Color body designs are available in cement porcelain and ceramic tile.
Through body tile.
These pigments can be designed into a pattern that will run through the entire tile which is why such tiles are known as full body or through body porcelain tile since the body color is universal from top to bottom.
If color body tile chips at all the design of the tile will remain.
There are several advantages of full body tile including.
Because the color goes all of the way through the bisque chips scratches or other damage is not noticeable.
Color body tile is especially useful in tile that has a bold design.
Through body refers to the fact that the color style and design permeates through its entire bisque.
Unglazed porcelain tile is colored by the mineral deposits in the natural clay used in the making of the tile or through the addition of other natural pigments to the clay.
Through body porcelain tile characteristics.
Porcelanosa soon became a trendsetter in the tile industry and today the range of its tile offering includes ceramic tiles innovative ceramic mosaics through body and colored body porcelain tiles wood look tiles and the recently added extra thin and large.
Many glazed porcelains also have extremely good durability.
Even in extreme applications these tiles tend not to show wear as the porcelain is quite durable harder than granite and the color goes all the way through.
For instance unica is a through body tile which has a varied surface pattern resembling stone.
When chipped the body of this tile would match the surface including the color variations and pattern.
You can find it in stone look tile wood look tile and in patterned tile.
In a tile made of through body porcelain the colors and pattern are consistent between the surface and body of the tile.
This type of tile has no surface glaze it s just the same pigments through the whole body.
Through body porcelain is slightly different than color body.
The production of ceramic tiles formed the basis for the consolidation of the porcelanosa group quickly standing out by choosing white clays as the raw material to manufacture of choice higher quality wall tiles and floor tiles.