How To Choose Backsplash For Your Kitchen?

The kitchen backsplash may be strange for most people. When it comes to kitchen decoration, people care more about the kitchen counter, cabinets, sink and stove and etc. While the backsplash, the board that protects the area of the wall facing the stove and sink, is often overlooked. Despite you install the backsplash, you are more likely to choose the tile backsplash.

Actually, there are a lot of options for the backsplash. If you choose the right one, your kitchen will be much more beautiful. Here we will introduce some types of backsplash in this paper, and I hope it will be useful for you.

Stainless Steel

Stainless steel tile backsplash is a more common type. It's flat and fits the wall. It is suitable for older people.

• Pros: cheap, heat resistant, sturdy and reliable, easy to clean.
• Cons: it's hard to keep a shiny look all the time, can't resist scratches, and small scratches will look old and ugly.

Ceramic Tile

This is also a more common one. Compared with stainless steel, ceramic tile is more beautiful. In addition, with the development of technology, the ceramic tile on the market now has pure natural material, and the healthy index is very high.

• Advantages: scratch resistance, heat resistance, water resistance, reasonable price, strong overall feeling, easy to clean.
• Disadvantage: to stylist and householder character can show slightly trouble, because must choose the pattern of ceramic tile to match the style of whole building, compare test design skill base.

Glass

The glass tile backsplash is smooth, flat and seamless. For the kitchen, please choose tempered glass.

• Advantages: durable, high hardness, easy to install, easy to clean. You can also do DIY on glass.
• Disadvantages: glass is also divided into many kinds, choose the right style and surface technology is very important. But if the owner doesn't like the glass and wants to change the material, it can be more trouble than replacing the tile.

Artificial Stone

Artificial stone backsplash is a synthetic material made from things like quartz stone and resin. It can be used as a kitchen counter or as a backsplash.

• Advantages: heat resistance, wear resistance, high hardness. It's a perfect match for countertops -- just ask the cabinet maker to match it for you at a lower cost. It's also relatively easy to clean and take care of. And there is no infiltration corrosion problem. Large area can be installed seamlessly.
• Disadvantages: installation must be professional operation, this thing is thick and heavy, not installed to fall off the words is not a joke.

Granite

Granite backsplash is a versatile material. It suits both traditional and modern styles. And granite has a unique texture.

• Advantages: high hardness, easy to clean, many color styles.
• Disadvantages: porous, there will be leakage phenomenon, so it is necessary to do a good job of sealing the surface, in order to prevent possible seepage corrosion.

Laminate

If you're on a budget, laminate is a great option. The price is low and it has various colors. The current surface treatment process can also well simulate the texture of wood or stone.

• Advantages: waterproof, hard surface, low cost. And it matches the texture of the cabinet.
• Disadvantages: Keep away from open flame (more than 10 cm away). Special attention should be paid to the installation, be sure to tightly fit and treat the edges and corners to prevent water infiltration.

In The End

After reading so many different materials of tile backsplash, do you know which one is suitable for your home? Of course, there are other styles in our store. If you’re interested in, welcome to contact us. We are a specialized mosaic tile company to help our clients to develop business by designing, sourcing mosaic products,tiles and other building material.

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