What do you say when you are "touched with porcelain" during home improvement?

Decoration is really a hassle

All kinds of pits

The experience now is the pits that were skipped at the beginning

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"Hey, how do you think this tile should look good? And what about this caulking? Many people don't finish the joint filling of ceramic tiles at home, and it won't be long before the cracks in ceramic tiles turn black ... "

I haven't spent much time on decorating the house.

However, on the other hand, ceramic tile is really a key step in home decoration. When it is installed, the home is beautiful. No matter how much money is spent, the family is also a failure.

what should I do if the tiles are black?

why should the tiles be caulked?

when is the best time to caulk?

what is the best caulking agent?

how to paste tiles to look good?

how to make the tiles and gaps in the house similar in color?

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Well, well, it's been so long. Today I'll talk about "touching porcelain" ~

? Why are you caulking?

If you have decoration experience, you must all know that you should leave gaps when pasting tiles.

that's because the density of ceramic tiles is very high, and there is thermal expansion and cold contraction. If there is no gap, there will be a large area of empty drums in the tiles after a long time.

therefore, the tiles must be left seam. However, once there are cracks, it is easy to hide ash, and it is also easy for moisture to penetrate into the cement layer and breed bacteria, so there is the saying of caulking.

? What kind of caulking?

white cement, caulking agent, and caulking agent

These are probably the caulking materials on the market.

But I know that most people certainly don't know about them, and they can't even tell how to use them in the right place, so that at a later stage, the cracks in the tiles at home are black.

so, I'll take you to the science popularization now, so that you can avoid detours on the road of decoration.

| White cement |

White cement and putty powder are the earliest materials for joint filling, but the density and physical properties of these two materials are not very good.

it is common that the effect is acceptable in a short time, but it will fall off and leak after a long time. When used in damp places, it will appear black and moldy later, so it has almost been eliminated now.

However, because of its high whiteness, many people still use white cement to repair the wall, but my gentleman wants to say that its strength is not suitable for wall repair.

| sealant |

The sealant is an upgraded version of white cement.

compared with white cement and putty powder, it has better adhesion, higher wear resistance and better strength after drying, and its water absorption is also low, so it is not easy to get wet.

there are two kinds of caulking agents: sand and non-sand. Generally speaking, it is suitable to use sand caulking agent for paving matt glass and antique floor tiles, as well as those with large gaps in tiles, such as cultural tiles and balconies.

to put it bluntly, the seams are mostly made with sand, and the seams are small with no sand.

| caulking agent |

It is said that this caulking agent is the most popular one on the market now, and it is actually an upgraded version of caulking agent.

The sewing agent can be divided into one-component waterborne epoxy resin and two-component oily epoxy resin.

the main ingredients are epoxy resin, and then the color is very rich, which is suitable for matching with various colored tiles.

"One-component waterborne epoxy resin"

One-component waterborne epoxy resin has a smooth surface, is convenient to clean, is waterproof and moisture-proof, and can avoid sanitary corner, so it can well solve the problem of moldy cracks in household tiles in southern cities.

However, there are also some fly in the ointment in the ointment of the single group.

its adhesion is insufficient.

therefore, when the tiles are not very flat and then contract when heated, it is easy to crack between the caulking agent and the tiles, which will make the caulking agent peel and fall off.

This determines that one group of caulking agent can't resist water for a long time, and once it comes into contact with the bathroom and kitchen, it will age quickly, and because it is a water-based component, it will shrink to some extent during the curing process, and sometimes it will not fill the gap.

therefore, I suggest that this one-component water-based caulking agent should not be used in the bathroom and kitchen at home, but can be used on the tiles in the living room and in those places where water is not often contacted.

"Two-component oily epoxy resin"

Two-component oily epoxy resin (also called: real porcelain glue, porcelain joint agent, mildew-proof treasure, kitchen and bathroom joint agent, crystal steel glue, porcelain leveling joint agent, etc.).

It is an upgraded version of the single component, which is an oily epoxy resin component. Compared with the single component, its physical and chemical properties are more stable.

The properties far exceed those of single-group sewing agent, and it is water-resistant, dirt-resistant, mildew-proof, and its service life can also be said to be permanent. Of course, its price is naturally the most expensive.

