Kāleka ma kaʻaoʻao

Uaʻike mākou a pau ka'ūlapa ka loulou ma waena o ke alanui a me ka hale. Ma laila mākou e waiho aku ai i nā kāmaʻa lepo a me ka loleʻala. No laila, pono e hāʻawiʻia aku ka nānā aku i nā koho o nā papahele i loko o kēia keʻena. ʻO kekahi o nā koho maikaʻi loa no ka hoʻolālā papahele i loko o ke ala moeʻo ia ke tile. He kūlana maikaʻi maikaʻi ka wai. Pono nā pālepa papa e kū'ē i kaʻaʻahu. Eia hou, i ka maluhia holoʻokoʻa no ka hoʻolālā e koho i kahi pale lā'īʻole.

Nāʻano o nā'alele i loko o ka pūʻali

I ke kūʻaiʻana, hiki iāʻoe ke huli i nāʻano o nā papa pālahalaha: ceramic, quartzvinyl, mea nui a me ka mea i kapaʻia he gula. ʻO ka koho maʻamau no ka hoʻolālā o ka papahele ma loko o ka pālahalaha, he mau tile kalaika. No kona hanaʻana, hoʻohanaʻia ka pālolo wela. ʻO keʻano o ka uhiʻana e kū'ē i ke kapa. ʻO ka hoʻolālāʻana i nā pālahalaha papa ma ka pālahalaha e hiki keʻokoʻa: hanaʻia a pilikino, me nā'ōnaehana, nā palena a me nā hoʻokomoʻana. Akā,ʻo ka papahele me ka uhiʻana e maʻalili loa.

Hoʻohanaʻia ka'āpana o ke kahakai no ka hanaʻana i kahi kōpana quartz me nāʻano likeʻole: nā mea hoʻolālā, nā mea plastizers, vinyl, pigments, etc. He meaʻinoʻole kēiaʻano lepo, palekana a palekana. ʻO kēia tile he mauʻanuʻu maoli ia e kūpono i nā mea a pau i loko o ke alahele.

I ka manawa pinepine i nā alahaka hou, hiki i kekahi keʻike i nā tile i hanaʻia i ka pōhaku maʻa. Hanaʻia ia ma luna o ka pālolo me nā meaʻono o ka kuʻikuʻu pōhaku, feldspar a quartz paha. I ka wā o ke kaʻina hana, hōʻikeʻia nā tile i nā mahana wela a me ka ikaika. Eia naʻe, he mea maikaʻi loa ka uhiʻana o ka papahele.

ʻAʻole i ka wā kahiko, ua kapaʻia ka mea i kapaʻia he "tile gula", i huaʻia ma Korea Hema i kā mākou kālepa. ʻO kona inoa no ka hana kiʻekiʻe. ʻO kēia tile nani i loko o ke alahele e hiki ke hoʻohālike i ka pōhaku a me ka lāʻau, i kahi hoʻonani, aiʻole kekahi papa hana mua. Hāʻawiʻia ia me ka hoʻohanaʻana i kaʻenehanaʻenehana o nā pōhaku maoli a me nā polymers.