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