Curmudgeon 154 Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 Is there a "go to" place locally where I can get a small number of tiles to match existing ones? Alternative is to re-tile my bathroom.... Ugh. TIA Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dichosalocura 613 Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 Wasn't there a place in Joco that sold older recycled tiles where you could pick out a few that matched instead of having to buy an entire box? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ea93105 275 Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 I tried to get some more tiles to match some ones I ordered from the Telavera store in San Antonio even giving them an existing tile to match , they weren't even close on the second batch. Always get more than you need for a project is the lesson I learned 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
happyjillin 2,048 Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 My contractor got an almost perfect match to my existing tiles on a job they did. About 15 tiles only, in our bathrooms so what the OP wants is available somewhere here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ferret 3,024 Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 Curmudgeon, are they Talavera tiles or ceramic? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mainecoons 5,370 Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 13 hours ago, dichosalocura said: Wasn't there a place in Joco that sold older recycled tiles where you could pick out a few that matched instead of having to buy an entire box? Isn't that place in San Juan Cosala? I'd like to also check and see if they have some that would match some of my old ones. Can't remember where it is at but I think someone has posted here about it in the distant past. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Curmudgeon 154 Posted February 20 Author Report Share Posted February 20 11 hours ago, Ferret said: Curmudgeon, are they Talavera tiles or ceramic? They are ceramic tiles... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mudgirl 2,794 Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 In my experience, most tile stores have individual tiles from broken boxes that you can purchase. Sometimes you have to paw through piles of tiles to find your match. And if you can't find a match, I'd do something interestingly artistic with other tiles to fill in the space before I'd consider having to retile the whole room. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mainecoons 5,370 Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 I've searched without luck for the location of that supposed store in San Juan Cosala that supposedly has a lot of discontinued old tile. Someone posted here some time ago about it and where it is but for the life of me I can't remember when or where. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ferret 3,024 Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 Great idea mudgirl! Even if you have the original lot # of the tiles, your installed tiles will have changed colour slightly from both wear and cleaning over the years. Removing a few more tiles (to make a line or a square etc.) can allow you to make an accent on the floor in a different but complimentary colour. Or a number of complimentary tiles done mosaic style with some of the older tiles broken into pieces as well for uniformity but randomly scattered throughout the entire floor. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mainecoons 5,370 Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 Well it was posted in 2017, no idea if it is still there. Thanks to Zipit for the heads up. Quote San Juan Cosala at the ironworker/scrap dealer acros the carretera from Bodega Del Arte. About 200 yards west of Farmacia Guadalajara on the mountain side. Photo below. They were tile dealers for many years, and still have all of the old stock stashed in a trailer. Also, they have buckets/boxes/bins of recycled tile laying all over. I found some pieces of of a hideous green tile, must have been from the '70's, that matched exactly the tile in our shower. Bodega Del Arte and the scrap dealer are owned by the same people. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mainecoons 5,370 Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 Also from that 2017 thread, supposedly a store on the way out of Jocotepec: Quote There is a tile store in Jocotopec, On the way out of town, just before you get to hiway 15, 10 years ago I found some 100 year old tile to match the ones in my antique casa... If anyone checks either or both out would you please let us know what you found? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dostortas 173 Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 I went to the factory in Chapala, it’s about a block from Soriana, don’t recall exact location. Their number 333-189-3300. They do beautiful hand painted custom design. They matched my tiles that are 50 plus years old perfectly. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mainecoons 5,370 Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 1 hour ago, Dostortas said: I went to the factory in Chapala, it’s about a block from Soriana, don’t recall exact location. Their number 333-189-3300. They do beautiful hand painted custom design. They matched my tiles that are 50 plus years old perfectly. I went there and they couldn't match mine. Interesting because yours is more complex. But on mine, the design seems to sit on top of the tile and the base surface and has some depth. Maybe that was the problem Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solajijic 326 Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 The tile store next to the Coca Cola plant has several back rooms with open boxes. They also have several showrooms, stores in Telaquepaque. The store also has does the fellow in the tile store also down near Paninos has a backroom, single sets of tiles and a factory in Telaquepaque. The SanJuan Cosala junky antiquey store on the lake side just west of the Farmacia has an old kitchen room with open stacks of tiles. Then in Jocotepec just as you get into town on the lake side there is a tile yard which also has unusual tiles and a source for older tiles. The blue and yellow tiles look like the beautiful old tiles in LaCocina women's bathroom. