PHYSICAL PROPERTIES |  STANDARD SIZES |  COMPLEMENTS |  COLORS |  PRODUCER RECOMMENDS Producer recommends Safety of work - When working with tiles use safety aids (for example safety glasses) Base preparation - Base must be solid and dry, without cracks and unevenness. It must also be clean and free from elements which impairs adhesion - Highly absorbent base (gypsum wall), we recommend suitable penetration coating Cutting - When cutting tiles with a 5 mm thickness, you can use a glass hand-cutter - When cutting floor with a 8 mm of thickness, we recommend cutting machine equipped with diamond cutter and water cooling system - When cutting off a corner sector, drill a hole in the top of a corner sector first (it will prevent from breakage) - Irregular shapes can be cut off with a saw which has a diamond surface steel wire - A combination of hand and machine cutting is also suitable Hole drilling - With a drilling machine – use a diamond bit drill for cutting glass - Always use a water cooling system when drilling - we recommend fixation in drilling head with self coolingsystem - Rough-drilling on the back of the tile will avoid any chipped edges when finishing the drilling Edge grinding - Hand grinding – use grinding sponge (for glass) soaked in water - Machine grinding – for example with a drilling machine equipped with grinding wheel Fixing - Adhesive has to be spread equally all over the back of the tile - Absorbent base – we recommend cement based adhesives with flexible additives - Non – absorbent base – silicon based or two component adhesives (in case of obscurity contact your adhesives supplier) - IMPORTANT: Follow the technological fixing process prescribed by adhesive manufacturer - Use a spreader with teeth when applying adhesives application onto the base – thickness approx. 2 mm - When applied on large areas make dilatation joints ( in area, around beams and parts with dilatation) - IMPORTANT: we do not recommend the speeding up of the drying out of already fixed tiles (especially during winter time) - Recommended working temperature: 10-30 °C - Help: In order for the tile to be laid correctly, the ballerina on the back of the tile should be head up Jointing - Usual jointing procedure with commonly used jointing materials - Choose the thickness of the joint according to temperature fluctuation (min. 1-1,5mm) - When used for exterior applications or in areas with high temperature fluctuation we recommend joint 2 – 4 mm Cleaning - Cleaning with water and ordinary detergents - Dirt can be cleaned with detergents for sanitary and ceramic tiles Further information on www.glasstileusa.com PRODUCER: Glass Tile USA tel: 973-839-8394, fax: 973-839-8376 e-mail: info@glasstileusa.com PHYSICAL PROPERTIES |  STANDARD SIZES |  COMPLEMENTS |  COLORS |  PRODUCER RECOMMENDS Back to Main Page   GlassTileUSA.com All rights reserved. Copyright © 2003-2008. Send comments to info@glasstileusa.com.