mosaic question?

[Leatherface]

Gauging up with addy is by far the easiest, cheapest and quickest method. However requires a bit of practice. One tip, this is the way I do it....
Set your tiles above and below border & allow to dry.
I have a number of gauging trowels /scrapers cut down to width to apply adhhesive,
then use a piece of wood notched out to required depth & scrape along gap when addy sufficiently hardened. Give a final clean and scrape before adhesive has fully set.
It is all about timing !
Apply adhesive and fix tiles ( again I have made a few suitable sized notched trowels for this purpose out of gauging trowels ) cut notches out with angle grinder !

 

[pursedog]

thanks for the advice guys.
still trying to get my head round it. kinda makes sense in a way but at the same time its hard to get that perfect finish. ok if ya got all the time in the world but when its a paid job and ya wanna get in and out its a different matter.

 

[Mrs Tiler]

what is addy? :88:

 

[White Room]

Adhesive

 

[Mrs Tiler]

I'm too posh to know slang:lol:

 

[Dave Ramsden]

When we did the costa coffee;s we got the contractor to fix the mosiac border to 2mm hardboard. Fixed against a straight adge and clamped down tight untill set, then we just fixed these fabricated strips with Silicon or liquid nails. ANyone think this is "rough"?

 

[DHTiling]

Hardboard is compressed paper....so not something i would do..:yikes:

 

[lucius]

I would say rough and not the way i would do it but if it stays on the wall for the next 30 years with no problems it will then be a proven method.
Lucius

 

[david campbell]

i use 2 options here,
1-use rapid set to pack out th 4mm to make everything flush
2-(my prefered option)use a thin ply,thus making the mosaic protrude the actual tiling and stand out further than intended making it more of a feature!

 

[brian c]

pack out with cheap 6mm tiles cut to size..allow to set then insert mosaic and pad into place with a grout float.