Installing Glass Tile Sheets

Start by spreading a thin even layer of thinset on the wall.

Installing glass tile sheets.

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. Examine your mosaic sheets. Do not delay this step or your thinset will begin to dry and the tiles will not fully adhere to the surface. 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.

Set your sheets into the thinset layer spread on your substrate taking care to square the sheets as you go. Apply the grout with a float gliding over the tiles at a 45 degree angle. Place the mosaic sheets along the wall. Don t be tempted to substitute a rubber mallet for the hammer when setting glass tile.

If your mosaics are face mounted you may not be able to see what the mosaics look like because the only visible. How to install a glass tile backsplash step 1. Apply painter s tape along the back edge of the countertop to protect the granite. Dry fit the tile sheets in the space to determine the best layout.

Follow the lines you made when the tiles were dry fit to the wall. To install glass tiles start by spreading the mortar on the wall in a 3 inch by 3 inch space. Slightly rock the sheet up and down perpendicular to the trowel lines to collapse the ridges and help the tile settle into place. To avoid scratching the glass tiles grout with unsanded grout.

Then make straight parallel lines in the mortar by pressing into it with a notched trowel to help the tiles stick to the wall. Do the same at all corners where tile sheets meet. Comb the thinset in one direction using a notched trowel with the recommended size teeth. Use a 3 16 v notched trowel.

Add tile spacers for help keeping the tile pieces lined up. How to install mosaic tile sheets. Mesh backing lets you install the tiny glass tiles as a single sheet 1. Its bounciness will cause the tile to shift out of place on the wall.