Mosaic Tile : Usage And Characteristics.

Generally, the texture of mosaic tile is very muchsurface, otherwise they will peel of the surface. You
similar to the texture of ceramic tile.can use wet cotton to clean the mosaic without
The different between mosaic tile and ceramics isusing any other cleaning chemicals.
the size of mosaic are smaller. The size of mosaic tileInstallation
is generally about 5*5 centimeter. When using mosaic,First of all, the surface the floor/wall should be well
we will assemble small pieces altogether, stick withprepared in terms of slope and cleanliness of the
paper glue or other materials. When apply mosaics tosurface. The surface must be flat and not be knobby
the surface of the floor or walls, you have to makeotherwise the tile will not stick firmly to the surface.
sure that you leave enough space between single tileThen mix cement with sand in the right proportion
to let cement leak into those space and makeand apply to the surface about 3 centimeter
mosaic stick together.thickness and slowly put mosaic tile on the cement
The raw material that mosaic generally made fromand leave it until the cement dried (generally take at
are clay, marl, stones powder and some kind of sandlease 3 hours). In case of using glue paper to stick
mixed together. Then take the mixture of thesethe mosaic, you should leave it at least about 24
materials compress with a mold by using extremehours before peel of the glue paper, then apply
high pressure and then burned at the temperaturecement into the cavity between single tile and leave
around 800 degree Celsius.it for another 2-3 days before use. This method is
Usagenot complicated so it is ok for you if you want to
We use mosaic as covering material of floor and wallmake it by yourself.if you go to a construction
or other surface. There are two types of mosaic,materials shop and see mosaic tile that mock by glue
divided by the character of the tile's surface, whichpaper or nylon net, this is just a mock up model to
are polished surface and rough surface. Polisheddisplay the pattern or design of the mosaic only, it's
surface mosaic is suitable for wall covering meanwhilenot the way that you can have those paper tile to
the rough surface suitable for floor covering in orderactually apply to floor or wall surface.
to prevent slip. The surface of mosaic tile also hasThe mosaic that assembled and stick on net is
ability not to damaged from chemicals, oil, pressuresuitable for floor covering than using with wall,
and scratchbecause nylon net has less ability to stick with the
Cautionsurface because the net have to carry weight of
You have to make sure when apply mosaic to theentire of mosaic while it has very little space that
surface, piece of mosaic must firmly stick to theattached to the surface.