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bmh 2,396 Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 The problem with old tiles is that the enamel had led and now everything is lead free. The bathrooms in my house are all old tiles and when I remodelled I gave up being able to match them and mixed the new and the old.. The new tiles have more vivid colors not because they are new but because they are led free.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dostortas 173 Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 3 hours ago, Mainecoons said: I went there and they couldn't match mine. Interesting because yours is more complex. But on mine, the design seems to sit on top of the tile and the base surface and has some depth. Maybe that was the problem Yes, I think maybe so as I had some old tiles in our casita with raised bumps, they couldn’t replicate them. The blue and yellow tiles they made for me were not as thick as the original ones but my tile guy compensated for that when he installed them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bmh 2,396 Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 Maincoon did you take your tiles to Mexico arte or something like that n Riberas. They used to have the tiles you are talking about , Their tiles are made in Dolores Hidalgo and they have made tiles for me in the exact color I wanted which was differnt from the one they had in stock. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mainecoons 5,370 Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 Just now, bmh said: Maincoon did you take your tiles to Mexico arte or something like that n Riberas. They used to have the tiles you are talking about , Their tiles are made in Dolores Hidalgo and they have made tiles for me in the exact color I wanted which was differnt from the one they had in stock. Yes. Went to all of the local tile places. One suggested I take it to Hildalgo. None could do anything other than flat painted and glazed, very poor match. We tried that already. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bmh 2,396 Posted February 20 Report Share Posted February 20 Interesting I remember the tiles you are talking about, they made them 20 years ago and the place that used to be by Telmex had them. I was fixing up the house then and I remember them.. They also had them in a store on Ninoes Heroes in Guadaljara.. They came from Dolores Hidalgo .. I guess they all discontinued them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ferret 3,024 Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 You can have any talavera tile duplicated in Dolores Hidalgo. Unfortunately the current environment with the pandemic makes it more difficult. Those tiles are not painted with a brush but with a bulb filled with paint. Think of a baster for a turkey to get the idea but it's a hollow bulb that is squeezed to draw the paint in through the smaller hole in the bottom and then lightly squeezed to dispense it. It is time consuming work and fascinating to watch a room full of artisans plying their trade. I got a hand cramp just watching them manipulate that bulb... one bulb, one colour. Absolutely fascinating. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mainecoons 5,370 Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 23 minutes ago, Ferret said: You can have any talavera tile duplicated in Dolores Hidalgo. Unfortunately the current environment with the pandemic makes it more difficult. Those tiles are not painted with a brush but with a bulb filled with paint. Think of a baster for a turkey to get the idea but it's a hollow bulb that is squeezed to draw the paint in through the smaller hole in the bottom and then lightly squeezed to dispense it. It is time consuming work and fascinating to watch a room full of artisans plying their trade. I got a hand cramp just watching them manipulate that bulb... one bulb, one colour. Absolutely fascinating. Wow, thank you for that enlightening information! May be able to go over there later in the Spring. How would I start looking for the right shops to go to? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ferret 3,024 Posted February 21 Report Share Posted February 21 Ask for the location of the largest Fabrica de Talavera. This is the largest that we found... huge warehouse and the whole second floor was the artisan's workshop. Have patience since the website is a little slow to open... https://talaveracortes.com.mx/ Directions: https://www.google.com.mx/search?source=hp&ei=j8cxYN6qGoqUtQXA0Z3wCw&iflsig=AINFCbYAAAAAYDHVn2AP4rbA3-1YH_ozWf3dKSGhQmWy&q=mas grande fabrica de talavera en dolores hidalgo guanajuato&oq=mas+grande+fabrica+de+Talavera+en+Dolores+Hidalgo+Guan&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAEYADIICCEQFhAdEB46AggAOgIILjoICC4QxwEQowI6CwguEMcBEKMCEJMCOggILhDHARCvAToGCAAQFhAeOgUIIRCgAToECCEQFToHCCEQChCgAToFCCEQkgNQ2hxY_P8BYIilAmgCcAB4AIABpwKIAYg7kgEGMC41NS4xmAEAoAEBqgEHZ3dzLXdpeg&sclient=gws-wiz&tbs=lf:1,lf_ui:10&tbm=lcl&rflfq=1&num=10&rldimm=11917763776390742082&lqi=CjxtYXMgZ3JhbmRlIGZhYnJpY2EgZGUgdGFsYXZlcmEgZW4gZG9sb3JlcyBoaWRhbGdvIGd1YW5hanVhdG8iA6gBAUiigpr-5oCAgAhaYAoOZ3JhbmRlIGZhYnJpY2EQABABGAEYAhgDGAUYBhgHIjhncmFuZGUgZmFicmljYSBkZSB0YWxhdmVyYSBlbiBkb2xvcmVzIGhpZGFsZ28gZ3VhbmFqdWF0byoECAMQAZIBDG1hbnVmYWN0dXJlcqoBFhABKhIiDmdyYW5kZSBmYWJyaWNhKA4&ved=2ahUKEwiggsOs-fnuAhVHhq0KHSumBCoQvS4wAHoECAIQLw&rlst=f#rlfi=hd:;si:11917763776390742082,l,CjxtYXMgZ3JhbmRlIGZhYnJpY2EgZGUgdGFsYXZlcmEgZW4gZG9sb3JlcyBoaWRhbGdvIGd1YW5hanVhdG8iA6gBAUiigpr-5oCAgAhaYAoOZ3JhbmRlIGZhYnJpY2EQABABGAEYAhgDGAUYBhgHIjhncmFuZGUgZmFicmljYSBkZSB0YWxhdmVyYSBlbiBkb2xvcmVzIGhpZGFsZ28gZ3VhbmFqdWF0byoECAMQAZIBDG1hbnVmYWN0dXJlcqoBFhABKhIiDmdyYW5kZSBmYWJyaWNhKA4;mv:[[21.1935818,-100.88655109999999],[21.1242418,-100.95709959999999]];tbs:lrf:!1m5!1u2!3m2!2m1!2e8!4e2!1m4!1u3!2m2!3m1!1e1!1m4!1u2!2m2!2m1!1e1!2m1!1e2!2m1!1e3,lf:1,lf_ui:10 edited to add: sitting here laughing because things are sooooo much easier in the world of the internet. We drove around forever asking questions... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Curmudgeon 154 Posted February 22 Author Report Share Posted February 22 While I'm sure we all appreciate the good information on Talavera tiles, my originall question concerned commercial ceramic tiles. Are any of those places mentioned a good place to match a ceramic tile? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mainecoons 5,370 Posted February 22 Report Share Posted February 22 Can you put up a picture of what you are looking for? There are many, many sellers of ceramic tiles in GDL along Niños Heroes. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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