Marca Corona Touch Wood Malto 8x48

Description

Marca Corona Elisir Touch Malto 8×48 — Premium Wood-Look Porcelain Plank from Italy

The Marca Corona Elisir Touch Malto 8×48 is a full-body Italian porcelain plank from Marca Corona’s Elisir Touch collection, designed for contractors, designers, and architects who need a realistic wood-look tile that meets the durability standards of porcelain stoneware. Malto sits in the middle of the Elisir Touch range — a balanced medium brown with malt-toned undertones and softly defined grain. It is the most versatile color in the collection, working comfortably in transitional, modern farmhouse, and contemporary residential settings, as well as light commercial spaces such as boutique retail, cafés, and hospitality lobbies.

About the Elisir Touch Collection by Marca Corona

Marca Corona’s Elisir Touch is a wood-effect porcelain stoneware collection inspired by fine oak planks with wide knots and warm tones. Produced in Sassuolo, Italy — the heart of the world’s premier ceramic district — Elisir Touch combines high-resolution inkjet graphics with a subtly textured matte (Naturale) surface that registers true to the touch, not just to the eye. The full collection offers four warm wood tones — Malto, Miele, Whiskey, and Ebanite — across coordinating sizes including this 8″x48″ format, giving designers the flexibility to mix long plank fields with smaller-format herringbone accents in a single specification.

Installation & Applications for Marca Corona Elisir Touch Malto 8×48

The 8″x48″ (20×120 cm) rectified plank is the workhorse format of the Elisir Touch range and the natural choice for whole-floor installations in living rooms, kitchens, open-plan ground floors, primary bedrooms, and light commercial spaces such as retail, restaurants, and hospitality. Rectified edges support a tight grout joint (typically 1/16″ with a leveling system) for a clean, continuous plank read. Marca Corona’s installation guidance recommends a staggered offset of no more than 8″ between adjacent plank ends — a one-third or random stagger, rather than a 50% brick pattern, to minimize lippage on long plank formats. The Marca Corona Elisir Touch Malto 8×48 is rated for residential and light commercial installations, with a PEI IV abrasion rating that supports kitchens, entries, hallways, and moderate-traffic retail or hospitality floors. Because Elisir Touch is an inkjet-printed range with multiple graphic faces packed at random, installers should pull from three to four boxes simultaneously and rotate pieces during layout to achieve a natural, evenly distributed blend. A tile leveling system is recommended on long plank formats to control lippage.

Technical Specifications

• Material: Full-body porcelain stoneware (inkjet)
• Finish: Matte / Naturale
• Nominal Size: 8″x48″ (20×120 cm)
• Edge: Rectified
• Thickness: 9 mm (~0.354 in)
• Application: Interior floor & wall — residential and light commercial
• PEI Rating: IV
• Shade Variation: V3 (Moderate)
• Slip Resistance (DIN 51130): R9 (Naturale finish, indoor use)
• Water Absorption (EN ISO 10545-3): ≤ 0.5% (BIa — full porcelain)
• Flexion Resistance (EN ISO 10545-4): ≥ 35 N/mm²
• Frost Resistance (EN ISO 10545-12): Resistant (full-body porcelain)
• Thermal Shock Resistance (EN ISO 10545-9): Resistant
• Stain Resistance (EN ISO 10545-14): Class 5 (highest)
• Chemical Resistance (EN ISO 10545-13): GLA (acids/alkalis), GA (cleaning chemicals)
• LRV (Light Reflectance Value): Low — typical of darker wood-look porcelains; request a sample for project-specific lighting and ADA evaluation
• Standard: ISO 13006 / EN 14411 Group BIa compliant
• Square Feet per Carton: 15.5
• Pieces per Carton: 6
• Country of Origin: Italy

Manufacturer reference: View the full Elisir Touch collection on Marca Corona.