Brick Slips

[hammerman]

Just having a new kitchen designed which includes having a decent promaster range (induction hob)

Instead of tilling behind the cooker, i'd like to create a brick effect using slips. I'm not a lover of large splash back panels so it was either tiles or slips.

My one concern about using slips would be splashes from cooking....food, oil and fat for example and would the slips get stained. Is there anything you can use to protect them without ruining the look of the feature.

Cheers

[Old_Geezer]

I can't believe that there isn't. But to make them easily cleanable won't it inevitably have to fill in all the surface indentations, maybe even as far as making them as gloss like as a tile ?

[dannyk13]

Possibly a matt finish polyurethane varnish

[dannyk13]

Or better still this:-
http://www.drytreat.com/sealers/residential/stain-proof.html

[melv16]

You could cover the slips with some toughened glass to make it easy to clean

[The Builder]

I can't say that I like the look, Hammers. I never use brick though. Just a personal thing. It's a "Health Centre chic" look ;o)

It's not the slips that are going to be the problem. They can be sealed effectively by any clear, masonry sealer such as the one in Danny's post.

It's the sand & cement pointing that gives them the authentic brick look. Even when sealed, the coarse texture of the pointing will soon acquire a build up of grease/dust etc.

I've used frosted glass in my kitchen, but I think your best bet would be to take up Melv's idea of covering in clear glass.