Decorate Your Home With Glittering Glass Tiles
Based on the requirements it is available in various patterns, colors, shapes and styles. They are exceptionally strong and unaffected by stain and moisture. It has the new modern look with its own traditional style. The lighter weighing tiles are used for decorating the walls or back splash and the heavier ones are used for flooring and counters. One of the best thing about the glass is that it shines and produces a glittering experience
The glass tile edging are used for multiples purpose for windows, mirror frames, floors and some art works, etc. The tiles can be purchased with a reasonable price which is of good quality and is durable.No special maintenance is required as it can be cleaned using a wet sponge. These can be used as an add on to the sophisticated bathrooms and modern kitchens.The shiny and reflective glass tiles add beauty to that place. Its sparkling appearance attracts the people so that they also remodel their houses.
The larger tiles are used in lower part of bathroom walls or in shower areas in the bathroom. Mainly there are four types of glass tiles smalti, fused, sintered and cast.Smalti is a small format tiles which is textured and colorful. It can be used as a good building blocks for artistic mosaics. The glass tile is made of glass paste or glaze made up of silica melted with sodium or potassium carbonate. The paste is heated at high temperature and rolled into a pancake-like slab of minimum 6 inches thick.Once cooled, the slab is hand-cut into rectangular tile pieces. A flat glass is cut into shapes and heated this type is called fused tiles.These tiles come in any size and are shining with a layer of opaque color visible through the tile.
Sintered glass tiles are made from glass powder pressed and heated until the particles fuse. These tiles are well known for its versatility and a scratch resistant finish. Cast type are made bymoulding a chunk of glass. These type of tiles are made by heating the mould until all the pieces melt and fuse together into a single layer.This type is used mainly for recycled glass tiles. Slumping and etching is done as surface treatments.During firing the slumped glass has been curved into concave or convex shapes. With low heating the slumped glasses are melted into relief molds. The tile is made into unique shape after cooling. A thin luminous layer is formed on the tile surface after etching. Using abrasion, an acid like hydrofluoric acid etches the surface or by applying the cloudy surface of glass on top of etching layer.
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