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| Hello Everyone,
I stumbled across this website a few days ago and have spend HOURS looking at everything and reading all of the posts. I took a mosaic class at a local community collage and loved it and have several ideas for projects. One that I would like to try is to mosaic tiles on our front porch(painted concrete). In the class we used just a clear adhesive (Dap) as I was working with stained glass on glass. I am also in the middle of trying a terra cotta pot with broken dishes and now I want to try tile on the porch. Would I use the same glue for the porch & tile as i did with the stained glass and the terra cotta? I saw thinset mentioned on one of the other posts and just wasn't sure. Thank you for any information you can give. Bonnie |
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| Hi, Bonnie!
While I haven't done outside tiling, I know you'll find your answers here. Welcome! |
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- Posted by slowmedown (My Page) on Mon, Jun 30, 08 at 8:17
| You are soooooooo WELCOME, BONNIE. If I were doing your project, I'd use thinset. For all outside projects, I use thinset, and grout w/the same, to ensure adhesion and durability. It works well for me, even when using glass. Anxious to see your work - post pictures ASAP. |
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- Posted by bonnie_mosaic (My Page) on Mon, Jun 30, 08 at 19:05
| Thank you for the information. We have a Habitat for Humantiy "re-store" here in Portland and they have a bunch of thinset and grout. I'll have to go see if I can find some for my project. I would post pictures of my projects, but I'm not quite sure how to post the pictures. I love looking at the photos of everyone's projects. The projects are beautiful and so very inspiring! Thanks again! |
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| Hi Bonnie! yep I'd go with thinset too. You can post pics from photobucket with a free acct there |
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| Bonnie, I use Photobucket and it's easy. I played around for a long while wanting to post some pics and finally dove in. Try it! Once you upload your pics there, it's easy to put them here. |
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- Posted by curbdiver1954 (My Page) on Mon, Jun 30, 08 at 21:49
| Welcome to the group, Bonnie! I'm in the thinset corner, too, for outdoor mosaics. Got some grout at our Habitat re-Store a couple of weeks ago - gotta love the prices AND big bonus is the $ going to Habitat! Looking forward to seeing your pics, too! Pat |
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- Posted by mermaid4life (My Page) on Mon, Jun 30, 08 at 22:38
| Welcome Bonnie, I would say me three for thinset. Best thing for outdoor mosaics. and we LOVe pix, so don't be shy, this is one supportive group! |
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