Installing Glass Tile Sheets

Do the same at all corners where tile sheets meet.

Installing glass tile sheets.

Examine your mosaic sheets. Start by spreading a thin even layer of thinset on the wall. Set your sheets into the thinset layer spread on your substrate taking care to square the sheets as you go. To install glass tiles start by spreading the mortar on the wall in a 3 inch by 3 inch space.

Do not delay this step or your thinset will begin to dry and the tiles will not fully adhere to the surface. Lay out the mosaic tiles sheets either right on the area you want to install them or in an area of equal size. Sheets should be placed onto the newly trowelled thinset on your surface immediately. Its bounciness will cause the tile to shift out of place on the wall.

Add tile spacers for help keeping the tile pieces lined up. Then make straight parallel lines in the mortar by pressing into it with a notched trowel to help the tiles stick to the wall. Comb the thinset in one direction using a notched trowel with the recommended size teeth. Follow the lines you made when the tiles were dry fit to the wall.

Don t be tempted to substitute a rubber mallet for the hammer when setting glass tile. Slightly rock the sheet up and down perpendicular to the trowel lines to collapse the ridges and help the tile settle into place. How to install mosaic tile sheets. If your mosaics are face mounted you may not be able to see what the mosaics look like because the only visible.

Apply painter s tape along the back edge of the countertop to protect the granite. 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. A good layout minimizes the number of cuts. Apply the grout with a float gliding over the tiles at a 45 degree angle.

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. Place the mosaic sheets along the wall. Use a 3 16 v notched trowel. How to install a glass tile backsplash step 1.