Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Stone and Beauty

WARNING : This entry might be way too boring for some people..!!
This is another entry on 'Beauty'..but this one got nothing to do with make up, facial treatment or anything like that or even Salma Hayek..but it is still related to 'figures'...but not 34-26-34..more like 300x300x10 or 2' x 2'kinda thing..polished/unpolished..etc etc..


All this while there is a BIG misconception or understanding of this material..we always thought that ceramic tiles is a bit lower in terms of quality compared to homogeneous tiles..we thought that the water absorption on ceramic are higher and they are easily chipped off...blame it on marketing people who came and see you and didn't give a clear picture of their product..one thing for sure, they always send 'Leng Loi' to your office to do the talking..but in reality we just don't want to see a beautiful faces..(I mean the tiles and of coz the supplier) but also the detailing part, spec and everything (tiles ..not the supplier :-)


The reality is ceramic and homogeneous tiles are the same thing, ceramic is a product and it could be divided into two category - glazed / unglazed (Homog. tiles, porcelain, terracotta etc)..the different is on the composition of the material and durability...lets take a toothpaste as a metaphor: we have Colgate as a toothpaste, but the manufacture came out with different range from whitening, to gel type, kayu sugi mixture and everything...it is the same with ceramic tiles...

Glazed is suitable for wall tiles and unglazed more on flooring, but of coz they are other criteria to look into before we decide which type goes to which area..


Beauty come with a price..there is no doubt about this..you want to look good, therefore you need to take care of your face, choose the right moisturizer, toner, foundation, compact powder, lipstick, eye shadow...but unfortunately it's not that easy, you are not gonna look like Gisselle or Scarlet Johansson or Salma Hayek just becoz you use the same product...it is the way you apply it and the way you take care of your face....therefore, there is no point buying imported expensive cutting edge design tiles but the moment your contractor installed it, they just do it their own way..without following manufacturer's instruction...

Crack on wall tiles..due to poor quality and installation..

The point is choose the right one, installed it properly and the most important thing is maintain the beauty of your hard earned money...

2 comments:

simah said...

love tiles that r colourful...tapi esp bila kt bathroom tu.... bil u hve that moses making its appearances in between d lines... alahaiiii...

how r u sue? sorry lama tak datang sini...

BF? hmmm... hint of d name... tak nk share ker ehem?

sue said...

i remember masa kat Isfahan..at one of the mosque, tiles dia cantik gila..Islamic motif..tapi itulah..nak kena maintain...

i'm doing ok, still boleh jalan2 kat site..

list nama dah ada..actually not a list pun, nama yg i cari masa first baby dulu..dlm stock..tak sure la simah..G or B.. :-)