Do you like the feeling of walking barefoot? Do you like a touch that feels as warm and delicate as your skin? If Zhongtao Jun told you that there is a ceramic tile that allows you to achieve "barefoot freedom" at home, and the feet will not be "cold" by the cold floor, would you believe it?
Skin-like tiles are also called skin-surface tiles and skin-glazed tiles. Because the surface of skin-like tiles uses skin glaze technology, it has a soft and smooth touch like skin. Some people describe it as silky-smooth tiles. Its appearance breaks the stereotype of "cold" ceramic tiles, gives ceramic tiles a new label of "warmth", and strengthens the temperature and emotional attributes of ceramic tiles.
01 Process and Features
The plain products mainly promoted by the ceramic industry include skin glaze, dry granule, fine carving, Morandi, soft light and other processes. Among them, skin glaze ceramic tiles are the most cost-effective products.
Skin-like tiles combine the advantages of glossy tiles and matte tiles. Glossy tiles have a smooth surface and high gloss because they have gone through a full polishing process; matte tiles do not need to be polished, and sometimes dry granulation, fine carving and other processes are used according to needs, so the surface has a subtle graininess and low gloss, which is similar to Glossy bricks are more textured. Skin-like tiles are somewhere in between. They have gone through a polishing process but are not polished as many times as glossy tiles. Therefore, while the surface is smooth and delicate, it also retains a low-gloss, high-end texture.
Skin-like tiles are easier to care for than matte tiles. After the polishing process and skin glaze treatment, the skin-like tiles have no open pores, so they have stronger anti-fouling properties in daily use, are less likely to hide dirt, and are easier to clean. At the same time, compared with conventional soft-light tiles, skin-feel tiles are closer to the natural light of natural stone. They not only restore the natural texture of real stone, but also the delicate texture makes the brick surface look more transparent and three-dimensional. Low-gloss skin-like tiles can be laid at home without light pollution, and can bring a comfortable photosensitive experience to the eyes.
02 Suitable home decoration style
This kind of warm and delicate skin-feeling brick is most suitable for your homeThe decoration styles are: cream style, wabi-sabi style, light luxury, natural minimalism and other decoration styles.
The color application of skin-like bricks requires low brightness and low saturation, mainly using high-end neutral colors such as black, gray, beige, and brown. There is no colorful rendering or excessive embellishment. It is simple and elegant, showing high-level elegance in a low-key manner. It is very suitable for friends who like wabi-sabi, light luxury or natural minimalist decoration style.
Plain colors have the lowest stress value that the human brain needs to process, making it easy for people to relax and enter a quiet state. At the same time, because the skin-like tiles have not gone through a full polishing process, they are naturally non-dazzling, delicate and moist when illuminated by light, achieving visual comfort without giving people a sense of depression, and creating a warm space with a strong artistic sentiment. , which coincides with the popular cream style now.
03 How to choose skin texture bricks
Skin-feeling tiles are a new product that has emerged "out of the circle" in the past two years, and many ceramic brands are vying to enter this track. However, there are various skin-feeling brick products on the market, and different manufacturers have different process standards for skin-feeling bricks, resulting in uneven quality of skin-feeling bricks on the market. There are two main problems with poor-quality skin-feel tiles: pinholes on the surface of the tiles and poor anti-slip properties. Consumers are faced with a large number of skin-feeling brick products. How can they buy skin-feeling bricks with high quality and low price?
Due to the complex process of skin-feeling bricks, the quality rate is relatively low. When consumers purchase ceramic tiles, they can pay attention to the manufacturer's product quality standards. Brands with strict quality standards have no or very few pinholes on the surface, while some brands are allowed to have a certain amount of pinholes because they cannot achieve no pinholes at all due to related processes and equipment. We can give priority to big brands with high professionalism in the category of skin-feeling bricks. Generally, big brands have higher requirements for the production standards of ceramic tiles, and have stricter control over the production process. They will not be perfunctory when it comes to complex skin-like tiles.
During the purchase process, consumers can test the product performance of skin-feeling bricks by touching or conducting experimental tests. The surface of skin-feel tiles is delicate and smooth, and the anti-skid performance is slightly insufficient. However, some ceramic brands have solved the anti-skid problem through process upgrades. When consumers purchase skin-feeling tiles, they can test on-site whether their anti-slip properties pass the test. Especially those with elderly people at home need to pay more attention to the anti-slip properties of the tiles.performance. We can touch the surface of the product with wet hands and check whether the anti-skid performance meets the standard by touch. At the same time, you can also use an oil-based pen to mark the surface of the ceramic tile, wait a few minutes to see if it can be erased, and check its anti-fouling performance and whether it is easy to clean. (Be sure to confirm with the merchant in advance whether testing is possible)
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Zhong Taojun fell in love with the touch of skin-feel bricks from the moment he touched them. I hope that after reading this article, you who are choosing bricks for decoration can also choose your favorite one. Skin-feeling bricks.
