Liquid Floor Tiles Come Alive

The newest thing to hit floor tiles and flooring in general is liquid floor tiles. What happens with these is that walking on them moves colors around in the tiles. Perhaps put more poetically they actually create play as well as movements of light, which then stimulate the sensations of both atmosphere and nature. There are actually two different types of liquid floor tiles.

First to come out was the mono-chromatic liquid floor tiles. In effect these leave a retreating ray of various color tone rays within the memory traces of footprints left behind. What the bi-chromatic tiles do is to stimulate playing with colors as well as with forms of all kinds in an incessant and uninterrupted evolution.

As one walks, it comes as no surprise that the creators of these liquid floor tiles were obviously stirred by their memories of walking across green pastures or sandy beaches, which then left their marks directly upon nature in the form of their footprints. That particular feeling is just what the liquid floor tiles make you feel.

The liquid floor tiles are actually custom made, thus they can utilize any shape, any color combinations, and any size desired by the purchaser. The way that they are made is that they are actually filled with brightly colored, totally non-toxic liquids. This is what enables them to move and swirl in color when they are walked upon. Commercial usage such as bars, nightclubs, museums and even hotels where children gather have been the most common users of these tiles. Granted they are new, different, fun and very exciting at present.

Technically construction is rather simple, for it is 2 separate sheets of polycarbonate. The top of this tile has been treated so that it has anti-slip properties, and the bottom is actually used to act as shock-proofing. Then it is filled and encased in more polycarbonate. Each tile is about ¼” thick, and each of these tiles is individually tested before going out for use by having a 500 kg load for each square meter. Their reactions are best when applied at room.

As said these new liquid floor tiles are definitely new…thus the excitement of them will grow. It is obviously soft enough to leave foot “dents” into, and yet cannot be utilized where too much pressure will go upon it, and we have no idea how protective it will be to the concrete below it. Time will tell!