Tile water absorbtion experiment - Tile Advice

[Qwerty]

After a 36 hour soak, the test results are in!!!!....

-Glazed ceramic 43 grams heavier
(14.14% absorbtion)

-Soft glazed Grade 3 Porcelain 1 gram heavier (0.33% absorbtion)

-Full bodied Grade 5 Porcelain 0 grams heavier (0% absorbtion)

In all quite an interesting test. To be honest the ceramic tile is not as porous as some (metros for example!) But you can clearly see the denser the tile, the less water it absorbs!

I will boil them tonight, but I personally don't think it will make any difference.

I will then let them dry out and measure the time it takes to reach dry weight!

I fancy watching paint dry after that!!

 

[PaulSmith]

Great result.

 

[Italy]

some years ago, have had a client, that has put the tiles of the balcony, in the freezer for 15 days.
he wanted to see, if they withstood the cold. I have asked him if you/he had put her in water before, him to said of no.
and then it is useless.

 

[Qwerty]

Ok, boil test completed........ made no difference at all, apart from scratching the pan according to the wife!!!

I now have them drying out and will check every hour until fully dried out

 

[Old Mod]

Ok I can't contain myself any longer, boil them, wtf?
What's that all about Geoffrey?

 

[Qwerty]

Someone suggested it was how water absorbtion is tested by manufacturers. Was worth a shot but made no difference. All in the interest of science dear boy!!!

 

[Old Mod]

Someone suggested it was how water absorbtion is tested by manufacturers

I can just see them boiling a 3.2m x 1.6m tile!

 

[WetSaw]

There's me thinking it was to replicate a steam room

 

[hmtiling]

Someone suggested it was how water absorbtion is tested by manufacturers. Was worth a shot but made no difference. All in the interest of science dear boy!!!

ASTM C373 - 16e1 Standard Test Methods for Determination of Water Absorption and Associated Properties by Vacuum Method for Pressed Ceramic Tiles and Glass Tiles and Boil Method for Extruded Ceramic Tiles and Non-tile Fired Ceramic Whiteware Products - https://www.astm.org/Standards/C373.htm

 

[Flintstone]

I like a bloody hot shower, can't be far off boiling point!

 

[Qwerty]

Cheers Harry! See Marc ....... I'm not going mad!!

 

[hmtiling]

Cheers Harry! See Marc ....... I'm not going mad!!

I thought i'd overstepped the geek threshold there

 

[Old Mod]

I thought i'd overstepped the geek threshold there

I'll wait for the day when I want to loose the will to live, then I'll take a look Harry.

 

[MTiler]

Surely just the front of the tiles shouldve been exposed to water as thats all that is exposed in a bathroom/shower? What does soaking them prove in regards to tiling?

 

[hmtiling]

Surely just the front of the tiles shouldve been exposed to water as thats all that is exposed in a bathroom/shower? What does soaking them prove in regards to tiling?

Need for tanking in swimming pools?