Installation Guide

pattern appropriate bead in the middle.
Position your ceiling tile about 1/4” offset from your chalk lines and lightly press it to the
ceiling. Then slide it into its nal position directly against the chalk lines, allowing the
adhesive to spread just a bit. Press and rub rmly over the glued areas, smoothing out any
bumps in the glue and seating your ceiling tile rmly into place.
Edge Trim
In all likelihood, you will need less than full-size ceiling tiles around the perimeter of your
room. Measure the distance from an installed tile to the wall, cut your border tile to size with
scissors or aviation snips, and then install.
Decorative Strips
Decorative Strips are 2’ long, self-adhesive, and designed to cover the joints between ceiling
tiles in glue-up installations and the T-bar grid in drop ceiling installations. Each strip has a
decorative pattern that begins with a dot and ends with a dash.
To ensure good adhesion, thoroughly clean your ceiling tiles with rubbing alcohol or
Formula 409® and a soft rag. Remove any dust and grease, and dissipate static electricity,
to avoid attracting dust to the tiles.
Dry-t each strip by placing the dot at the beginning of the strip directly over the intersection
of four ceiling tiles, and its length over the joint between two adjacent tiles. Trim to length if
necessary.
Remove the backing on your strip, exposing the adhesive, line it up as before, and press
rmly into place.
Butt the next strip directly against the end of the rst, creating a repeating dot-dash pattern.
The dot on your second strip will land over the next intersection of four ceiling tiles.
Install all of the Decoraitve Strips running in one direction, and then nish by installing the set
of strips that run perpendicular to the rst. Trim strips to t and do not overlap.
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Installation instructions revised on April 17, 2015.