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Thin porcelain suppliers

Discussion in 'Natural Stone and Thin Porcelain Tiling' started by Waluigi, Jul 21, 2018.

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  1. Waluigi

    Waluigi Professional Tiler Top Contributor

    Location:
    UK
    Hi everyone, are there any other suppliers of Thin Porcelain Tiles? I’m particularly interested in a white porcelain of approx 600mm x 1200. I’ve got some porcel-thin samples but I’m unsure that the tile I have is white enough, my customers says it’s too cream.

    Thanks for any replies.

    - the tile I had from Porcel-thin was the Paris-white.
     
    Waluigi, Jul 21, 2018
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  3. Localtiler

    Localtiler Trusted Advisor Professional Tiler JOTM Winner

    Location:
    Yorkshire
    @3_fall@3_fall might be able to help, it’s his area of expertise
     
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    Localtiler, Jul 21, 2018
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  4. jcrtiling

    jcrtiling Professional Tiler TTA Member Top Contributor

    Location:
    Salisbury
    Pietracasa in Poole are one .
    Grespania do coverlam
     
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    jcrtiling, Jul 21, 2018
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  5. 3_fall

    3_fall Administrator. Staff Member Trusted Advisor Professional Tiler JOTM Winner Top Contributor

    Location:
    SW London
    Domus
    Grespania
    Casaceramica

    List is endless these days.

    A friend of mine owns Porcelthin Ray Smith
    Have you actually asked Ray what his whitest white is?
    And another friend owns Stone Gres Garth Marnoch
     
    3_fall, Jul 21, 2018
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  7. Waluigi

    Waluigi Professional Tiler Top Contributor

    Location:
    UK
    I’ve looked at the porcel thin ranges but haven’t asked ‘Ray’ anything as I only just found out who Ray is. :)
     
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    Waluigi, Jul 21, 2018
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  8. Waluigi

    Waluigi Professional Tiler Top Contributor

    Location:
    UK
    The maximum size I can realistically go for is 120 x 60 as anything larger is beyond my capabilities.

    When I was looking at porcel-thin, I only needed 30 tiles so not the biggest order in the world.
     
    Waluigi, Jul 21, 2018
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  9. 3_fall

    3_fall Administrator. Staff Member Trusted Advisor Professional Tiler JOTM Winner Top Contributor

    Location:
    SW London
    Ok, we’ll have you not called them and asked them which is their whitest white?
    Apologies for not being more specific, I shall remember tho. :D:p
     
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    3_fall, Jul 21, 2018
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  10. impish

    impish Trusted Advisor Professional Tiler

    Location:
    Lancashire
    It'll have to be a glazed white surely?
     
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    impish, Jul 21, 2018
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  11. 3_fall

    3_fall Administrator. Staff Member Trusted Advisor Professional Tiler JOTM Winner Top Contributor

    Location:
    SW London
    It’s still over 20m2 an order is what it is, everyone is grateful for whatever they can get nowadays with so much competition about.
     
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    3_fall, Jul 21, 2018
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  12. Waluigi

    Waluigi Professional Tiler Top Contributor

    Location:
    UK
    Cheers gents- customers wants a Matt White.

    I’ll ping over an Email to Porcel-Thin in a moment and ask. Budget also comes into play as we have a £2k limit on wall and floor tiles. Floor has been chosen. Getting desperate now as I’m starting the job next month, deposit already paid. I’m the personal shopper :(
     
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    Waluigi, Jul 21, 2018
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  13. 3_fall

    3_fall Administrator. Staff Member Trusted Advisor Professional Tiler JOTM Winner Top Contributor

    Location:
    SW London
    So if budget is set and floor tiles are bought, how much is left in kitty.
    Finding a matt brilliant white is not so straight forward because of the finish, it’ll absorb light making it appear less brilliant.
     
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    3_fall, Jul 21, 2018
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  14. Waluigi

    Waluigi Professional Tiler Top Contributor

    Location:
    UK
    Floor tiles are about £600, so wall we have £1400.
    It doesn’t have to be a brilliant white, just whiter than the Paris white porcel-thin. Funnily enough I have two samples of the same porcel-thin tile which I got at different times. The first sample is much much whiter.
     
    Waluigi, Jul 21, 2018
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  15. Waluigi

    Waluigi Professional Tiler Top Contributor

    Location:
    UK
    These are the two tiles. Actually the photo doesn’t show the differnce. Batches have massive variances.

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    Waluigi, Jul 21, 2018
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  16. Waluigi

    Waluigi Professional Tiler Top Contributor

    Location:
    UK
    Oh well, I finally convinced the customer to go for that White porcel-thin only to discover they are out of stock for the next six weeks. If anyone knows of an alternative, I’d love to hear it.
     
    Waluigi, Jul 23, 2018
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  17. Waluigi

    Waluigi Professional Tiler Top Contributor

    Location:
    UK
    Managed to buy the Porcel thin.

    Found a supplier. I made some good savings in the end.

    Just need to find a decent supplier of CaPietra Encaustic tiles for the floor.
     
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    Waluigi, Jul 25, 2018
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