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