How To Hang Adhesive Backed Tile On Wall

Flatten the tile with a grout float if necessary.

How to hang adhesive backed tile on wall.

Be sure to line up the tile with your penciled layout to get the placement right on the first try. Follow the lines you made when the tiles were dry fit to the wall. You re now ready to add your first tile to the wall. Comb over it with a notched trowel.

You ll find this piece on the top section of the frame. Then take another tile and peel off the paper. Add tile spacers for help keeping the tile pieces lined up. Slightly rock the sheet up and down perpendicular to the trowel lines to collapse the ridges and help the tile settle into place.

Take the first tile and press it onto the wall in the area where you made your marks. Place the mosaic sheets along the wall. If your grout is recessed meaning the bricks poke slightly out over the grout line you can use brick clamps to hang things on the wall. Then place the tile directly up against the first tile.

Mix thinset or your chosen tile adhesive according to directions and spread on a small section of the wall with a drywall trowel. Remove the backing from the adhesive pad on the rear side of the tile. Remove the paper backing from the first tile and press the adhesive side firmly against the wall. It s important to work in small sections because thinset and other tile adhesives dry quickly.

Snap the clip sometimes called a clamp right onto the. Loosen the edge of the backing with your fingernail to get it started then peel it off like you would a sticker.