Marca Corona Touch Wood Miele 8x48

Description

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

The Marca Corona Elisir Touch Miele 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. Miele — Italian for honey — is the warmest and brightest color in the Elisir Touch range, with golden undertones and a soft, even grain pattern. It opens up smaller rooms, complements white and cream cabinetry, and suits coastal, Scandinavian, and warm-modern interiors that benefit from a lighter, sun-washed foundation.

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 Miele 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 Miele 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.