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This is the stuff I use when I’m tiling walls or ceilings. It works great because it’s much stickier then regular thin set. If you use regular thin set on ceiling tile they will fall off after a minute or two and brake. Using this stuff will keep the tile on the ceiling till the adhesive is cured. It works good on walls because it keeps tile from sagging down, although, it still might sag a little so check it one last time after your done before you take off.

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Cove tile is a stone or tile version of baseboard. It is set on the wall about 1 ½” to 3 ½” off the floor. I definitely suggest using cove tile on tiled floors; it makes a big difference in looks for not that much of a difference in price. You have to pay for some one to install baseboard any way, but for a little more your baseboard can be made of tile or stone pieces.

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When using glass tile make sure that you paint the back of the glass with white paint. It looks better that way when you are installing it. Otherwise you will see the gray thin set right through the glass and that does not look so good. Another way of doing this would be to use white mastic thin set when setting in glass tiles.

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The consequence for poorly mixed up grout. Mix it too watery and it will crack when it dries. Mix it to dry and it will feel like you are wrestling a bear, trying to get the grout in the grout lines. The way I test grout for a proper mix ratio is to get some grout on my margin trowel and hold it over my bucket upside down, it should take about 10 seconds for the grout to detach and fall off.

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I installed BLACK marble on the floor of a bathroom two months ago and it looked SO good! Now, two months later I can see the wear on the tile. Could not believe what happened to it. Black Marble is not a good color tile to have in areas where there is considerable amount of traffic, maybe would be best on walls. But it did look very nice at first.

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The biggest difference between ceramic tile and natural stone is that ceramic tiles are man-made and natural stone, as we know, is a product of mother earth. As you move away from natural and shift to using man-made tile, they start looking systematic and loose their unique appearance. Most of natural stone tiles can be restored while ceramic tile has to be replaced. Although ceramic tile has disadvantages it certainly makes up for it in the unlimited colors and shapes you can have it in.

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There is a diverse variety of natural stones, listed here are the most common stones used for tiling: Granite, Marble, Limestone, Travertine, Slate, Quartzite, Sandstone, Onyx, etc…

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There are many fake, manufactured and man-made items in our homes. Natural stone can be the part of our house that feels more like the beautiful earth we live in, linking it and making it one with nature. Not only is natural stone highly durable and looks good in homes but it is also becoming trendy as people are going “green” which means moving away from man-made materials and more towards natural or nature-made materials. Natural stone will give your home a timeless look and a more realistic feel. In some homes the human is the only thing real in the house, sounds sad doesn’t it.

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Natural stone is a product of mother earth, developed by nature over millions of years that is not affected by fashions, nor is perishable over a period of time. Natural stone is not manufactured but is extracted from the earth and then shaped, sized and finished to different styles. Natural stone tile is not man-made so each tile piece is unique so no two tile pieces are exactly alike, but they can all carry a particular texture or color.

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Clean rinse is the final step in grouting tile. All you’re doing here is just cleaning off the grout residue. Again get a clean sponge and a bucket of clean water, dip the sponge in the water, wring it out and wipe the tile and the grout lines clean. Use each side of the sponge only once, this will give you a cleaner look and believe it or not will actually speed up the cleaning process. Again, here also, do not apply too much pressure because you will start pulling out the grout and you grout lines will not look flush.

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