic is a brick with a special way of existence. It usually consists of dozens of small pieces. The bricks form one relatively large brick. Because of its small size and colorful appearance, it is widely used on small indoor walls and large and small outdoor walls and floors.

2. Classification of mosaic tiles

(1) Ceramic mosaic is the most traditional type of mosaic. It is famous for its small and exquisite size, but it is relatively monotonous and of low grade.

(2) Marble mosaic is a mosaic variety developed in the mid-term. It is rich and colorful, but it has poor acid and alkali resistance and poor waterproof performance, so the market response is not very good.

(3) Glass mosaic, the colorful colors of glass bring vitality to the mosaic. It is divided into many small varieties according to different types of glass:

a Molten glass mosaic, which uses silicate as the main raw material, is melted and formed at high temperatures and takes on an opaque or semi-opaque shape. , a glass mosaic containing a small amount of bubbles and unmelted particles;

b Sintered glass mosaic, using glass powder as the main raw material, adding an appropriate amount of binder, etc., is pressed into a green body of a certain size; at a certain temperature Glass mosaic sintered from below;

cVenus glass mosaic contains a small amount of bubbles and a certain amount of metal crystal particles, and has a glass mosaic that obviously sparkles when exposed to light.

3. Mosaic tile specifications

Common mosaic tile specifications are 20×20mm, 25×25mm, 30×30mm, and the thickness is between 4mm-4.3mm. There are other various names for bricks on the market, but no matter how confusing their names are, they can basically be classified as one of the above varieties.

Finally, it is worth mentioning that no matter what the bathroom decoration is, we must understand the common sense of bathroom decoration. The editor feels that in order to effectively implement the precautions for bathroom decoration, we must have some bathroom safety knowledge to avoid accidents that should not happen.