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Spotted: Granada Tiles Fez Cement Tile in East Hampton’s Moby Restaurant In Design Sponge

Granada Tile

To get that certain sheen that’s one of the things that makes Granada Tile different from run of the mill concrete (not all of which is as carefully made or durable as ours) is that we use marble powder in the surface layer along with the color pigment, which gives the tiles a subtle sheen.

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The History of Ceramic Encaustic Tiles

Granada Tile

While ceramic tiles are made with clays and glazes and are fired in a kiln, cement tiles are made with a mixture of cement, marble powder and pigment that is then compressed under two thousand pounds of pressure and then air cured. The biggest difference between ceramic tile vs. cement tile is the manufacturing process.

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