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How Ceramic Bathroom Wall Tiles Are Made?

In this post, Bathroom wall tiles India suppliers will talk about the raw materials used for preparing ceramic tiles and the production process. You will also get some expert tips to recycle old wall tiles for different projects.

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How Ceramic Bathroom Wall Tiles Are Made?

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  1. How Ceramic Bathroom Wall Tiles Are Made? Several suggestions and blog post ideas have been shared about recycling of bathroom and kitchen wall tiles. But do you know, how bathroom wall tiles in India are made? In this post, we will talk about the raw materials used for preparing ceramic tiles and the production process. You will also get some expert tips to recycle old wall tiles for different projects. You may get surprise after learning that manufacturers of ceramic wall tiles use natural materials for production of elegant and designer wall tiles. These natural resources are listed below- Kaolin or Chinese clay Kaolin ore is a mineral mined by professionals all around the world. They usually apply high water pressure technique for mining kaolin ore. This ore is vastly used by paper industry and ceramic tiles manufacturers. Ball clay It is applied as an alternative to Chinese clay. Sometimes manufacturers add ball clay to Chinese clay to combine other tile components together.

  2. Feldspar It is one of the most common minerals found on earth. It has aluminium and silica; both the contents are used as a flux in the production of ceramic tiles. Sand These are small fine particles that you can easily found in desert area. Sand is used as filler in the ceramic tiles to prevent shrinkage and cracking. Talc Talc is the white finest powder used in production process of ceramic as filler. Quartz This mineral offers hardness to ceramic tiles and prevents deformation of the tile during heating. The process in nutshell All the minerals stated above are mixed together with water and slurry is prepared. This slurry is later dried and crushed into fine powder. Manufacturing units take this powder to the tile presses which compress the tiles to the desired shape and later fired and cooked in the kiln. Application of glazing Glazing is done on the ceramic tiles to make the surface waterproof. After application of glazing, tile is again sent to kiln unit at heated over 1000 C. The obtained pieces of tiles are inspected by professionals. The rejected pieces are sent back for reprocessing, while the quality approved pieces are packed well and sent to the suppliers. Useful tips for recycling ceramic tiles- You can break the waste tiles into small pieces and paste them at the bottom of a flower pot. This will reduce the water drainage. You can use them on your garden walls and enhance the beauty of your home garden. You can create coasters using small pieces of ceramic tiles. For designs and exploring range of ceramic tiles, you can connect with bathroom wall tiles India suppliers in your local. They will also provide you the best guidelines on recycling of ceramic tiles. Source: How Ceramic Bathroom Wall Tiles Are Made?

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