Ivory Vein-Cut 3D Plus

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Travertine-look porcelain tile for anyone who wants the style of natural stone without the pores or the periodic sealing that real travertine requires. Ivory is an ivory travertine, the lightest in the line, calm and elegant. This is the vein cut, which shows the long bands of travertine. The 3D Plus finish adds real texture you can feel over the printed surface, so it looks and feels like stone; the same tile comes in smooth matte. It is rectified, color-body porcelain, with thin grout lines. The manufacturer rates it for interior wet areas (IW+), on floors and walls. With 12" × 24" porcelain, what decides whether a tile sounds hollow or cracks is what's underneath: the leveling of the slab and the coverage of the thinset. That's why we check the slab before we install.