What Is Glazed Tile?

Glazed tiles are the ceramic or porcelain tiles whose surface is coated with liquefied glass after fused at very high temperatures. The role of glaze is mainly to increase the beauty of the tile and to play a good anti-fouling effect. Different from ordinary polished tiles, the surface glaze of full glazed tiles is special crystal wear-resistant glaze. After high-temperature sintering, the molecules are completely sealed, with almost no gap, which can keep the high brightness for a long time. It is hard and wear-resistant, making the tiles more bright, clean and magnificent during decoration.

Understanding The Contrast Between Glazed Tiles And Other

1. Glazed Tiles Vs Polished Tiles - What Is The Difference Between Glazed And Polished Tiles

Color: The difference between various colors of polished tile surface will not be too strong, full glaze is completely unrestricted, red, black, yellow, blue, blue and purple are no problem, and the brightness is higher.

Grain: The grain of polished tile can't be very small, and full glaze can achieve fine grain like needle and thread, with rich expressiveness.

Brick difference: Polished tile is to infiltrate the color into the brick, so the color of the tile 1-2mm below the surface is the same as the surface. But the glazed tile is completely different. It will not penetrate into the brick body at all. The brick surface only has a very thin color.

2. Glazed Tile Vs Marble Tile - What Is The Difference Between Glazed And Marble Tiles

Color: If there is a certain color difference in marble, glazed tiles can cover up the problem of color difference to achieve color consistency.

Grain: The similarity between the rise of ink-jet technology and marble tile is not much different. The glazed tile has also achieved all the fine textures of marble, and even the fine lines of needle and thread can be displayed incisively and vividly.

Radiation: Marble tile has certain radiation, but there is no radiation in glazed tiles.

What Are The Advantages & Disadvantages Of Glazed Tile

Pros of glazed tile

Compared with the full body tile, the surface of the glazed tile is much cleaner. Glazed tiles are hard and wear-resistant, suitable for use in most indoor spaces except toilets and kitchens. It not only has the visual effect of luxury, magnificence and large space, but also represents the identity and image to some extent.

Cons of glazed tile

Because of its hardness, wear resistance, suitable for indoor and outdoor large-area tiling, glazed tiles are popular with consumers. However, the concave and convex pores left in the production of glazed ceramic tiles will hide dirt and scale, which makes the surface easy to penetrate pollutants, and it’s not easy to clean even some tea poured on the glazed tiles.