Learn about the maintenance and look of encaustic tiles.
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another trend that we're doing a lot of
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is an encaustic look tile now this is an
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encaustic
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look so there are true encaustic tiles
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and the difference
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is that an encaustic tile is a true
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cement tile and is hand-painted
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um it's a tile that has a little bit
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more maintenance involved to it
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in that it needs to be sealed both from
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the bottom and the top
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because the design on a true encaustic
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or cement tile
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can sort of wear off over time which is
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part of its beauty
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but at the same time it's you
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you wouldn't want to put it in an area
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that was going to be
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had high foot traffic without being sure
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that it was a sealed product
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the encaustic look tiles however are
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usually a glazed product
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which also helps with their care and
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maintenance
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you would treat it very much like you
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would any other tile
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so the encaustic look is just a great
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trend
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right now and they come in all shapes
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and sizes
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all different patterns um and some of
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that sort of thing and we may
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have some photos later that we can look
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at just some other patterns
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where might you use uh a tile like that
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that's really extraordinary it's almost
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like art where might you use that
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it is it's very much an art feature or a
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very much a focal point
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um those are going to be beneficial in
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on backsplashes
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if you had a backsplash that you wanted
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to have a little bit more of a focal
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point
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or even as an accent
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above a a cooktop of some sort that
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could be used there
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i also do it um on shower walls
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and i do it on bathroom floors as well
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and in laundry
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a laundry room a lot of people like to
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add something just a little different to
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a laundry room to make that
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mundane routine place a little more fun
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and so um they i do it often in a
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lunchroom it's more of a confined space
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it's limited in its in its quantity so
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it's not going it's something that you
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even if you change some of what you do
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in the rest of your home 10 years from
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now
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that tile can work for you
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