| Marble Tile Background | | | | Caring for real marble tiles is more complex than your |
| Marble tiles are considered to be one of the best | | | | regular style of cleaning, wherein mopping and |
| building materials to be used in homes, even in | | | | sweeping not enough in terms of caring for your |
| offices, due to its different qualities and benefits. | | | | marble tiles. Marble tiles are more susceptible to stains |
| Marble tiles have been used for over thousands of | | | | from common household products, such as |
| years already, wherein they were first cut into slabs | | | | citrus-based drinks, shampoos, nail removers, or |
| and tiles and used for as building materials, dating | | | | anything that is acidic, since these things may |
| back as far as the time of ancient Greeks and the | | | | chemically react with the marble tile’s surface. |
| Romans. Marble tiles are known for their | | | | This means that people who have marble tiles for |
| exquisiteness and resilience, making them very ideal | | | | their flooring, for example, will need to clean up any |
| as flooring materials, especially since they are not | | | | spill immediately using soap and water, in order to |
| only functional, but are very aesthetically pleasing as | | | | avoid staining their marble tile. |
| well. Each marble tile vary in color, pattern and design, | | | | Fake marble tiles, on the other hand, need not |
| giving consumers a wonderful array of natural | | | | require the same amount of care when cleaning it |
| materials which possesses a combination of beauty | | | | since these fake marble tiles are not made of 100% |
| and toughness, making it the material of choice for | | | | marble, but contain only a percentage of marble in |
| construction. | | | | their composition. Fake marble tiles are actually |
| Marble, which is actually a metamorphic rock, is | | | | combined with other elements, such as liquid |
| created when limestone is subjected to a | | | | polyester resin, making it a more durable product as |
| considerable amount of heat and pressure within the | | | | compared to the real marble tiles. This means that |
| earth’s crust, making it a dense and durable | | | | the products that would easily stain marble tiles are |
| material, at least when compared with granite or | | | | not that effective with fake marble tiles due to their |
| ceramic tiles. It gets its unique coloring, textures and | | | | resin coats, making them more impervious, although |
| veins from the metamorphic change that the | | | | they could still stain it if not taken care of. |
| limestone undergoes regarding its marble effect and | | | | Also, real marble tiles are more expensive than fake |
| mineral composition. Basically, marble undergoes a | | | | marble tiles for obvious reasons, although there are |
| re-crystallization process wherein fossil materials and | | | | some people who sell fake marble tiles for the same |
| other sundry elements and minerals are heated and | | | | price range as real ones. The more expensive real |
| pressurized, creating the stone. | | | | marble tiles will have some differences with fake |
| Difference Between Fake And Real Marble Tiles | | | | ones, such as the texture, finishes, patterns and |
| Real marble tiles have the characteristic of being | | | | design, some of which are more difficult to detect |
| durable, but it is actually not that durable. Its durability | | | | over others, but with careful scrutiny and |
| will be defined on how you take care of it, making it | | | | observation, these differences can be seen. |
| more of a hassle and a problem to have around. | | | | |