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Ceramic Kitchen
Where can i buy a set of ceramic kitchen knives ?
I see chefs using these on tv, and they seem so much sharper than steel, almost effortless to cut through big cuts of meat.
Is this generally true?
I guess they dont go blunt either? Does anyone know where I can buy a set. Also I know they are not cheap, do you think they are worth the extra price ?
No, it’s more of a misleading marketing than the truth. If they never went blunt, makers wouldn’t offer sharpening services now, would they?
I’ve used several ceramic knives and I can tell you ceramics is not ready for now to be a knife blade material.
1) Ceramic knives can’t get as sharp as quality steel. I have extensive collection of various sharpening equipment, including Japanese whetstones, ceramic and diamond sharpeners. I hand sharpen all of my knives, including ceramics. Like I said, ceramic never gets as sharp as the good steel, and second, the effort spent on sharpening ceramics isn’t worth the little extra edge holding you get from it.
2) Factory edge on ceramic knives is not as sharp as ceramic can be. So far every single ceramic knife I’ve had I managed to sharpen better than the stock edge.
3) Too brittle. Aside from the breakage issues which I haven’t ever experienced, but it’s easily possible, the real issue is the edge microchipping, which dulls the edge severely and really fast.
All that talk about ceramic never needs sharpening is not how things work out in real life. Yes, ceramics is much harder than the steel, even the best steel, but because it doesn’t have enough strength the edge which is a lot thinner, or at least supposed to be thinner than the whole blade chips easily.
I was using ceramic knives exclusively for soft vegetables, always on custom end-grain wood board and still, the blade suffered from chipping. I could see that very well a simple loupe.
Even when you wash those veggies thoroughly, there’s always a good chance small particles of dirt or sand are still on them, especially if you work with potatoes, leeks and such. And that’s how it chips.
On plastic boards things get much worse.
Sorry to disappoint, but they do go blunt, and the irony is, it can happen faster than with the steel knives. Speck of dirt that will chip the ceramic edge will probably bend the steel or chip it, but steel is very easy to fix, ceramics isn’t. Most of the people simply can’t sharpen them at home, and sending expensive knives back and forth every 3-4 months simply isn’t an option.
Even with very delicate and careful use, at best in my experience ceramic outlasted steel (Japanese kitchen knives, high hardness) probably twice at best. Time spent to sharpen those ceramics is 3-4 times greater compared to steel, if not more.
So, as much as I like exotic steels and blade materials, ceramics for today is a poor choice for the kitchen knives. May be good for a letter opener, but not in the kitchen.
If you still want to try it out, then I suggest not to buy a set, buy a single knife, test it and then do as you wish. Sets are a bad idea for any blade material anyway, you will get more than one knife that isn’t really needed.
With the exception of Morimoto, Cimarusti and very few other chefs you can safely ignore what they show on food networks. Most of them either have no choice due to sponsorship and contractual agreements, or alternatively have vested interest and promote particular brand, and then it has very little to do with the actual knife performance and quality, e.g. Rachel Ray using her line of Furi knives which are real junk and unlikely to last sharp longer than her 30 min show.
Kyocera ceramic kitchen knife review here – http://zknives.com/knives/kitchen/ktknv/misc/kyoceraok45.shtml
Boker ceramic delta folder review here – http://zknives.com/knives/folding/hiend/bokercd.shtml
Ceramic Kitchen
Kitchen Tiles
If you are thinking about creating and designing a new kitchen or if you are just deciding to redecorate your existing kitchen then I think that I you should definitely consider using kitchen tiles to make your kitchen look nice and maybe even stand out a lot.
You can do so much with kitchen tiles and make your kitchen look amazing in so many different ways all you need to do is think up an idea and then put it into practise. If you can get the right colour contrasts and designs then you will find that making your perfect kitchen can be a lot easier than you think.
You can find kitchen tiles in all sorts of style, design and shapes which make them perfect for creating your own fantastic design, you can easily mix and match with different styles to find the right layout for you. Kitchen tiles can be used on either the floor or the walls or you can use tiles for both of them and make brilliant designs.
Another thing you can do with kitchen tiles is to make a backsplash of tiles on the back of the wall which can go fantastically with granite countertop which will make your kitchen stand out from the rest.
Most tiles that you will be using or should I say the tiles that are definitely recommended are ceramic kitchen tiles, these are good because they are very low maintenance tiles which are extremely easy to clean as well as being very long lasting kitchen tiles if they are installed and made in the correct way. These types of tiles are good because you can have them painted with and design you wish meaning that you can have so many different look finishes.
If you are installing kitchen tiles to your walls then you first need to make sure that the wall is up to the job, if you have a wall that can not stand the weight and pressure from kitchen tiles then you are going to be in for a problem, so always check before you start that your wall is durable enough to withstand them. A good reason for installing kitchen tiles on your walls is because the grout that binds the tiles together and against the wall will not be in a position to receive many different stains and pressure. They are also water resistant as well so this is a added bonus especially if you are installing them around the kitchen sink or anywhere that there is a possibility that they will get wet.
The grout that holds the kitchen tiles together will need to be cleaned quite often if you expect to keep the wall looking in tip top condition because the grout is prone to staining if it gets dirty a lot which could make your design look bad.
When you are deciding on how many kitchen tiles you are going to need to use you should always add on a few more tiles on top of the number that is required. The reason for this is because it is likely that at some point your tiles are going to receive a few chips or there is likely to be a few chips or breakages during the installation process.
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Is there a way to remove a decal design on ceramic tile backsplash in kitchen?
My kitchen has a glossy white ceramic backsplash. Random tiles have a fruit motif scattered around the backsplash-design appears to be some sort of decal that was applied on top of the tile. I would like to update the kitchen and get rid of these fruit motifs. I have tried Goof-Off, soap, Comet and they do not budge. Does anyone have any other ideas without damaging the tiles–I would like to just have the plain white tiles as I do not want to tear out the tile. Thanks for your suggestions!
if its a ceramic tile it probally is not a decal. most tiles are painted with a design and then fired in a kiln. but you can try goof off,acetone, paint thinner, finger nail polish remover.
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