Owner Manual

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know!that!you'll!be!installing!glass!tiles!and!they'll!give!you!the!
appropriate!thin!set!(just!verify!for!yourself!that!it!is!white).!When!you!
mix!the!thin!set,!it!won't!be!a!perfect!white!color.!The!thin!set!will!look!
more!gray!than!white,!if!the!label!says!white!then!you!do!have!the!
correct!thin!set.!It'll!lighten!up!and!be!much!closer!to!white!once!it!dries.!
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Okay,!once!you!have!collected!your!tools,!prep are d!y ou r!su rfac e,!m arked !
a!few!reference!lines,!and!mixed!your!thin!set;!you're!ready!to!start!
installing!the!tiles.!Follo w !the se!s tep s!fo r!settin g!th e!tiles .!
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1)!Apply!thin!set!using!the!notched!end!of!your!trowel,!holding!the!
trowel!at!about!45!degrees!to!the!surface.!The!notches!will!measure!just!
the!right!amount!of!thin !set!to!lea ve!o n!the !surfa ce.!
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2)!Using!the!flat!side!of!your!trowel!lightly!flatten!the!peaks!and!remove!
the!valleys!of!the!thin!set.!This!is!so !tha t!there !wo n't!be!any!empty!
spaces!behind!the!tiles,!as!this!will!show!through!on!the!clear!and!semi-
clear!tiles.!Be!sure!not!to!remove!any!of!the!thin!set!or!move!it,!as!you!
have!measured!just!the!right!amount!in!the!previous!step.!
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3)!Set!your!first!sheet!of!tiles!onto!the!thin!set,!m a kin g!s u re!yo u !lin e!it!
with!the!reference!lines!you!created!during!preparation.!Press!the!tiles!
with!a!firm!pressure!but!even!pressure.!Apply!adjacent!sheets!of!tiles!
aligning!the!tiles!with!the!first!sheet.!Be!sure!to!set!the!spacing!between!
sheets!to!match!the!spacing!between!the!tiles.!Getting!the!sheets!lined!
up!and!the!spacing!correct!is!critical!to!the!success!of!the!project,!so!take!
your!time!at!this!point!and!make!it!look!good.!
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5)!Using!a!wooden!beating!block!(a!short!piece!of!2x4!or!other!wood),!
even!out!the!surface!of!the!tiles!with!light!tapping!using!a!hammer!on!
the!beating!block.!This!m akes !sure !that!the re!are!n o!rais ed!tiles !and !the !
finished!surface!is!flat!and!sm o o th.!
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6)!Apply!the!remaining!sheets!using!this!same!process.!
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7)!After!about!20!minutes!you'll!need !to !re m o ve !th e!p a p er.!U s in g!a !w et !
sponge,!dampen!the!paper!on!the!tiles.!Keeping!the!paper!wet!for!about!