When decorating, it is possible to avoid detours by referring to the advice of professionals, but the advice of some professionals is a deceptive "nonsense".Because, some "professional" suggestions are all "routines" of merchants, in order to better sell their own products and make you spend more money.
Take ceramic tiles as an example, when buying tiles in the early stage of decoration, you will go to the Internet to find some popular "tile selection strategy" or "tile selection skills", some can really help everyone, but some strategies not only do not help, many also play a counterproductive role.
For example, the following 8 popular "tile strategies" to identify the quality of ceramic tiles are all "nonsense" of professionals, and we advise you not to be blindly credulous.
"Falling tiles" once became a hot topic, and many bloggers and businesses joined the ranks of "falling tiles" to prove how good their bricks are.
Drop tiles" test.
There are countless tests like this on the Internet, until now when you go to the tile shop to choose tiles, the salesperson will incarnate as a "professional" and "fall" to you on the spot.
In fact, to the "drop resistance" of the tile to identify the quality of the tile, is a relatively one-sided pure "professional nonsense", it can only explain the following three points:
The floor is paved relatively flat.
The floor is not clean and free of clutter.
The fall is more skillful.
Cheap porcelain tiles.
The truth of the matter is that even if you use the cheaper porcelain pieces of more than ten yuan on the market to fall, it will not break, so it is misleading to use "drop resistance" to distinguish the quality of tiles.
It shatters when you fall. If the next time, you encounter the sales of the tile shop to you "drop the tile", you don't let the tile fall to the ground smoothly, but a little hard to let a corner land first, no matter how hard the brick is, it will be a mess.
Therefore, relying on the "drop resistance test" of ceramic tiles to identify the quality of ceramic tiles is purely a routine of merchants, not to be credible.
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Tile hardness test.
For ceramic tiles, in fact, there is no need to deliberately pursue hardness, the old tiles were very low in hardness, but they have not been broken for more than ten years on the wall.
The fragmentation of tiles is mainly a factor, because the paving process is not rigorous, there are problems such as hollowing, so instead of struggling with the hardness of tiles, it is better to find a good worker.
For the test of tile flatness, the most popular method on the Internet may be the "two-brick pairing method".
Two bricks are pasted in pairs. Stick two tiles together, if they are tightly jointed, it means that the flatness of the tiles is high, and if there is a gap, it means that the tiles are uneven.
It seems to make a lot of sense, but can this method really distinguish the quality of the tile? My answer is no.
Two bricks are tested on the sticker.
The surface fit test of two tiles is only suitable for polished and straightened polished tiles and glazed bricks, while antique bricks, full-body bricks, wood grain strips, etc., these bricks have not been polished and straightened.
Two bricks are tested on the sticker.
I once did an experiment to use very good quality full-body bricks to do a pair test, and the results were:
When pressing on both sides, it is seamless and flat.
Press on one side to reveal a small slit.
Therefore, the flatness of the tile is only suitable for polished tiles or glazed tiles, and is not suitable for all bricks.
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Look at straight lines and curves.
When identifying the flatness of the tile, if you choose a polished tile, you can test it with two bricks in pair.
If you choose a non-polished brick, it is recommended to see whether the straight line is bent, the four-head warping affects the paving, and the slightly inward bending does not affect the paving effect.
Many professionals say: when choosing tiles, the more crisp the sound of the tiles indicates that the density of the tiles is higher, and the quality of the tiles will be better.
Sound distinguishes between good and bad tiles.
In fact, this statement is wrong, each brand of ceramic tile technology is different, the proportion of material use is also different, the sound is naturally different, and there will be different sounds when knocked with different things.
It's like knocking a watermelon.
There is no real basis for relying on sound to distinguish good from bad, you hold a tile and listen to the sound seriously, like you knock on a watermelon in the supermarket to distinguish raw and ripe, it seems to be "very professional", in fact, in the eyes of the boss, you are just a "clown".
Said, relying on sound to distinguish the quality of tiles, is purely "professional nonsense", not to be believed.
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For the density of tiles, can not rely on sound to identify, for the density of tiles is actually very good to identify, relying on the most primitive physical methods can be identified, because the same size of tiles, high density must be heavier than low density tiles.
The water absorption test of ceramic tiles has become a "smash hit", and it has also become an important way for professionals to display their own tiles.
Tile absorption rate test.
Professionals say that the higher the water absorption rate of the tile, the better the quality of the tile, and the later the tile will not have the problem of water seepage and fishy odor.
Actually, this statement is wrong.
Tile absorption rate.
