These are beautiful tiles. The only down side to them was in the packaging department. They put some sort of extruded waxy stuff in between the tiles which is a huge headache to fully remove. Looks like the stuff gets squirted out in a coil form and then gets squished between the tiles when they get stacked on top of each other. Offers some sort of protection I guess - maybe keeps the tiles from being scratched. I don’t know, but I had to remove it with a flat window blade, and even after it was scraped off it still left a visible mark on the surface.  This would not go away until after I scrubbed it hard with soap and water with the scrubby side of a sponge. Other than an annoying extra few hours of prep to remove the wax ghost from the tiles, I am really happy with them.