Distinguish the quality of the tile

For the purchase of home improvement tiles, if you do not know enough about tiles, you may buy some poor quality tiles. When we buy tiles, we should pay attention to the appearance, surface smoothness and quality of the tiles, which will affect the durability of the tiles. Look at the reflectivity of the tile: Observe the color and flatness of the tile surface. In general, the clearer the color of the tile, the more reflective it is.

In addition, check whether the tile has pinholes, easy to accumulate ash. You can also see the quality from the traces, check the surface quality of the tile, and use hard objects to scrape the enamel of the tile to judge the surface of the tile. Look at the tile size: Measure at the place where you bought the tile. Use a ruler or tape measure to measure the four sides and diagonals of the tile and check the dimensions.

Ceramic tile glaze: See whether there are pinholes and spots on the glaze, see the texture and color difference of the glaze. Mainly to see whether there are black spots, bubbles, pinholes, cracks, scratches, stains on the surface of the tile, but also pay attention to whether there are defects such as leakage, leakage and grinding. Tap the surface of the tile to hear the sound: tap the tile to hear the sound to distinguish the density.

Choosing tiles is important to consider quality issues. There are many standards to distinguish between good and bad tiles, which can be played. The crisp sound indicates that the ceramic tile has high density and good quality. Dripping look durable: Look at the water absorption of the tile. In general, the low water absorption rate of ceramic tile means that the higher the internal stability of ceramic tile, the more suitable for bathroom, kitchen and other high moisture or high moisture space, there will be no problems such as black spots. A common way to check the water absorption of a tile is to splash water on the back of the tile. Tiles that penetrate slowly or even without water are of better quality, and vice versa.