| Generally, the texture of mosaic tile is very much | | | | surface, 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 is | | | | using any other cleaning chemicals. |
| the size of mosaic are smaller. The size of mosaic tile | | | | Installation |
| 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 with | | | | prepared in terms of slope and cleanliness of the |
| paper glue or other materials. When apply mosaics to | | | | surface. The surface must be flat and not be knobby |
| the surface of the floor or walls, you have to make | | | | otherwise the tile will not stick firmly to the surface. |
| sure that you leave enough space between single tile | | | | Then mix cement with sand in the right proportion |
| to let cement leak into those space and make | | | | and 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 from | | | | and leave it until the cement dried (generally take at |
| are clay, marl, stones powder and some kind of sand | | | | lease 3 hours). In case of using glue paper to stick |
| mixed together. Then take the mixture of these | | | | the mosaic, you should leave it at least about 24 |
| materials compress with a mold by using extreme | | | | hours before peel of the glue paper, then apply |
| high pressure and then burned at the temperature | | | | cement into the cavity between single tile and leave |
| around 800 degree Celsius. | | | | it for another 2-3 days before use. This method is |
| Usage | | | | not complicated so it is ok for you if you want to |
| We use mosaic as covering material of floor and wall | | | | make 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, which | | | | paper or nylon net, this is just a mock up model to |
| are polished surface and rough surface. Polished | | | | display the pattern or design of the mosaic only, it's |
| surface mosaic is suitable for wall covering meanwhile | | | | not the way that you can have those paper tile to |
| the rough surface suitable for floor covering in order | | | | actually apply to floor or wall surface. |
| to prevent slip. The surface of mosaic tile also has | | | | The mosaic that assembled and stick on net is |
| ability not to damaged from chemicals, oil, pressure | | | | suitable for floor covering than using with wall, |
| and scratch | | | | because nylon net has less ability to stick with the |
| Caution | | | | surface because the net have to carry weight of |
| You have to make sure when apply mosaic to the | | | | entire of mosaic while it has very little space that |
| surface, piece of mosaic must firmly stick to the | | | | attached to the surface. |