Wood Look Kitchen Tiles - Wood Effect Tiles for Kitchen

How to Choose Wood Effect Kitchen Tiles?

In addition to the traditional laying method of ceramic wall and floor tiles, which are well shaped and regular, there are also a variety of paving methods for wooden effect tiles, such as herringbone, oblique, rhombus, etc.

1. Leveling, snapping line: before laying wood like kitchen tile, the surface of the floor or wall of the building to be paved need to be treated, such as ground, interior wall, exterior wall, etc. Remove the surface adhesion and mix it with semi wet cement sand. Snapping line is using a long thin line, applying white ash or ink, marking the central axis of the tile, and then laying according to the line.
2. Choose and soak tiles: classify the tile and put same types in one area, the wood look tiles should be soaked for a period of time, with tap water or clear water, muddy water, dirty water and oily water are not allowed, the soaking time does not need too long, that is to say, it can be soaked.
3. Mix and spread mortar: cement and sand shall be mixed in the proportion of 1:2. Take out the soaked wood grain tile, dry the water, evenly apply the cement slurry on the back of the tile, the thickness of the sand slurry is 2-3cm, then pave the wood grain kitchen tile on the cement sand on the ground, and gently tap the tile surface with the wooden hammer until it is flat and the alignment is neat.
4. Paving: pay attention to the texture sequence and the arrow at the bottom of wood grain tile, the wood hammer shall be knocked to prevent empty knocking, and the force shall be balanced to prevent too large or too small. It is better to use the plastic cross spacer, and use sponge or rag to smooth the overflow cement slurry.
5. Repair and joint filling: when the wood effect tile is paved and the cement is not completely dried, it can be inspected with eyes or measured with a horizontal ruler, to repair according to the standard if needed.