Smalt is a type of mosaic, which does not depend on its color, type and size. This mosaic has great superiority before facing materials, for example, as a tile of ceramic and stone artificial. The indisputable pluses of the smarts include:
Endurance to large temperature changes and the ability to use both indoors and out
Ground cladding and great wear resistance.
The property to a long period of time withstand greater humidity and direct contact with water, as well as a high degree of water -repellent.
The minimum heat transfer of smalt mosaics allows it to be used for decorative decoration of stoves and fireplaces.
A huge selection of design and size of mosaics allows you to realize any project or panel.
Smalt is a glass of a slightly different structure not as ordinary and has other properties than ordinary glasses for bottles or windows for windows. The size and shape of the mosaic is unusual and different: for example, both a square or rhombus, and a non -standard and bizarre polygon, it all depends on the method of use.
The main types of smalt of new production
Small is divided by type and size to:
OPUS is a small mosaic of a square shape. This type of mosaic during styling allows you to simultaneously form the same or different in color square fields. The most popular design of this mosaic, multi -colored small details smoothly passing from one tone to another. I would like to say that plain colors are not used.
Fusion – the type of mosaic completely different from the OPUS, which has polygonal forms that provide wide scope for the realization of their fantasies. The main difference between this mosaic is non -standard forms that have a bright light effect: depending on light rays and changing color when hit.
Ravenna – cut squares of the form of mosaics of different shapes. The components of this mosaic have non -standard sizes, as well as in different colors, creating a classic, but at the same time non -standard rectangular fields that do not have the same size and a complete absence of parallels.
Wall – laying mosaics is carried out as brickwork, but with a certain direction. This technique allows you to create elegant surfaces with horizontal or vertical directions.
The composition of the smalt
The main components of smalt are the same as in ordinary glass but with the addition of metals and oxides that determine the color of the material. For example, there may be there oxide: silver and cobalt as well as nickel and copper and many others. The brightness of the element will be determined by the amount of lead, and the color from the number of the above elements. Often the final product is unknown, since it is not possible to predict the color and shade. In the manufacturing process, many factors such as: the temperature inside the furnace, processing time, and so on.
To create some interiors, opaque glasses are needed that do not lose their color and
brightness. To do this, add tin, antimony and arsenic to the composition, getting matte glass (opaque). The resulting composition is obtained by mixing and left in the furnace for three days with a temperature of more than seven hundred degrees Celsius. This procedure for obtaining a smalt gives her high strong properties and makes it the heat -resistant and immune low temperatures.
The novelty for stylish interiors is a luminous mosaic
The use of photoluminescent coating made it possible to obtain luminous mosaic elements, as well as luminous in the dark, which more affected to expand the possibilities in the design. This coating is very common in nightclubs, restaurants and other public places. The composition contains some substance, which, when the darkness occurs, begins the accumulated light energy, begins to free and shines with the light of the rainbow.