Fixing mosaic's (horizontally) - TilersForums.com

[Jimny Cricket]

Hi there, I've done a couple of job's recently where the customer has wanted a horizontal mosaic border. Although the customer's have been pleased with the result I'm not!
I'm a bit of a perfectionist and I'm looking for advice on fixing the mosaic (the 15 x 30mm type that come on a sheet approx 300mm sq).
Next time I've decided I'm gonna set the room out and get some ally angle straight edges, screw to the walls and fix the mosaic's 1st and leave them overnight or 24 hrs and tile up to them - is this best practice?
I'm sick of the odd wonky mosaic, dipping in or out, up or down!!

 

[Qwerty]

Dog tooth method is best way

 

[Qwerty]

Bedding out a mosaic border - https://www.tilersforums.com/threads/bedding-out-a-mosaic-border.68769/

 

[One Day]

As above. But as a cheat - try Mosaic mesh.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mosaic-Adhesive-Easier-Fixing-Mosaics/dp/B005187NVA

 

[Jimny Cricket]

Cheers all helpful info

 

[macten]

Cut chocks of wood to correct height and do all the field tiling first then dig tooth them in at the end.

 

[Albert]

As has been said above but i just cut pieces
of scrap tile to give me my gap

 

[Flintstone]

I don’t like the dog tooth method, I usually tile the whole room and use off cuts of tile to create the gap for the boarder, then I use mosaic mesh To make the mosaic more manageable, i butter the back of the mosaic to the correct amount and put it in. Too much chance of them all wobbling with dog tooth, in my opinion

 

[MTiler]

Most people tend to install the field tiles first then install the mosaics in the gap left for them. Where the mosaics are thinner than the field tiles theres various ways of building up the height. People use strips of backer boards, scrap tiles, mosaic mesh etc. You can also make a jig and use adhesive etc. to get your height. Whichever way you use make sure theyre set solid before installing mosaics otherwise theyll move about.
Just cut a piece of plastic etc to make a small trowel to fit the border size and youre sorted.

Sharon

 

[Simon Dale]

I have used rapid on the backs , left them over night and fixed like a tile as the sheet is hard ?