The wall in the kitchen, which is subjected to frequent pollution, is called a working or apron. Popular Working Wall Materials: Mosaic, Kitchen Apron from MDF, Tile (Ceramic, Cerama Marazzi (Spain), Glass, as an option - with photo printing. Popular tile size - centimeters 10x10. Comfortable and inexpensive plastic wall, for example. Working The surface should be easy to wash, from the fat that fell on it and be beautiful to please you.
60 cm Typical apron height. The height depends on where the cabins are suspended and over the hood plate? Previously, the most popular finishing material for the kitchen was tile. An apron for the kitchen should be of durable material, practical - easy to wash. Wall of plastic inexpensive. This material, among others, is popular.
Consider some species.
Ceramics tiles
Spain produces more than 50 years. It happens a fertility.
Benefits:
- Durable.
- Excellent heat resistance.
- Resistant to moisture.
- Practical. Detergents with an acid content or alkali do not harm it.
- For her just to care for it.
- Ceramic tile or cerama Marazzi (Spain) will suit the intended interior. Tile is under metal, skin or tree. You can decorate her photo printing.
- Different in form and size, for example, popular 10x10. Tile: White or Color; with different drawings or one-photon; Smooth or ribbed.
With stacking, making apron, anyone will cope. Especially if the wall is smooth. Tile (Spain) or Cerama Marazzi (Spain) is glued to the wall with special glue (assembly). When the wall is uneven, the ceramic tile 10x10 is glued to the chipboard (thin) or plywood (resistant to moisture). Finished blocks are facing the wall and a solid ceramic wall is obtained.
- If you like some landscape, you can apply it on the wall photo printing, decorate the kitchen. Tile - reliable material for the working area of the kitchen. He is preferred by many mistresses.
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Apron MDF.
An apron for a kitchen from MDF makes from MDF panels (laminated). Panels are made of sawdust, laminated. In the production of the panel, the sawdust is attached to paraffin with lignin, phenol and resins (epoxy) are not used, because these panels are environmentally harmless. In Ukraine, for example, such do not do, and imported are expensive.
Apron for kitchen from MDF:
- Mounted is easily not a professional.
- Just clean.
- Many floral and trendy marble patterns of different colors.
- Heat-resistant.
- Wear-resistant.
- Resistant to moisture.
However, hit the apron with something heavy, for example, a frying pan, the dent will remain.
MDF plates are made under brickwork, imitate and it looks like a ceramic tile, under the stone. Fashionable panels "Techno" with such a design. Such panels are suitable only in the kitchen with the electric stove, as it can be easily ignored in case of careless handling of fire. Manufacturers raised the stability of some types of panels to the fire, but they are more expensive and not available to each mistress.
Aprons from glass
An apron made of glass can be decorated with photo printing, on which landscapes, still life, portraits of favorite actors and everything you want will be depicted. Or the drawings will be applied under pressure directly on the glass (sandblasting method). It turns out, exquisite, beautiful and your taste of the aprons.
Most often, the apron from the glass is made solid. There are no seams that mud and to multiply bacteria can be clogged. The glass is easily cleaned and washed, but splashes and fat on it are visible more than on some other coatings and you need to wipe often. If you want to change the drawing applied to the apron, you will need a professional help.
Aprons from Mosaica
More than 50 years of mosaic and tile on sale in a wide range: for kitchens, bathtubs and other premises. Spain is one of the main manufacturers. Mosaic is performed from pieces of broken tiles or glasses. Mosaic can portray as a simple pattern (squares 10x10) and the original complex. It is the same durable as the tile and for a long time serves in the working area of the kitchen.
Mosaic is applied only on a flat surface, as the wall contours repeats. Align the walls before work. Carefully close the seams between pieces.
Spain produces excellent material (ceramic mosaic one of the best). If you take, do not disappoint in quality. And lay the pattern yourself or invite a professional. Even in a simple "chess" pattern, a mosaic looks wonderful. Or cubes of centimeters 10x10.
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Plastic apron
For the original design of the classic modern kitchen, the working wall of plastic is exactly what you need. This is an option, thanks to which you can save on the cuisine overhaul. From such a material, the apron is done quickly.
But the plastic apron can spoil hot water or deform from chemicals containing acid, scatter and it is not as beautiful as the work area from other materials. Some plastics allocate harmful substances into the air. Plastic is burning and if you have a gas stove, it's better to separate the kitchen.
Metal apron
It is advisable to arrange a metal working area of the kitchen, when you like this material and you want to create a specific style, for example, minimalism or loft. Mosaic or ceramic tile (Spain) give greater space for creative incarnation of conceived, but metal different: stainless steel, copper, aluminum or other alloys.
Artificial stone for apron
This material is not very popular in Russia, tile (Spain) is more attractive, as often used for kitchen design material.
Often an apron stone for kitchens make from acrylic. He looks great and well protects the working area from fat splashes. The stone is separated by the wall at the working table. Artificial stone lightweight and without problems is attached to the wall.
This is an expensive material. For kitchen interior, more expensive than mosaic, glass (tempered), tile. And MDF more econthomen. Remember, the apron from the material under the stone is ordered together with the worktop.
Tile 10x10 cm and mosaic, the most popular materials for finishing the working area in the kitchen.