Wall tiles: low quality print?
 

I was after some dark/ black marble effect tiles for the bathroom
recently and went round to several local, supposedly high quality
outlets in Sheffield. Looking at tiles around the £10-£20 per sq m mark,
almost all seem to have shockingly low quality printing for the marble
effect. Actually looks worse resolution than newspaper print! From a
distance, fine, I know, but I *would* notice it close up (e.g. washing
at the basin) and it would bother me. Eventually found something
approximating to what I was after in Wickes, where the print quality
isn't a lot better, but at least it's sort of blurred such that you
can't see the individual dots of which the design is composed. Surely
tile manufacturers must be able to do a better job than this? You don't
see the printing artefacts on even cheapo laminate flooring, for
example?


Regards, Jim.

Wall tiles: low quality print?
 

Jim Walsh wrote:
mark, almost all seem to have shockingly low quality printing for the
marble effect. Actually looks worse resolution than newspaper print!

print quality isn't a lot better, but at least it's sort of blurred
such that you can't see the individual dots of which the design is
composed. Surely tile manufacturers must be able to do a better job

Freaky isn't it? Topps Tiles seem to have some OK ones, and you can buy
individual ones which can make sense for the more expensive highlight tiles.

--
Toby.

'One day son, all this will be finished'

Wall tiles: low quality print?
 

Jim Walsh wrote:
I was after some dark/ black marble effect tiles for the bathroom
recently and went round to several local, supposedly high quality
outlets in Sheffield. Looking at tiles around the £10-£20 per sq m mark,
almost all seem to have shockingly low quality printing for the marble
effect. Actually looks worse resolution than newspaper print! From a
distance, fine, I know, but I *would* notice it close up (e.g. washing
at the basin) and it would bother me. Eventually found something
approximating to what I was after in Wickes, where the print quality
isn't a lot better, but at least it's sort of blurred such that you
can't see the individual dots of which the design is composed. Surely
tile manufacturers must be able to do a better job than this? You don't
see the printing artefacts on even cheapo laminate flooring, for
example?


We've just been through tile buying, and decided to avoid printed tiles
for this reason. The vast majority were just really poor. We went for a
ripple textured white wall tile, and a porcelain floor tile (very nice,
but £35/sqm).

--
Grunff