Technical and aeshetic features of wall tiles, raw materials for bodies

Abstract

Any description of wall tiles must necessarily include the types and characteristics of the glazes used in the new fast firing technologies. It should also be observed that, as far as surface aesthetics (Le. glazes) are concerned, the use of such technologies has neither modified nor materially improved the final results, since aesthetic quality was already very high. Transparent (crystalline) glasses and opaque glazes (mainly white), both of which are glossy, remain the most popular glaze bases to this day.