Albico kitchen aprons: features, assortment and selection recommendations

For a modern person, the kitchen is not only a room for preparing food. We spend more and more time here, especially if it is a kitchen-living room. Albico kitchen aprons will become an integral design addition, and perhaps the main decoration of this room.

A backsplash is the space between the sink, stove, and pieces of furniture. It performs protective functions, which are the main ones, but designers assign one more important function for it - decorative. A quality kitchen apron should have the following properties:

• not be sensitive to temperature fluctuations;
• do not deteriorate under the influence of high humidity;
• easily cleaned of dirt;
• be resistant to external influences;
• harmoniously fit into the design of the room.

An apron in the kitchen is used for the following purposes.

• Protection of surfaces from moisture. The work area in the kitchen is constantly affected by moisture and grease. Even the most diligent hostess cannot prevent this. To avoid difficulties in cleaning the apron, the material used for its production must be perfectly smooth.
• High temperature protection. During the cooking process, where the stove is located, part of the wall is constantly exposed to high temperatures. Because of this, the kitchen apron must be made from materials that are resistant to this.
• Decorative features. The apron must necessarily become an organic part of the overall design of the room.

Albico aprons are Russian products, in the production of which famous foreign masters took part. The base is an MDF or HDF panel. The decor is formed using the latest techniques, one of which is glossy printing. Albico panels used in the kitchen have such positive characteristics.

• Acceptable cost of the product suitable for any user.
• The aprons are very reliable. When interacting with sharp objects, no damage is formed on them.
• The special coating is resistant to moisture.
• Detergents do not negatively affect the gloss of the products.
• Aprons have a long service life. The image, being in the sun for a long time, does not change color.
• The panels are heat resistant and cannot melt or ignite when exposed to elevated temperatures.
• The material used to create the panels does not contain toxic particles that are harmful to the health of family members.
• A wide assortment of images and the available possibility of ordering an individual version makes it possible to choose a product for any kitchen and satisfy the most demanding taste.
• The panels are very easy to install, so the work can be done independently, without the involvement of specialists.

Kitchen panels are covered with 12 layers of high-quality varnish, which allows the surface to be absolutely smooth and protects the pattern. In addition to MDF, glass tiles are used for the apron, which are quite durable. There are 2 types of glass surfaces: matt and glossy. The peculiarity of this material is that any drawing can be placed under the glass.

Photo printing on the panel is in many ways worse than a glass apron. It is possible to order any drawing you want and place it under glass. When you need to lay out a large surface, for example, on the bathroom wall, then it makes sense in the photo tile, and it is better to choose another material for the kitchen apron. The plastic apron is the most budgetary variation of the design of the work area in the kitchen.

A kitchen apron with a picture of "Fruit and Ice" looks very original in any kitchen... This type of design is used to create modern interiors. Images also look nice with berries, fruit pieces and water splash... An apron with this image will emphasize the uniqueness of the kitchen.

At the initial stage of creating an apron, a base is obtained - an MDF board. For its production, chopped coniferous wood is used. The most difficult production processes at the factory are put on the conveyor belt, which is why they are done in a short time and with high quality. Now the resulting blank is cooled for 30 minutes, then sent to a special workshop, where decorative elements are applied. It goes like this:

• The required image is scanned.
• Place the photo printing on a layer of special glue treated with ultraviolet light. This action is repeated 14 times. The principle of operation is that the next layer is, as it were, baked in the previous one. The result is a three-dimensional image. It seems that the picture is hidden inside.
• The size of the manufactured products is 2.8 * 0.6 m, the thickness is 0.5 cm.

Laying an apron is not a complicated process. It doesn't need any special tools. When purchasing ready-made panels, everything you need is included in the package. Of the necessary additional parts, a connecting strip will be needed. It is chosen based on the characteristics of the kitchen furniture. From below, the apron must be attached to the table. In the space under the hanging cabinet, the shape of the herringbone plank is suitable.

Product responses are mostly favorable:

• the panels are easy to clean from dirt, which indicates their ease of use and practicality;
• MDF panels are much better than products from other materials, they are lightweight and low cost.

When choosing products for an apron, you must pay attention to the following characteristics.

• The size of the apron. The standard dimensions are as follows - a height of 0.5-0.6 m, it depends on the height of family members and the type of plate.
• Working surface should run around the entire perimeter of the room, and not be limited to a place behind the stove and sink. While these places are most often polluted, others are also at risk.
• When the sink is located in the corner of the room, then it is better to lay out the apron on the perpendicular side, as the areas around the sink get dirty quickly.

Simple and easy installation, beautiful view, low cost - all these characteristics attract the attention of users, and the use of glossy panels in the kitchen is becoming more and more popular every day. Plates with an image similar to natural wood look good in office spaces. And the material on the walls with a beautiful decor will adorn any room.

In the next video, see an overview of Albico kitchen aprons.