To demonstrate the technique, the team painted batteries onto steel, glass, ceramic tile and even a beer stein.

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The company provides a complete selection for all markets of carpet, ceramic tile, laminate, wood, stone, vinyl and rugs.

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The houses were small and close together, with handsome roofs of ceramic tile.

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Along the road, many traditional farm homes houses with wooden beams, brick and ceramic tile, typically two stories tall showed significant damage.

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They used glass, stainless steel, ceramic tile, flexible polymer sheets and even a mug to demonstrate how well the paint works.

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Some 4 billion square meters of ceramic tile are sold every year.

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Children in Stoke-on-Trent are being challenged to design their own ceramic tile - to become a permanent reminder of the London 2012 Olympics.

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Full-scale walls have been built of the shaped brick and deep blue or white ceramic tile that he wrapped effortlessly around columns and curved surfaces.

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But the real money is in flooring: Mohawk Industries , which makes all sorts of flooring from ceramic tile, to carpet tiles to rugs.

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One of the first ways that was done was by getting local school children to make a very personal ceramic tile which they all cemented into a wall next to their playground.

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The project, called the Potteries Tile Trail, is being carried out with the Tiles and Architectural Ceramic Society and is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

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