Mosaic tiles on the grid - technology

Mosaic - material extremely spectacular in appearance, even if it is done in just one or two colors.Oh and mosaics in general above all admiration.However, previously afford such a luxury could only very few.And not because of the high cost of the material, and because of the high prices for works by laying: professionals who are able to work with high precision, there were very few.Now cope with this task can be independently due to the appearance of the mosaic tiles on the grid.

These boards are made up from small pieces - mica, glass, ceramic, are bonded to each other in a small slab foundation of the building grid.It turns out that you have in the hands of a full-sized tiles, but flexible.I have a tile and another definite plus: it can be easily cut into its constituent pieces, strips, without special tools.

for comfortable work on flat surfaces such manufacturers glued boards special tape, which does not allow the segments to "walk" with respect to each other.Well, if you need somewhere to do a bend, you just need to peel the tape and work in peace even for round the walls, even the floor with irregularities.

stacking technology

Actually, laying mosaic tiles on the grid does not fundamentally differ from that of the standard ceramic tiles.Tools and materials required are the same:

• primer (for wet areas need water-resistant to antifungal effect);
• tile adhesive (for use on curved surfaces is better to find the glue on the latex-based precisely mosaic);
• grout;
• trowel for leveling, pridavlivaniya plates (preferably with a rubber base);
• notched trowel to apply tile adhesive;
• brush (roller) for the primer;
• mixer for mixing the adhesive;
• bucket or basin for the glue mixture.

Step 1. Substrate

Because our tiles on the grid - a flexible material, you can not pay too close attention to leveling the surface - all the bumps are leveled.But before the work will still have to remove the old paint if it is itself sometimes falls off.In principle, you can put this tile and concrete, and wood and wood chip materials.

Once the surface is prepared, it is required generously primed, using a brush or roller.The works can proceed immediately, without waiting for drying the surface - it does not hurt the cause.

Step 2: Laying tiles on the grid

Now we will perform the following steps:

1. Knead the tile adhesive.Many just do not need - quickly, "to stone."Expect up to 1-1.5 hours of work.The formulation ratio of the water and dry mix will be indicated on the package itself as solidification time.
2. With a notched trowel applied to the surface our glue.Must obtain grooves, their direction does not matter.It is recommended to apply the adhesive at a time on this area, which will be able to paste tiles on the grid for half an hour, no more.
3. Take our tiles (when running on the curved surface of the pre-remove tape) and press down with a spatula with a rubber base to the desired location.It follows that the tile adhesive does not protrude much on the surface.Check the horizontal and vertical level, or ruler.To comply with the evenness of the gaps can be used crosses.
4. 30 minutes later, after the adhesive sets, remove the excess with a damp cloth from the tile surface.Do this later will be difficult.
5. After a day or two, you can start grouting.To do this, prepare a mixture of the trowel and apply it on the tiles, all seams were filled.Take a rubber spatula and diagonally "drives" our grout into the joints.
6. Remains grout immediately, or after 30 minutes remove with a damp cloth.

summarize

Laying tiles on the grid - pretty easy job even for the layman.The technology is virtually no different from working with conventional ceramics, but the benefits - work on uneven surfaces, the possibility of cutting into small pieces without the use of grinders - are quite obvious.Coping with a small area, for example, 10 square meters, is one person in just one working day.

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