Mosaic Tile : Usage And Characteristics.

Generally, the texture of mosaic tile is very much similar to the texture of ceramic tile.

The different between mosaic tile and ceramics is the size of mosaic are smaller. The size of mosaic tile is generally about 5*5 centimeter. When using mosaic, we will assemble small pieces altogether, stick with paper glue or other materials. When apply mosaics to the surface of the floor or walls, you have to make sure that you leave enough space between single tile to let cement leak into those space and make mosaic stick together.

The raw material that mosaic generally made from are clay, marl, stones powder and some kind of sand mixed together. Then take the mixture of these materials compress with a mold by using extreme high pressure and then burned at the temperature around 800 degree Celsius.

Usage

We use mosaic as covering material of floor and wall or other surface. There are two types of mosaic, divided by the character of the tile?s surface, which are polished surface and rough surface. Polished surface mosaic is suitable for wall covering meanwhile the rough surface suitable for floor covering in order to prevent slip. The surface of mosaic tile also has ability not to damaged from chemicals, oil, pressure and scratch

Caution

You have to make sure when apply mosaic to the surface, piece of mosaic must firmly stick to the surface, otherwise they will peel of the surface. You can use wet cotton to clean the mosaic without using any other cleaning chemicals.

Installation

First of all, the surface the floor/wall should be well prepared in terms of slope and cleanliness of the surface. The surface must be flat and not be knobby otherwise the tile will not stick firmly to the surface. Then mix cement with sand in the right proportion and apply to the surface about 3 centimeter thickness and slowly put mosaic tile on the cement and leave it until the cement dried (generally take at lease 3 hours). In case of using glue paper to stick the mosaic, you should leave it at least about 24 hours before peel of the glue paper, then apply cement into the cavity between single tile and leave it for another 2-3 days before use. This method is not complicated so it is ok for you if you want to make it by yourself.

if you go to a construction materials shop and see mosaic tile that mock by glue paper or nylon net, this is just a mock up model to display the pattern or design of the mosaic only, it?s not the way that you can have those paper tile to actually apply to floor or wall surface.

The mosaic that assembled and stick on net is suitable for floor covering than using with wall, because nylon net has less ability to stick with the surface because the net have to carry weight of entire of mosaic while it has very little space that attached to the surface. The type of mosaic that use glue paper to coat and adjoin to the surface will be more effective in

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