How to Prep Mosaic Surfaces

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Summary: Are you an arts and crafts nut? Here is a great free mosaic video about how to prep a surface to become a mosaic.

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Karen Weisman Karen Weisman graduated from Boston University with a degree in Hotel and Food Management. Since then, she has helped a national grocery store chain develop a... read more

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How to Prep Mosaic Surfaces

To prepare our wooden base before we start, you'll want to rough it up a little. It helps the tiles adhere to the surface. So, I have here something that I made. I just put nails into a board until they stick out. This is great for really gouging up a surface that needs to be mosaicked. So you just scrape it up, just all the surfaces that you will be mosaicking. The next step to preparing our wood base for the mosaic is to coat it with a layer of white glue and water. You'll want to mix up 4 parts water to 1 part white glue and paint that over the entire surface where it will be mosaicked. Then, you'll want to let that dry thoroughly. This will seal the wood and so the grouting won't dry too fast because the wood often soaks up the liquid in the grout. So this will seal it so it won't soak up the liquid in the grout. It gives better adhering to the tile adhesive. So, you just coat that over completely and let it dry thoroughly.