Polished Tiles

Back in the days, when Italian tiles were significantly more expensive than Spanish and Turkish tiles, most people didn’t know why or didn’t even ask why? ” It’s expensive because It’s from Italy” was a common belief.

In reality, along with features such as high-quality design and colored body of the tile, the main reason was the quality of the shine. Italians were the first to figure out how to polish porcelain tiles. Their tiles shone like marble.

Meanwhile, everybody else was using a type of glaze that was similar to the one that we see on glossy papers (That glaze made a reputation for its slipperiness and granted us the name “Orange Peel” for the light rippled like an orange peel over the tile.), Italians were literally polishing the porcelain tiles.

Back then as long as the tile shone, most flooring professionals called it a polished finish.
The polished Finish Is A High-End Feature
Today a marble-like polished finish is widely available for high-end porcelain tiles from Spanish and Turkish manufacturers. However, there are still lots of lower-end tiles in the market that come with the glossy finish.

If you’re paying top dollars for your shiny porcelain tile, you should make sure that It’s the true polished finish.

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  • a modern living room seen with a large size square porcelain tile light gray color that looks like marble

    Cloudy

    $4.79$5.29 Sqft
  • modern living room with 48x48 large tiles in light color

    Stella

    $4.99$7.29 Sqft
  • a building entrance with onyx look porcelain tile on the walls and floors

    24×48 Valencia Champagne Polished

    $4.69 Sqft
  • a white tile with could movement

    24×48 Valencia Ice Polished

    $4.69 Sqft
  • living room scene with a minimalistic white marble tile

    24×48 Miami White Polished

    $4.99 Sqft
  • living room floor with white porcelain tile and beige

    24×48 Golden Dream

    $4.99 Sqft
  • bathroom walls and floors with a 24x48 tile in of site color and subtle linear veins in warm tone, mimicking Bianco Dolomiti

    Dolomite Polished

    $4.99$6.59 Sqft
  • bathroom picture with matte Finish 48x48 The Elite Porcelain Tile in tape color and onyx design

    48×48 The Elite Matte

    $8.49 Sqft
  • a living room wall and floor picture with blue porcelain tile.

    Paradiso Blue Polished

    $4.99$6.59 Sqft
  • living room wall and floors with a cream color porcelain tile that looks like onyx in the 48x48 size

    48×48 Agate Gold Polished

    $6.59 Sqft
  • bathroom floors and wall with 24x48 polished cement tile in white color

    24×48 Uptown White Polished

    $4.99 Sqft
  • Dining room with light beige color industrial tile that has minimal design for a contemporary look

    48×48 Uptown Ivory

    $4.59$6.59 Sqft