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Discuss Mosaics on floorhelp pls in the Tile Adhesive, Grout and Substrate Preparation at TilersForums; Hi All I'm going to be laying some original style moonbeam penny round mosaic tiles onto a over boarded ply bathroom floor, at the moment the floor is normal floor ...
          
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    Hi All

    I'm going to be laying some original style moonbeam penny round mosaic tiles onto a over boarded ply bathroom floor, at the moment the floor is normal floor boards and it is solid so will be super solid once plyed.

    I will be using granfix mosaic fix white adhesive. This is the first time I've fixed a mosaic floor although I have done mosaics on walls before, so I have a couple of questions.

    What size trowel should I use for mosaics on the floor, usually For floors I use the half round solid bed trowels, but I can't seem to find a small half round trowel for mosaics. Should I use a 4mm square notched trowel, my normal 3mm square notched trowel would be too small for floors surly?



    The moonbeam tiles can be found in the Original style artworks brochure on page 48 bottom left.

    Original Style - Artworks

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    Default Re: Mosaics on floorhelp pls

    your tile is 6.35 mm deep, i would go for the 4mm trowel

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    Thanks Charlie

    So a 4mm square notched not a solid bed one?

    When I've done mosaics on walls using a 3mm square notched trowel the mosaics seem to have total adhesive coverage on them anyway.

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    Default Re: Mosaics on floorhelp pls

    they will get total coverage anyway when you push them down with grout float

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    3mm -4mm would be fine imo
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    Default Re: Mosaics on floorhelp pls

    You should be fine with a 4mm as long as the floor is nice and flat. Personally I would go for a cement backer board rather than ply.

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