Installing Glass Tile Sheets

After the mortar sets and the tiles have been cleaned of any excess mortar mix up the unsanded grout to the consistency recommended by the manufacturer s directions.

Installing glass tile sheets.

Lay out the mosaic tiles sheets either right on the area you want to install them or in an area of equal size. Use a 3 16 v notched trowel. Start by spreading a thin even layer of thinset on the wall. Apply the grout with a float gliding over the tiles at a 45 degree angle.

Do not delay this step or your thinset will begin to dry and the tiles will not fully adhere to the surface. A good layout minimizes the number of cuts. Comb the thinset in one direction using a notched trowel with the recommended size teeth. Then make straight parallel lines in the mortar by pressing into it with a notched trowel to help the tiles stick to the wall.

How to install mosaic tile sheets. Follow the lines you made when the tiles were dry fit to the wall. Set your sheets into the thinset layer spread on your substrate taking care to square the sheets as you go. Dry fit the tile sheets in the space to determine the best layout.

Do the same at all corners where tile sheets meet. If your mosaics are face mounted you may not be able to see what the mosaics look like because the only visible. Mesh backing lets you install the tiny glass tiles as a single sheet 1. Don t be tempted to substitute a rubber mallet for the hammer when setting glass tile.

How to install a glass tile backsplash step 1. Sheets should be placed onto the newly trowelled thinset on your surface immediately. Add tile spacers for help keeping the tile pieces lined up. Slightly rock the sheet up and down perpendicular to the trowel lines to collapse the ridges and help the tile settle into place.

As you add sheets of tile that abut others hold a block of wood over the joints between sheets and tap lightly with a hammer. To avoid scratching the glass tiles grout with unsanded grout. Examine your mosaic sheets. Place the mosaic sheets along the wall.