On Jan 6, 11:51 am, Banty wrote:
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Howie says...

On Jan 5, 12:44 pm, Banty wrote:
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Howie says...

The link below shows what I'm talking about:

http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-US&bran...6-029c-411b-a1...

Anyone care to comment?

Yeah, I would.

Would this look "cheap"?

And how.

When I bought my house, the kitchen backsplash was vinyl sheet flooring. It was
a tile-like pattern, and looked sorta OK from far away. But the problem is -
one standing at the counter is fairly close up to the backsplash, vs. looking
down at the floor, and the 'fakiness' of it is more apparent. And the cook
(e.g. - *me*) got to look at it a lot close up. It's gone now.

There's nothing wrong with good old wall with a semi-gloss or eggshell paint
finish to make for cleaning. Neat and simple. I'd leave it that way rather
than put plastic all over the wall.

Sorry....

Cheers,
Banty

so what made it look "fake"?? the seems between tiles? Poor
application?

Well, look at it. As much as they try to closely replicate a tile look and a
grout-line look in vinyl, it's not quite the same. Not the same texture to be
sure, not quite the same shine or texture, not the right contrast between the
shine or semi-shine of the tile vs. the dull or sandy grout. The programmed in
'imperfections' are inevitably too regular and periodic over the distance
someone using the kitchen sees.

The installation was OK - the problem is that it's simply not the real thing.
When you're close to it, you know it's vinyl. And you're close to it if it's on
the wall in front of where you're working.

I note that one person in this thread who said it worked fine had installed in
rentals for *other* people to look at. But your question was whether or not it
looked cheep. It inevitably does because it's not the real thing.

Furthermore (again from experience), consider that the only way to change this
out would be to install vinyl over it again, or rip out the sheetrock and start
all over. Of course that's true for other backsplashes, but it goes against
this being an inexpensive temporary solution.

Banty

How about finding a vinyl tile pattern that emulates the pattern of a
ceramic tile with the grout lines on the edges? I was thinking that
maybe this "ceramic look-a-like" could be put on in a diamond
orientation ... just a thought.