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2. Porcelain tile - Wikipedia

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   Porcelain tiles or ceramic tiles are either tiles made of porcelain, or relatively tough ceramic tiles made with a variety of materials and methods, that are suitable for use as floor tiles, or for walls. They have a low water absorption rate, generally less than 0.5 percent. The clay used to build porcelain tiles is generally denser than ...

3. Ottoman architectural decoration - Wikipedia

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   Paint, as well as gold leaf, was applied on a variety of mediums including plaster, wood, leather or cloth, and stone. For plaster decoration, there were generally two types: kalemişi and malakâri. [a] The first refers to paint being applied directly to plaster, while the second referred to applying paint onto relief decoration sculpted ...

4. Space Shuttle thermal protection system - Wikipedia

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   Gluing on the 24,300 tiles required nearly two man-years of work for every flight, partly due to the fact that the glue dried quickly and new batches needed to be produced after every couple of tiles. An ad-hoc remedy that involved technicians spitting in the glue to slow down the drying process was common practice until 1988, when a tile ...

5. Ceramic glaze - Wikipedia

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   Composite body, painted, and glazed bottle. Iran, 16th century (Metropolitan Museum of Art) Detail of dripping rice-straw ash glaze (top), Japan, 1852. Ceramic glaze, or simply glaze, is a glassy coating on ceramics.

6. Tile - Wikipedia

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   Tiles are usually thin, square or rectangular coverings manufactured from hard-wearing material such as ceramic, stone, metal, baked clay, or even glass.They are generally fixed in place in an array to cover roofs, floors, walls, edges, or other objects such as tabletops.

7. Best Garage Floor Paint: Latex, Acrylic, or Epoxy? - AOL

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   They look great and cost about the same as paint. But they’ll also need a tough ($30 a gallon) two-part sealer over them to provide serious protection from salt water and vehicle fluids.