Things You'll Need:
- Tiles of your liking
- tile mud sometimes called thin set, tile grout of your color preference, tile spaces
- trough, water bucket
- pattern for tiles
- tile spacers(small plastic x's
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Step 1
Clean your tiling area, no old tiles and a smooth working surface. Preferably green board water proof, or wonder board for shower areas. now make sure the surface is smooth, and apply some tiling mud on the surface. Add enough for a few tiles. I start at the bottom and work my way up the wall.
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Step 2
as you get your first row of tiles down in line and straight, then use the tile spacers to align the next row of tiles up. add more mud with your trough and smooth and use the grooves from the tile trough to smooth the mud with lines in it like the time backing. place your rows and rows of tile adding in your pattern as you go. Not to much or tiles will slide and possible not stick, same is true with too little mud.
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Step 3
Let the tile mud harden for a day or three and check to see how bonded the tiles are set. Then apply your colored grout over the gaps in the tile. Do this with a smooth edged trough. clean up the excess grout around the tile with a moist rag. Let this dry for a day or two. Now add a layer of waterproof tile sealant once everything is cleaned, extra grout and tile mud. This layer of sealant will protect your new tile job. Use a wet tile saw you can rent from a hardware store, if you don't want to buy on. for different shapes that you may need of tile cuttings.
