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That's a silly size.

Are we really just doing this to not see grout joints?

Are people who are buying them thinking it's going to fool other people into thinking they have a room built from solid marble? lol
 
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That's the thing tho, the resemblance is incredible. I'll post a couple of pics, one will be marble and one will be porcelain.
I challenge you to tell them apart.
 
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Take a guess

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Ewwwww!

Is NZ Tiler using Porcel Thin there in his images? Looks the same stuff as you used on that posh job.
 
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No, it's a Calacatta but not porcelthin. The largest they do currently is 1800 x 900,but that'll possibly increased to 2400 x 1200.
 

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Is it from the same place though? I assume ray brands it Porcel-Thin when he gets it. Looks like the same print is used?
 
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No idea where that is from but I highly doubt it.
Each marble has its own unique look.
Calacatta is Calacatta its distinctive, so doesn't matter who makes it, it will have a similar appearance.
 

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I don't think i understand how it's made then lol

We need another thread for me pmsl
 

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Nah that's what I thought.

It's a print. So that's the same print by the looks of it to me.
 
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How porcelain is made and where is porcelain made are three different things haha

The xxl porcelain tiles are perfect copies of real slabs of marble.
They take a slab, and photograph it, they then 3D print the slab on to the porcelain.
Most often, the easiest way to create different designs of the same slab is to move the print along 10% and reprint. That way they get a tile that only repeats every so many tiles, but it all taken from 1 slab.
Help?
 

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