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To Break the Traditional View, Bathroom Waterproof

Wallpaper Launches a Comprehensive Challenge to

Ceramic Tiles

Today people consider not only the firmness and practicability but also the aesthetic property and human orientation in selection of house decoration materials. From the traditional point of view, bathrooms could only be decorated with waterproof and humidity resistant ceramic tiles. Nevertheless, the newly emerging wallpaper on the current market is specially geared to bathrooms. This kind of wallpaper enjoys many advantages in waterproofing, sound insulation, energy conservation, etc., putting an end to the monopoly age of ceramic tiles.

Bathroom Waterproof Wallpaper Emerges Because of Demand

Liu Haitao who was preparing for his house decoration got worried about how to decorate the bathroom. Over the years, tens of thousands of households had decorated their bathrooms with ceramic tiles. However, Liu Haitao who was born in the 1980s would like to decorate the bathroom of his house in a way different from others. He wondered whether there was a kind of material to meet his requirements, which offered many patterns at one’s choice and was easier to use than ceramic tiles and not very expensive. Liu Haitiao’s idea was laughed at by his friends, and they thought the wall decoration material with such a high performance-price ratio did not exist. Not until Liu Haitao’s colleague introduced the bathroom waterproof wallpaper he was looking for to him did he feel proud and elated before his friends.

Waterproof wallpaper is a newly emerged decoration material. The other day, the journalist visited Dalian decorative material market and found waterproof wallpaper. The journalist noticed that this kind of waterproof wallpaper was six times thicker than normal wallpaper and of resilience. It is said that its waterproof feature is attributed to its PVC paper base and the thick PVC material on surface. Once water beads are splashed on the wallpaper, you could clean it by gently wiping it. Since it has been soaked in water repeatedly, its color will not fade and fall off as common wallpaper. Additionally, this kind of wallpaper is also characterized by sound insulation, energy conservation and other features. The wallpaper could greatly abate the bicker in the bathroom, thus ensuring the quietness in the sitting room and bedroom. The journalist also noticed that the wallpaper centers on warm color and sharply contrasts with ceramic tiles of cold color. The warm color of waterproof wallpaper enables bathers to feel warm, comfortable, soft and sweet.

Tips for Waterproof Wallpaper Selection and Purchase

The journalist also noticed in his interview that in order to highlight the advantages of waterproof wallpaper, a store specializing in wallpaper sales was conducting on-the-spot demonstration and promotion at its entrance. The moment a salesman started the water pump, a spouting waterjet attacked the wallpaper and then flew to the sink. Despite repeated washing, the wallpaper did not fade, get smashed or fall off. The humorous slogan “why cannot bathroom use me?” aroused the interest of many consumers.

Although the waterproof wallpaper as a new decorative material has many advantages, insiders remind consumers that on the current market the good and bad are intermingled in terms of waterproof wallpaper and that consumers had better choose the wallpaper produced by trade companies of high brand popularity and good after-sale services. And before purchase, they should inquire about the properties of the product in detail, such as the pavement workflow, auxiliary materials and whether the waterproofing and stability of the product could meet the special functional requirements of the bathroom, etc. Since waterproof wallpaper contains special materials, consumers should give consideration to whether the wallpaper has met the environmental protection standard. If it fails to meet the standard, it will create pollution in the hot environment of the bathroom over 10 times than in common indoor environment, thus posing a threat to health.

Since waterproof wallpaper is not absolutely waterproof, experts suggest that consumers divide the relatively “dry part in the humid area” and had better use the waterproof wallpaper in the “dry part” so that the wallpaper could bring into full play its effects.