What is mosaic and how to install?(10/4/2011)

Firstly, what is mosaic?

Mosaic divided into two kinds, including ceramic mosaic tiles and glass mosaic tile. It is a kind of decorative arts, often using many small stones or fragments of colored glass to make up the pattern in the glass art in the church, also known as stainedglass. In the Byzantine Empire, the mosaic rise with the development of Christian churches and palaces in the form of murals. Nowadays mosaic refers to this type of colorful visual effects.

Secondly, Mosaic category introduction

According to material, process, mosaic can be divided into several different categories. Glass mosaic can be divided in accordance with its process to single-sided cutting machine, cutting machine and hand cutting double-sided, non-glass mosaic can be divided in accordance with its material into ceramic mosaic, stone mosaic, metal mosaic and so on.

Ceramic mosaic is the most traditional kind of mosaic, with small and exquisite, but at the more monotonous, low grade.

Marble Mosaic, a variety of medium-term development of a mosaic, colorful, but the acid is poor, poor water resistance, so the market reflected is not very good.

Glass mosaic. Colorful glass mosaic brings vitality to mosaic. It is based on the different varieties of glass, divided into many small species:

1) Fusible glass mosaic. With silicate as the main raw material, melting in high temperature molding and was opaque or semi-emulsion-like, containing a small amount of bubbles and particles do not melt the glass mosaic.

2) Sintering glass mosaic. With glass powder as the main raw material, pressed into a certain amount of binder, etc. to pressing into size of Green; at a certain temperature sintered glass mosaic.

3) Golden star glass mosaic. It contains a small amount of bubbles and a certain amount of metal crystalline particles, with a clear case of light flashing glass mosaic.

Thirdly, the installation process

Paving Installation "four" Step

1. Base surface treatment: Pre-installation mounting surfaces should first ensure that the grass-roots level, reserved for the installation location should be greater than the thickness required Mosaic 3-5MM. Paving should be done before a comprehensive clean-up work.

2. Pre-shop: installation in accordance with the construction and installation plans should be pre-shop, when combined with larger number diagram splicing.

3. Paving: Use the 2-3MM serrated spatula to evenly spread on the grass roots on the adhesive, the thickness of the 3-5MM appropriate. Drawings mosaic in accordance with the single alignment gap and put the glue on combed. The gap between the two, with each chip should normally be the gap between the pellets of the same. The flat planks on the surface of the mat in the mosaic, even beating with a rubber hammer to ensure strong bonding. In case of a mosaic pieces are too high or too base to be used to reduce or remove the particles increase the adhesive method of leveling.

4. Filling: until the water dries and a moderate initial strength, use wooden or rubber spatula poured joint mixture into mosaic cracks in the sealant. After joint mixture completed, the water has a moderate income dry and begin clean up.

(Author Mosaic and Tile, China Leiyuan 10/4/2011)

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