White mosaic adhesive: how to choose?

The modern market offers a wide range of adhesives suitable for planting mosaics on hard surfaces. Among the options available, you can find both universal and special solutions. Professionals recommend giving preference to the latter, because thanks to them, the composition will retain its spectacular appearance for a longer period. Specialized mosaic adhesive is traditionally available in white, which is especially suitable for ceramic and glass tiles.

White tile adhesive is very popular due to its versatility in tone. It goes well with any shade of the color palette, so craftsmen confidently purchase it for finishing a bathroom or kitchen in advance.

Currently, manufacturers offer their customers high-quality white cement mortars., which is diluted with a proportion of white graded sand and the necessary polymers for better adhesion. Such a solution is moisture resistant and is ideal for laying mosaics, especially from natural materials.

The main advantage of such glue is neat seams, which can be adjusted more conveniently during the laying of tiles than seams of glue of a darker color. In addition, a light solution can be given less attention when cleaning, especially if you continue to use a white grout, which will hide all the existing imperfections.

White glue is a necessary attribute when laying glass mosaics., which has been especially popular among designers and customers lately. As a rule, these are transparent or translucent tiles, a complete composition of which needs a light background, necessary to emphasize its beauty and the absence of distortions in the appearance of the mosaic. This glue will become an irreplaceable assistant in this.

When choosing an adhesive, you need to make sure of its high quality, since the durability of the mosaic composition depends on it.

To do this, when choosing an adhesive, you should follow the following recommendations.

• Professionals do not recommend purchasing this product on open markets. White tile adhesive has a powdery mass and is sold in bags. Humidity and improper storage conditions can significantly reduce product quality. To prevent such a possibility, the powder should be purchased from trusted certified stores and only those brands that have been popular in the market for a long time.

• It is worth paying special attention to the production and packaging time of the adhesive. As a rule, for powder mixtures, it should not exceed six months. After this period, the setting process may begin inside the bag, which will reduce the quality of the future solution.
• It is better to give preference to specialized glue with a proviso - for laying this or that product. Thus, in the process it will be much more convenient for the master to work with the solution, and the result will be much higher and will not disappoint the owner of the house.

• When buying, it is worth checking in advance in the accompanying documentation of the manufacturer of the glue the consumption rates in order to compare them with the area of ​​work. However, do not forget that the rate may differ from the actual consumption, therefore professionals advise to always purchase a third of the required amount of powder.
• When diluting the solution, you do not need to rely on intuition - you must strictly follow the attached instructions. Excessive moisture can lead to defects that affect the good adhesion of the tile to the surface.

• As a rule, the ready-made solution is applied to the walls with a specially purchased tool - a spatula. Despite the fact that the work usually dries within 24 hours (and more expensive mixtures even within a few hours), experienced craftsmen advise doubling the waiting time for a better and stronger adhesion of the mosaic.

When choosing a white tile adhesive, you should pay attention to the manufacturer. For example, brands Ceresit and Knauf... The products of the former are more focused on working with mosaics made of artificial materials, while the assortment of the latter is perfect for working with tiles made from natural raw materials.

Manufacturer's white glue Axton suitable for surface finishing with ceramic tiles, as well as external finishing works due to its resistance to temperature extremes and increased moisture resistance.

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