Professional terms such as skin surface, satin glaze, dry grain surface, carved surface, and mold surface often appear in the product promotion copywriting of ceramic tile brands, leaving consumers confused and confused. In fact, these professional terms are related to the texture of ceramic tiles. With the improvement of people's living standards, consumers have higher and higher requirements for the texture of ceramic tiles. Therefore, many ceramic companies are making a big fuss about the texture of ceramic tiles.
Usually, the texture of ceramic tiles can be displayed through changes in glaze, mold, surface technology, etc. Among them, the seven major ceramic tile textures are skin surface, satin glaze, dry grain surface, carved surface, mold surface, soft surface and matte surface. So what's the difference between them? How should you choose?
Zhongtaojun has summarized the texture characteristics of these seven ceramic tiles, hoping to help everyone avoid detours when purchasing ceramic tiles.
01 Skin Face
Skin surface is named after the surface effect of ceramic tiles. It refers to a glazing process of ceramic tiles, that is, a type of ceramic tile product with skin glaze on the surface. Skin-facing ceramic tiles emphasize touch. Its surface is as delicate and smooth as skin, and it is warm to the touch and has a soft light feel. Because the skin-facing tiles have a smooth tile surface, dust and oil stains on the surface can be easily wiped off. They are extremely stain-resistant and difficult to hide dirt. With this selling point, it is loved by many consumers.
Many people in the industry believe that skin-facing ceramic tiles are just a marketing concept. Some brands want to break the cold stereotype of ceramic tiles and strengthen the temperature and emotional attributes of their products, so skin-facing ceramic tiles were launched.
But there are two problems with skin-facing ceramic tiles. The first is the problem of anti-slip performance. Since the surface of skin-facing tiles is smooth, its anti-slip properties are slightly inferior to those of ceramic tiles with strong surface concave and convex surfaces. Of course, there are many brands of skin-facing tiles with very good anti-slip properties, but Careful identification is required. Zhongtaojun recommends that wall tiles can be made of skin-surface tiles. The second problem is the uneven quality. The most common problem with skin-surface tiles is that there are many pores on the surface. Because the process of skin-facing ceramic tiles is more complicated, the quality rate of the products is relatively low. Some people in the industry said that there are common craftsmanship problems on the skin surface, and this problem has been difficult to overcome, so it is not recommended to use skin tiles for large-area paving.
02 Satin Glaze
Satin glaze was first used as a glaze on the surface of craft ceramics, while satin tiles are a type of ceramic tile product with satin glaze on the surface. In fact, there is no standard concept for satin tiles, because it is developed on the basis of soft tiles. However, the glaze effect of satin tiles is lower than that of soft tiles, and the glaze is softer and smoother, so it is called It comes in a satin finish. Satin tiles generally have a glossiness below 18 degrees, and the gloss range is between 8 and 18 degrees.
The surface texture of satin tiles is delicate and moist, with a silky luster, and diffuse light emission, reducing light irritation to the eyes, creating the most comfortable and soft photosensitive state for the eyes, without light pollution, comfortable and relaxing. Satin tiles are also very suitable for today's popular designs without main lights, which can effectively avoid strong reflections. In addition, because satin tiles have not been polished, their surface glaze layer is thick and has no pores, which greatly solves the problem of tile seepage. Problem, antifouling performance is good.
03 Dry grain noodles
Dry grain surface is actually not new. It has been used in microcrystalline stone and polished crystal tile products earlier. This type of dry granules is generally called "frit". After firing, a glaze layer similar to glass will be formed on the surface of the ceramic tile, which can produce a realistic effect. For example, candy glazed tiles use dry candy granules, and the dry candy granules form a glaze layer with high surface tension on the surface of the tiles, thereby producing a glare effect. In addition to candy dry granules, dry granules also include anti-slip dry granules, rough dry granules, smooth dry granules, transparent dry granules, etc., with different effects.
The reason why dry grain surface has been popular for so many years is that it has unique advantages. It can not only greatly enrich the texture of the ceramic tile surface, but also have changeable surface effects. It is also non-slip, easy to take care of, and can be integrated with a variety of spaces. High style adaptability.
04 Mold surface
The mold surface is pressed and formed by using a mold carving process and a fixed-shaped prefabricated mold to enrich the texture changes on the ceramic tile surface and present different textures. Ceramic tiles using this technology have a strong sense of layering and good three-dimensional effect, which helps to break through the traditional plane limitations, get rid of the boring decoration pattern, and have unique and personalized decoration.style.
It is precisely because this type of mold brick has not become a mainstream product, and the irregular shape of the product not only increases the difficulty of production, but is also difficult to match and clean daily, so it is generally only used as an accessory product in decoration.
05 Carved Surface
The fine carving glaze refers to the concave and convex mold texture effect created during the glazing process. Combined with digital glaze spray control technology and accurate digital positioning, it can intelligently control the depth of the texture structure, with rich layers and a more natural three-dimensional expression.
Generally, according to the texture requirements of the ceramic tile pattern, a strip of glossy texture pattern is carved on the glaze layer, and even realistic three-dimensional wood grain, stone grain, cloth grain and other effects can be carved. Compared with the transition of mold-carved ceramic tiles, the fine-carved glaze is gentler in texture and grooves visually and tactilely. The finely carved glaze outlines the lines and makes the ceramic tile surface more three-dimensional, thus distinguishing it from ordinary soft marble ceramic tiles.
06 Soft surface
The surface reflection of the soft-gloss surface is between strong light and weak light. There are both high-key and bright of the glossy surface, and low-key and restrained of the matte surface. The most special thing about the soft surface is that it reduces the reflectivity to achieve the best visual comfort for the human body and a decorative effect without light pollution. The product has a softer texture, delicate and moist light, creates comfortable vision, rejects light pollution, and is more suitable for the "soft space" concept of modern living environments.
With the popularity of home styles such as cream style and wabi-sabi style, soft light tiles have become more and more popular, and the market acceptance is getting higher and higher, and other products have even been derived on this basis.
In comparison, soft light tiles have a wider range of applications, such as modern decoration styles, applicable spaces, etc. In addition, they can have a unique decorative effect in home decoration design, which not only conforms to the modern emerging personality aesthetics, but also caters to health. The concept of green environmental protection is deeply favored by decoration groups. It can be seen that soft light tiles have the advantages of multiple categories and are more competitive in the market. This has also become the source of motivation for many brands to develop soft light tiles.
07 Matte surface
Matte surface has lower brightness than soft gloss surface. The effect of matte surface can be applied to cloth, stone, wood or antique tiles. Smooth, concave and convex surfaces, or a unique frosted texture, can double the beauty of matte tiles and have good anti-slip properties. Because the brightness is low, it is not visually bright and clean, so it is generally not recommended to install it in a space with insufficient light. It can easily appear depressing and dim, and the decoration effect is not good.
The biggest advantage of matte tiles is that they do not cause light pollution and do not irritate people's eyes when used for decoration. Compared with glossy tiles, matte tiles can make the eyes more comfortable and have a low-key sense of luxury.
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After understanding these seven ceramic tile textures, which texture do you value more when purchasing ceramic tiles?
