We spoke to a client recently about installing paper-faced tiles and she brought up a point that we don’t talk enough about so I wanted to cover it in our Blog today. This applies mostly to the DIY’ers out there who will be installing their own material.

When installing paper-faced mounted tiles such as our Kawaii glass mosaic tiles, care needs to be taken during the installation process when setting the tile in to the adhesive. Since the tiles are paper-faced mounted, the paper should be removed from the face of the tile when the adhesive is cured enough to hold the tiles in place in the mortar, yet not too cured so no adjustments to the tiles can be made as the installation progresses.

When to remove the paper from the face of the tile depends on a number of factors including the weather and how hot or cold it is at the location where the tiles are being installed, what type of mortar adhesive is being used and how long the mortar takes to “set up”. Trial and error is the name of the game and installing paper-faced mounted tiles has been and can be installed by DIY’ers and Tile pro’s alike.

Paper-faced mosaic tiles have been around for years and they serve their purpose for some mosaic tiles vs. others. Feel free to give us a call anytime if you have questions about installing your Kawaii glass mosaic tiles.

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