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"Quickest Way To Remove Mold From Your Shower"

How to Floor Tile

Both of these cleaners will reduce over time the integrity of the grout in your tile and if you have natural stone like Marble or Travertine it will etch the nice shiny surface you once had. Essentially, you must treat those products like car paint. To help restore that use a "Wet Look" tile sealer.

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New Trends In Bathrooms, "More Marble?"

How to Floor Tile

I have noticed a lot more Marble and Travertine in showrooms across the metroplex showcasing these two Natural Stones. The surface of Marble or Travertine in a shower must be treated like your car paint. I suggest using epoxy grout and that will go a long way in extending the service life of the grout and resisting mold.

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Tidying Up: How to Clean Up Different Tile Types

Architectural Ceramics

Handmade ceramics are often hand-painted. your handmade ceramic tile has a crackle finish, clean it the same way you would a hand-painted tile. Your contractor already sealed the crackle tile before grouting it during installation. Doing so could discolor the tile or the porous cement grout around it. Windex anyone?

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Must-have 2022 introductions

Floor Covering News

SLCC: Painted Sky. Painted Sky provides modern styling to elevate any décor. Wellmade’s commercially rated HDPC/SPC waterproof vinyl tile features high-definition visuals and “grout-look” edges along with realistic embossed surface textures. Selling point: Thicker, sound-proof underlayment and textured vinyl overlay. .

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April Showers Bring May Flowers

Architectural Ceramics

From the shower pan to the grout, and everything in between, we’ve got you covered. Architectural Ceramics stocks a few of their products, a popular seller for example, is their grout. For the floors, a natural travertine or porcelain tile that looks like travertine was used. who specializes in painted cement tile.

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Avente Tile Talk: New Tile Designs, Installation Products from.

Tile Talk

Inspired by the classic treasured travertine tones and colors of Tuscany, the Juliet’s Courtyard collection utilizes Dynamic HD Imaging™ technology to create a stunningly vintage look in a product manufactured to the highest technical specifications. hand painted tile. Will it be information and product overload?

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Fall intros: Key selling season touts hot new products

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Available in 60-inch planks with 7- and 9-inch width options, Essentials Plus also features a painted bevel for added realism. The collection features 9 x 60 planks with painted bevel edges and registered-embossed surfaces, making each plank look and feel like natural wood. Ava by Novalis. plank format. A SCENDANT.