It’s misleading to believe that thickness is the only factor indicating quality of an aluminum ceiling tile embossed. A more important factor is texture. Generally speaking, the thickness of an industrial aluminum ceiling tile can reach 0.8mm and more, but that of a domestic aluminum ceiling tile rarely reaches 0.7mm, because industrial tiles are usually very long, and sufficient thickness helps to avoid deformation. In contrast, domestic tiles are much shorter, and no heavy items are suspended from them, thus there’s no need to make them thicker than 0.06mm.

Why, then, not a few sales people emphasize that their aluminum ceiling tile embossed sheets are 0.8mm or even 0.88mm? Because their raw material is not pure enough. In other words, their tiles cost less than thinner yet purer tiles. Really excellent brands seldom emphasize how thick their aluminum ceiling tiles are. Take a famous brand for example, their tiles are only 0.5mm thick, but they adopt super base plates. With inferior base plates made from recycled pop cans, it’s actually impossible to get thin tiles, or else the tile surface would become uneven! Therefore, when you check the quality of an aluminum ceiling tile embossed, you should pay attention to evenness of its thickness and elasticity by feeling and holding it between your fingers.

In a word, thin aluminum ceiling tiles are not necessarily superior, but extraordinarily thick tiles are likely to be inferior because it’s against common sense of the industry.