The high water absorption rate of ceramic tiles can only indicate the high density of tiles, and does not mean that the quality of tiles is necessarily good.
In the past, the cheap porcelain tiles pasted in the old house, the water absorption rate is very low, and there is no problem with it for more than ten years, in fact, the water absorption rate of ceramic tiles can meet the needs of ceramic tiles, and it will not affect the quality of ceramic tile paving.
It's just that the tiles are getting bigger and bigger, the larger the tile, the higher the density and the more expensive, the higher the water absorption rate, and the merchants in order to publicize, only to move the problem of water absorption rate to the surface, as a gimmick to attract consumers.
As for many "professionals" who say that tiles with low water absorption will penetrate, and then the tiles will be fishy and smelly, in fact, this is completely misleading.
The reason why the previous tiles were stinky and fishy after mopping the ground was mainly because after the previous tiles were paved, they were not seams, and the water would penetrate under the tiles through analysis, so the fishy smell was caused.
And the current paving process is basically doneAesthetic sewing treatment, so the water does not penetrate under the tiles through the gaps.
The test of water absorption rate is tested by the back of the tile, as long as the water can not penetrate through the gap, the surface of the tile will not seep water, even if the water absorption rate is low, from the surface will not penetrate to the bottom of the tile, unless soaked in water every day.
Nowadays, ceramic tiles are really getting bigger and bigger, and even have 2000 3000mm large bricks, so many professionals say that the larger the tile, the better the quality, in fact, this is just a gimmick for sales.
Oversized bricks. The larger the tile, it can only mean that there are fewer gaps after paving, and it does not mean that the larger the tile, the better the quality, but the process of large bricks is more complicated, and the yield rate is relatively low, but its ** is much more expensive, in order to better sell, so there is a "nonsense" that the larger the quality of the tile, the better.
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Although the larger the tile, it looks more atmospheric, but not all spaces are suitable for paving with large bricks, if it is a large horizontal hall, large flat, villa and other large space of the house, you can choose large bricks to pave, so that the home looks more atmospheric.
800 800 floor tiles.
However, if it is a decent small apartment, you still have to choose a large brick paving, not to mention the waste of materials, and it will not reflect the effect at all.
Taking a pen to test the stain resistance of ceramic tiles is also a very popular method, but there are a lot of greasy things hidden in it.
From a normal point of view, the better the handwriting of the tile is wiped off, the better the stain resistance and cleanliness of the tile, but many businesses are testing with a water-based pen to coax consumers.
Everyone knows that water-based pens are easy to wipe off whether they are drawn on a wooden board or a tile, so it is misleading to test the stain resistance of tiles with a water-based pen.
The correct way to identify:
Oil-based pen. If you want to identify the stain resistance of the tile, when buying the tile, you must bring an oil-based pen, not the water-based pen provided by the merchant, if the oil-based pen can also be easily wiped off, in order to truly evaluate the stain resistance of the tile.
Many professionals say that matte bricks and soft bricks must have better anti-slip performance than polished tiles, so you must not pave polished tiles in the bathroom, which is easy to slip.
Actually, this kind of talk is pure"Rumors"The anti-slip of the tile has nothing to do with the process of the tile surface, and the anti-slip coefficient of the real hard tile is the anti-slip coefficient of the tile.
In general, the slip coefficient of tiles is 05 above, there is no problem, so it is wrong to rely on the brightness of the tile to identify the slip resistance.
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For the slip resistance of the tile, no matter how good the data is explained, it is not as good as the on-site test, pour water into the surface of the large tile, and then let the tile turn into a slope, and people can clearly feel the slip resistance of the tile when standing on it.
Air purification bricks, also known as negative ion tiles, have been popular all over the Internet, claiming to be able to purify indoor air and remove formaldehyde, so that countless people have paid the "IQ tax".
Negative ion tiles.
In fact, the negative ion content in this tile is almost negligible, and it does not play a role in purifying the air at all, but it is more than 30% more expensive.
You can think about it, the formaldehyde in the room is difficult to remove even thousands of air purifiers, and you still expect the floor tiles to remove formaldehyde for you? Besides, the only way to remove formaldehyde is ventilation, and all other claims are "against science".
In addition, like infrared tiles and sterilization tiles, they are actually a kind of gimmick, and the effect is minimal, which belongs to changing the packaging to cut leeks in disguise.
Therefore, when you buy tiles, don't be fooled by these so-called "professional titles".
Write at the end:
There are many ways to identify the quality of tiles on the Internet, some can be used for reference, but some really can't be trusted, otherwise not only will not help, many will also play a counterproductive role.