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Tile Store, Why Your Installer Should Go With You!

How to Floor Tile

If all else fails take a piece of tile to a paint store and have them match it even if it is a multi color and just paint the edges with a China brush. It was akin to trying to install a wet washrag into the adhesive. Marble and Granite we can grind and smooth outside edges but regular tile needs some help. Good luck!

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Bostik inaugurates new R&D Center in France

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

Bostik, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of adhesives and sealants, inaugurated its new, state-of-the-art R&D facility – the Bostik Smart Technology Center – in Venette, located near Paris, on October 3 rd. Our R&D centers all are innovation-driven and focus on developing smart adhesives.

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Industry awards, donations and more

CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

Ionized metallic oxides are used in a vacuum with an oppositely charged adhesive on the surface of the tile. The tile is then fired at low temperatures in an oxygen-starved kiln, which leaves the pure metal behind and burns off impurities and adhesives. The pressure and attraction of negative ions fuses the metals onto the surface.

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35th Anniversary: 35 people under 40

Floor Covering News

Millennials are making a name for themselves in the flooring game, taking the lead on everything from marketing to retail ownership to product design. The sisters’ vision for design and merchandising combined with their appetite for technology—both installation and systems and procedures related—helps to set the company apart.

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STATS: Wood finds silver lining amid challenges

Floor Covering News

One of the factors that has put increasing pressure on the hardwood flooring segment and stolen market share in some end-use sectors is the competition from LVT/P, WPC and SPC products —many of which are designed to mimic not only the visual depth of genuine hardwood but the texture as well. Impact of imports.

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STATS: SPC segment continues to lead the charge

Floor Covering News

In addition to its ease of installation, updated designs and performance within the LVT segment have contributed to the category’s growth. Visual designs throughout the LVT category continue to improve and rival the look of real hardwood as well as tile and natural stone, all at lower prices than the real thing.

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Scoring flooring: Industry stats for 2021

Floor Covering News

Mill executives say carpet is not a one-hit wonder and can show steady, if not spectacular, growth over the next few years as technology advancements have transformed the category in terms of size, color, design and style. Spain, which in 2020 supplanted China as the largest exporter of ceramic tile to the U.S. increase from 2020.