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Old 12-11-2006, 11:40 PM   #1
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Plastic 4x4 Tiles


I've been in this house for about a year, and I'm about to start a ceramic counter and back splash.
I went to remove some of the old 4x4 tiles and found them to be plastic, my guess they went up in the 50s. or 60's. they looked like ceramic, but I couldnt understand why they wouldn't polish up.

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Old 12-12-2006, 12:04 AM   #2
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Re: Plastic 4x4 Tiles


That's a new one on me. Plastics were the new 'space age' thing back then and it wouldn't suprise me. I guess that they must be pretty good to have lasted this long and fooled you until you started to pick them up.
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Re: Plastic 4x4 Tiles


Maybe the late 1930's!
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