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Tidying Up: How to Clean Up Different Tile Types

Architectural Ceramics

While we can’t help you clean out your closet by purging, thanking, or folding your clothes, Architectural Ceramics can help you clean your tile floor or backsplash. Avoid harsh chemical-based products when cleaning the surface of these tiles. Your contractor already sealed the crackle tile before grouting it during installation.

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Handcrafted Zellige Tile Collection Celebrates Authentic Moroccan Artistry

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Skilled artisans in Fez, Morocco use local clays fired in kilns fueled by olive pits to create these tiles, which are then finished with an enamel glaze. The square Zellige tiles are best used in applications such as shower walls, backsplashes, and accent walls, while the rectangular Bejmat tiles may also be used on light-traffic floors.

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The Benefits of Using Zellige Tiles

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Unlike machined tile, exquisite Zellige and Bejmat tiles by Villa Lagoon Tile are molded, cut, and glazed entirely by hand by skilled artisans in Fez, Morocco. Zellige can be installed outdoors as long as they are adhered to and appropriately grouted. Zellige tiles can make any kitchen backsplash ‘pop.’. What is Zellige Tile?

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Handcrafted Zellige Tile Collection Celebrates Authentic Moroccan Artistry

Cement Style

Skilled artisans in Fez, Morocco use local clays fired in kilns fueled by olive pits to create these tiles, which are then finished with an enamel glaze. The square Zellige tiles are best used in applications such as shower walls, backsplashes, and accent walls, while the rectangular Bejmat tiles may also be used on light-traffic floors.

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Back to Basics: AC’s Ceramic Tile Collections

Architectural Ceramics

Grout is used to allow for this expansion and contraction. Originally, handmade tiles were used to adorn places of worship like temples and mosques throughout countries like Iran, Turkey, Egypt and Morocco. Today, the country is also known for its modern production. The kitchen backsplash, for example, plays with angles.

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Ceramic: Category reaps benefits of booming housing market

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Daltile’s new Defend is a distinct product line of high-performance ceramic tile featuring Microban technology, which will not wash off or wear away. As more homes are being constructed and purchased, more tile products are needed for primary areas such as kitchen and bathroom floors and walls.”.