Therefore, when many people use it, they usually use the caulking agent first, and then leave a gap of 1.5mm before using this set of caulking agent.

? When is the best time to sew beautifully?

Before talking about this beautiful seam, my husband nagged about soaking this tile in water:

Generally speaking, the wall tiles and floor tiles in the kitchen and bathroom belong to glazed stoneware, which has water absorption, so it is necessary to soak the tiles before laying them, and "wet paste" is adopted; However, the general living room floor tiles are porcelain polished tiles, which are "dry paste", so they can be paved directly with cement without soaking in water.

Generally, wall tiles are soaked in water for 2 to 3 minutes, but the specific time is based on the time when no bubbles appear after being completely soaked.

ahem, I just told you a digression. Now let's go back to the joint filling. Ha ~

Personally, I suggest that it is better to sew the tile after a week, because the cement glue under the tile has solidified completely and will not shrink again.

I know that many people will have a wonderful meal at home, but I don't know when it will be finished. Some people will move their homes into the house before they think of doing beautiful sewing. As a result, it is time-consuming and laborious to remove furniture for beautiful sewing.

Some people don't know when they can continue the decoration in the back, and they rush to the next step before the beautiful seam material in the gap dries out, which is often thankless.

| Kitchen, bathroom |

In the bathroom and kitchen, cabinets and appliance racks are usually installed on the wall, and these appliance racks tend to press the wall tiles, resulting in the glue gun being unable to inject the sealant into the gap, and then the gap junction is not perfect, which affects the appearance.

so, before installing the appliance rack, remember to sew it beautifully.

| Living room, balcony |

In living room and balcony, the walls are usually painted with latex paint or pasted with wallpaper, which will produce a lot of garbage.

Therefore, in order to reduce the workload of cleaning, we can wait until these tasks are finished before sewing.

? How to stick the tiles well?

the way to paste tiles well is actually very simple.

first of all, you need to choose a sticking method you want, and then match it with a beautiful sewing agent suitable for the color.

Generally, light-colored tiles are matched with slightly dark ones, and dark tiles are matched with light-colored caulking agent.

Then, in the tile sticking method, I will focus on the tile sticking method in the kitchen and bathroom. After all, these two places use the most tiles at home.

| Alignment stickers |

Please

Aren't you tired of looking at those big white tiles?

so, why not try this narrow tile?

paste it with this simplest and most conservative method

and then create a new trend

This paste method is the most labor-saving

Choose two sizes of tiles to vertically align and splice

White with black gaps

The whole looks clean and elegant

Choose this small white tile to align and paste

Tiles with mixed words in the middle

Yes.

| Cross-linked stickers |

each layer of tiles is aligned with the middle section of the upper and lower rows of tiles

the gaps are staggered

a similar technique can also be used to stand vertically in another direction

it will have different effects

white tiles with this black sealant

instantly make this wall stand out

white tiles are not necessary

You can choose this blue tile in the kitchen, which is also very beautiful.

Then, with this whitening sewing agent

, the value of the kitchen can be instantly increased by eight degrees

| Oblique paste |

The paste method with an oblique angle of 45 degrees

It is elegant with the wall painted with black ink

It is decorated with a little brass color

This kitchen is absolutely eye-catching

Here, the color of the gap is not dark. It's light color

The reason is that the wall above is already dark

It will be abrupt to use dark color again

This "human" copybook method

is more suitable for tiles with bright surfaces

| Honeycomb stickers |

In the choice of tiles, besides the above,

There is also a very common pasting method

It is to choose geometric tiles

This kind of tiles has a rich picture

It is much better than the conventional white tiles

It is not necessary to paste the whole wall

Half-wall style like this is not a rough choice

But half-wall style is not a rough choice. Choose a smaller tile

so that it will look more exquisite with dark sewing agent

It is more appropriate to choose a large one with the whole wall covered

Look at the picture and talk

You can try splicing

You can also skip colors in the middle

It's interesting in an instant

However, This kind of bathroom

which is more suitable for a larger space will be cramped

When you find it more and more beautiful

you will find

that the original decoration is also such a lovely thing.