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The Malaga Tiles we are presenting here are handcrafted cement tiles (in Spanish: Baldozas y Azulejos de Cemento). These types of cement tiles were introduced, and subsequently produced by the Spanish colonists in the Philippines during the 18th century. Large scale production of these tiles continued until the 1930's.
We have rediscovered this old craft and have started producing tiles based on the old methods.
Our wide array of designs includes those of Spanish origin, Islamic influenced patterns as well as antique tile designs from the other European countries. We also execute customers' own designs.
For the students of engineering, these tiles are made of three distinct layers, strongly bonded by means of pressure. The first layer is composed of pigments and the appropriate cement as binder. The second layer is made of portland cement as binder and fine dry river sand. The third layer is almost the same composition as the second except that this is compounded with modern cement additives.
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