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Saltillo tiles

woody with a view - 7-21-2010 at 08:51 AM

anyone have a lead on Saltillo's. i think i've heard about getting them in tecate? directions/prices, etc...

i need about 500 sq. ft.

noproblemo2 - 7-21-2010 at 08:57 AM

sent u U2U

mtgoat666 - 7-21-2010 at 09:07 AM

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Originally posted by woody with a view
anyone have a lead on Saltillo's. i think i've heard about getting them in tecate? directions/prices, etc...

i need about 500 sq. ft.

you can buy them in tecate, on west side of town (several mfg yards are on same road).

when i looked for saltillo, i found that home depot was cheaper (esp. when you factor in effort/hassle of a day going to tecate).

astrobaja - 7-21-2010 at 09:24 AM

You can also get them from Ciscotile in Ensenada (right beside Ford dealer ship on Reforma) more $ than the ones from Tecate but the real thing actually from Saltillo. The ones from Tecate are nice but are a bit more rustic and coarse.

noproblemo2 - 7-21-2010 at 09:33 AM

woody, they will come to you home with samples, ceramicajr

woody with a view - 7-21-2010 at 09:37 AM

home depot (usa) are $1.19/sq. ft. seems like they'd be cheaper in tecate or ? if i made a day trip out of it and hauled them back north. not really a hassle, it's about saving $200+ dollars (in my mind!).....

DENNIS - 7-21-2010 at 10:20 AM

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Originally posted by astrobaja
You can also get them from Ciscotile in Ensenada (right beside Ford dealer ship on Reforma) more $ than the ones from Tecate but the real thing actually from Saltillo. The ones from Tecate are nice but are a bit more rustic and coarse.

By far the best source of decorative tile....hand painted, Talavera etc....in town.

DENNIS - 7-21-2010 at 10:22 AM

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Originally posted by woody with a view
home depot (usa) are $1.19/sq. ft. seems like they'd be cheaper in tecate or ? if i made a day trip out of it and hauled them back north. not really a hassle, it's about saving $200+ dollars (in my mind!).....

How many do you need? Won't you have to import them?

Mexitron - 7-21-2010 at 10:32 AM

I just did a patio with Saltillos out here in Texas---got them from a tile store for 99 cents each---you might check out the mile of tile in Anaheim or a similar area in SD. BTW, have you worked with Saltillos before? Its generally a good idea to seal them BEFORE you grout and many places sell the pre-sealed tiles. The lady I installed them for wanted to let them age so I used a grout release, which is like a temporary sealer that keeps the grout from flash setting onto the tiles---they are a b-tch to clean without some kind of sealer.

capt. mike - 7-21-2010 at 11:56 AM

you want to go and hand select cause if they are authentic ground pan cast and dried they will often have a few with dog paw prints where the animals traipse over them in the curing yard. it is like a fossil print, very cool.

i get all mine at Mexican Tile Co. and Mex-I-Tile here in Phx and they will cull the dog ones for you, they cost extra but it is neat to have a few in your lay pattern. go with diamond dot pattern, looks nice and costs no more on a $$ per ft basis.

DENNIS - 7-21-2010 at 12:04 PM

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Originally posted by Mexitron
---they are a b-tch to clean without some kind of sealer.

I think it's impossible. If scrubbing them clean breaks the smooth surface, the piece is history.
Even sealing them is a skill. If you use a roller, you have to move fast. A half sealed paver will dry in seconds and you'll see an overlap when you return to finish it.

Diver - 7-21-2010 at 12:57 PM

http://www.lesouk.com/hemax/floor.htm

woody with a view - 7-21-2010 at 04:05 PM

thanks! i'll look into these.....

DianaT - 7-21-2010 at 04:12 PM

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Originally posted by DENNIS

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By far the best source of decorative tile....hand painted, Talavera etc....in town.

Love there stuff! And if you buy something from him on the way back to the US, he will hold it for you on the way down. He can order anything one wants including the Saltillo and if it is shipped within Mexico, it is a lot cheaper than shipping to the US and then you can pick it up in Ensenada---so we have been told.

Back to Saltillo. Guillermo at Jardins in San Quintin told us not to buy the Tecate stuff, but make sure it is from the mainland. He showed us the difference---and the the stuff made in Tecate was not holding up as well.

We also understand that it needs to be sealed and resealed on a regular basis.

Good luck

[Edited on 7-21-2010 by DianaT]

Udo - 7-21-2010 at 05:18 PM

Woody...

I did my patio in the saltillo tile that I purchased in Tecate. I bought a half a pallete for less than $100.00 U.S. two years ago. The tile store that I got them from was the second tile store on the right as you drive west on the main boulevard after you enter town. I estimated that I saved over $400.00 over buying them at Home Depot/Lowes. All the tiles are holding out great in an outside patio (10X15') in the snow during winter. I did have to use a tile mastik to glue the tiles to the concrete because of expansion/contraction. One would normally use a tile grout to cement the tiles to a base.
The tile company gave me about 50 extra tiles in case some of the tiles were broken inside the pallete. Only about 10 were broken.

grace59 - 7-21-2010 at 07:07 PM

I love the look of Saltillo tile and wanted to put it in the house that we are currently building in Mexico. We found out that they require a lot of maintainance...with yearly sealing and it can get quite costly depending on the amount you are using. Instead we found a ceramic tile that has the look and colors of Saltillo without the maintainance. I don't know what it is called, but we just found it in a display in a tile shop in San Felipe.

bigjohn - 7-21-2010 at 09:45 PM

Woody,

What type of saltillo tiles are you looking for. The square edged ones that are a little more rustic looking are generally called Madrid's and the rounded corner and rounded edges are called Super's. I have installed thousands of feet of them but not in quite awhile.

There used to be a place in San Clemente that I would buy them from that were about a $1/each (I will see if I can come up with the name). But as I mentioned it has been at least 10 years since I have installed a saltillo floor. As mentioned here with other posts, the sealing is the secret. In fact the more coats of sealer applied prior to grouting makes the whole job easier. I would also recommend slip sheeting the concrete floor as the tiles are very soft and will break along any slab crack or fissure. The slip sheeting also cuts down on the moisture coming through your slab which can create ugly "lime pop's".

I have had clients that went to Tecate and picked up their own tiles. I do not know what the cost was or what kind of fees they had to pay.

Good luck and I will try and remember what the name of the saltillo supplier was in San Clemente.

Big John

[Edited on 7-22-2010 by bigjohn]

[Edited on 7-23-2010 by bigjohn]

Mexitron - 7-22-2010 at 05:24 AM

Big John---do you remember what part of San Clemente the tile place was? I used to live there but can only think of San Clemente Building Supply off Los Molinos near the Rainbow Sandal factory...

Slipsheeting is a great idea.

805gregg - 7-23-2010 at 06:49 PM

I've got genuine Tecate satillo tile thoughout my house, I bought them from a guy that imported them from Baja. They do require maintaince, I love them for the look. I needed more for the front porch and got them at Home Depot, the Home depot tile are better quality and stand up better than the Mexican tile used inside. Just go to HD and save a drive.