Glazed Porcelain Tiles from India are the most popular tile in the world right now and they will continue to be so for this decade at least. The reason for the popularity of glazed porcelain tile over other tiles is many: Glazed Porcelain tiles are stronger, with varieties of looks and surfaces, cheaper than technical porcelain tile and the sheer range of collections one can have in glazed porcelain tile is just extraordinary.

There are multiple ways to explain the types of glazed porcelain tiles from India. Here we will divide the type filter in three ways :

1. Glazed Porcelain Tile BY LOOK

2. Glazed Porcelain Tile BY SURFACE

3. Glazed Porcelain Tile BY SIZE

There are endless possibilities in designing a glazed porcelain tile. With the use of the latest digital printing machine, we can print any of the designs on a tile in this age, natural stones, wood designs, gadgets even the face of a person.

1. Glazed Porcelain Tile BY LOOK

The most popular aspirations come from natural materials and thus they are quite popular in the looks of the tile. It gives the look a natural stone or wood but at the same time, it gives much more advantages of strength or low water absorption. The most popular looks of glazed porcelain tile from India are as follows :

1. Marble Look Glazed Porcelain Tile

2. Onyx Look Glazed Porcelain Tile

3. Stone Look Glazed Porcelain Tile

4. Cement Look Glazed Porcelain Tile

5. Wood Look Glazed Porcelain Tile 

Other than this the plain solid-colored glazed porcelain tile is also quite popular, especially the plain white and black glazed porcelain tile. Decors in glazed porcelain tile are also getting in trend with the increase in surface applications of the tile, which brings us to the second differentiator of Glazed Porcelain Tile.

2. Different Surfaces of Glazed Porcelain Tile from India

Earlier tiles used to be screen printed and surface applications such as luster used the screens to give an effect on particular parts of the designs in tile. With the rise of porcelain tile, the first surface which got popularised in the Indian tile manufacturing sector is of polished tiles.

Polishing is the process achieved by rubbing the tile with a stone or metal abrasive along with special nano chemicals which gives a glossy surface. Indian polished tiles give glossiness in the range of 95 - 98% which is quite high.

The second most popular surface for glazed porcelain tile from India is the matt. These two surfaces were quite popular for quite some years until new glazes and digital printing machinery were developed. Now we get a plethora of different surface applications with the help of the latest machinery and products. Here we are listing the most popular surfaces available in the glazed porcelain tile from India :

1. Polished glazed porcelain tile

2. Matt glazed porcelain tile

3. Satin Matt glazed porcelain tile

4. Sugar-glazed porcelain tile

5. High Glossy glazed porcelain tile

6. Metallic glazed porcelain tile

7. Carving glazed porcelain tile

Other than this special applications are also possible on the glazed porcelain tile by mixing the glaze and digital printing abilities of the machinery. We can even mix two different surfaces in one tile.

The last category in the types of glazed porcelain tile from India is based on the formats or sizes of the tiles.

3. Different Sizes of Glazed Porcelain Tile from India

When porcelain tile production started in India, it started with 60x60cm which is still the only size available in nano-soluble salt porcelain tile from India. Then with the start of double loading porcelain, the 80x80cm started. In smaller formats 30x30cm and 40x40cm also started with screen printing and full body for the domestic Indian market.

With the technological advancement in porcelain tile, new sizes were introduced in the Indian porcelain tile manufacturing scene. In this article, we will cover the most popular sizes by mold and by cut.

Sizes of Glazed Porcelain Tile from India (by mold)

1. 60x60cm - 24”x24” glazed porcelain tile

2. 60x120cm - 24”x48”

3. 80x80cm - 32”x32”

4. 30x60cm - 12”x24”

5. 30x30cm - 12”x12”

6. 40x40cm - 16”x16”

7. 20x120cm - 8”x48”

Sizes of Glazed Porcelain Tile from India (by cut)

1. 40x80cm - 16”x32”

2. 30x120cm - 12”x48”

We hope that this article cleared the major categories in the glazed porcelain tile from India. We will be glad to share further information on any particular question of yours. Feel free to comment on this article or Email us.

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