How To Hang Adhesive Backed Tile On Wall

Flatten the tile with a grout float if necessary.

How to hang adhesive backed tile on wall.

Cut strips and start hanging from the top measure and cut strips of wallpaper with your razor blade to fit the height of the wall. Loosen the edge of the backing with your fingernail to get it started then peel it off like you would a sticker. Mix thinset or your chosen tile adhesive according to directions and spread on a small section of the wall with a drywall trowel. Remove the backing from the adhesive pad on the rear side of the tile.

Follow the lines you made when the tiles were dry fit to the wall. Add tile spacers for help keeping the tile pieces lined up. If your grout is recessed meaning the bricks poke slightly out over the grout line you can use brick clamps to hang things on the wall. Take the first tile and press it onto the wall in the area where you made your marks.

Peel back about 12 inches of the backing on a strip line up the top of the paper at the ceiling then slowly peel and stick the paper down the wall. Slightly rock the sheet up and down perpendicular to the trowel lines to collapse the ridges and help the tile settle into place. Then place the tile directly up against the first tile. You re now ready to add your first tile to the wall.

Place the mosaic sheets along the wall. You ll find this piece on the top section of the frame. Be sure to line up the tile with your penciled layout to get the placement right on the first try. Press it firmly up against the wall and make sure that you hold it for a few seconds to allow the adhesive to stick to the wall.

Snap the clip sometimes called a clamp right onto the. Remove the paper backing from the first tile and press the adhesive side firmly against the wall.