Installation steps include: 1) Stabilize sections with blue tape; 2) Mix thinset, and trowel a mortar bed onto surface starting from bottom left corner; 3) Lift section from floor, remove plastic backing, position it into mortar bed, and guide into place; 4) Press tile pieces firmly into the mortar and remove blue tape; 5) Pick out excess thinset from grout lines; 6) Prepare mortar bed area for next section and attach the section, working bottom to top, left to right; 7) Cut out and attach bridging pieces; 8) Pop out tiles as needed and adjust placement for better fit.
25 July 2010
Mosaic Mural Intensive - Day 6
Day 6 (Saturday). Today was installation day. We prepped our installation site by taping off the wall around the hardiboard, taping a plastic skirt below it, and covering the floor with red paper and a canvas tarp.
Installation steps include: 1) Stabilize sections with blue tape; 2) Mix thinset, and trowel a mortar bed onto surface starting from bottom left corner; 3) Lift section from floor, remove plastic backing, position it into mortar bed, and guide into place; 4) Press tile pieces firmly into the mortar and remove blue tape; 5) Pick out excess thinset from grout lines; 6) Prepare mortar bed area for next section and attach the section, working bottom to top, left to right; 7) Cut out and attach bridging pieces; 8) Pop out tiles as needed and adjust placement for better fit.
Installation steps include: 1) Stabilize sections with blue tape; 2) Mix thinset, and trowel a mortar bed onto surface starting from bottom left corner; 3) Lift section from floor, remove plastic backing, position it into mortar bed, and guide into place; 4) Press tile pieces firmly into the mortar and remove blue tape; 5) Pick out excess thinset from grout lines; 6) Prepare mortar bed area for next section and attach the section, working bottom to top, left to right; 7) Cut out and attach bridging pieces; 8) Pop out tiles as needed and adjust placement for better fit.
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