Using a u notched trowel and embedding the tile into the thinset leaves you with a bed of thinset beneath the tile a little over 1 3 the size of the trowel teeth.
Trowel for mosaic tile sheets.
With average sized tile 12 inches square up to 17 square you ll want a u notch or square notch.
Tile trowels come in many shapes and sizes generally starting out from a 3 16.
Recommended brands of latex modified thinset include custom building products flex bond tec s superflex ta 393 white or ta 392 gray and mapei s kerabond keralastic system.
1 4 x 3 8 square notch.
Use this for 8 8 s and some of the 5 16 thick 12 12 builder grade tile.
The larger the tile the larger the trowel.
Actual coverage depends on substrate type of tile and setting method.
For mosaic tiles and glazed wall tiles up to 4 inches use a v notch trowel with a notch size of 3 16 inch by 1 4 inch.
With most of my installations i use a square notch trowel.
1 4 x 3 8 square notch.
Installation of mosaics sheets.
So a 3 8 u notched trowel leaves a 1 8 bed of thinset beneath the installed tile.
Using the straight edge of the trowel flatten the ridges to achieve a smooth flat setting bed and to prevent trowel lines from showing through transparent tiles.
A great trowel for installing small ceramic tile such as 4 25 x4 25 6 6 and 3 6 subway tile.
Tile trowels come in many shapes and sizes generally starting out from a 3 16 v notch up to the 1 2 square notch.
A great trowel for installing small ceramic tile such as 4 25 x 4 25 6 6 and 3 6 subway tile is this 1 4 inch square notch trowel.
This may also be a good trowel size for thicker 5 16 mosaics.
Mortars selection chart and approximate coverage select a trowel based on tile size to properly bond various types or sizes of tile or stone select a trowel according to the size of tile you want to install.
Use this for 8 8 s and some of the 5 16 thick 12 12 builder grade tile.
If you opt for larger tiles the trowel size will increase accordingly.
Feb 29 2012 i probably use glass tile adhesive by but i am not sure what size trowel i should use 1 8 3 16 trowel size for thin glass mosaics tile trowels come in many shapes and sizes generally starting out from a 3 16 v notch 3 16 to 1 4 v notch mosaics tiles up to 4 1 2 glazed wall tile.
This may also be a good trowel size for thicker 5 16 mosaics.