How to Caulk and Deal with Anti-Alkali for Mosaic Tiles

Mosaic tiles are widely used in various places, such as living room, bathroom, kitchen and so on. Because they are not only decorative, but also have good wear resistance and can serve us for many years. But you must pay attention to some common problems of mosaic tiles, such as caulk and anti-alkali, let's discuss them together!

How to make caulk on tiles?

1. The tools that are generally used in the construction of caulk are: utility knife, glue gun, scraper, masking paper, sponge, finger cot, rag, etc. The first step, after the tiles are completely dry, carefully clean up the cement, dust, sand and other impurities in the joints of the tiles.

2. Poke a hole in the mouth of the ceramic tile sealant bottle, then screw on the discharge nozzle, and use a wallpaper knife to cut the discharge nozzle to a 45-degree angle (the tile gap is less than 2mm, cut the front end of the discharge nozzle with a wallpaper knife) The slope angle is enough. If the tile seam is larger than 2mm, it can be slightly cut off. The width of the discharge nozzle should be smaller than the seam width to ensure that there is no overflow).

3. Clean up the site after entering the site, and use a wallpaper knife to clean up the fillings in the tile seams and on both sides, and no floating dust can be seen on the ground. Then wet the sponge with water and quickly wipe the tile joints. After confirming that there is no dust, use a glue gun to evenly hit the beauty joint in the tile joints.

4. Apply about one meter to block the discharge nozzle. Then use a scraper to smooth the beautifying agent, and a small amount of the beautifying agent overflows on both sides of the brick joints, wipe it off with a slightly damp sponge, and wipe it several times. The sponge should be washed with water frequently. Wait for an area to be finished once and then start from scratch a second time to ensure the quality of the construction.

5. It is necessary to make the edges flat, without air bubbles, and the brick surface is not allowed to have overflow, and the ground is clean as new before leaving the site.

6. If you are afraid that the overflow on the brick surface will not be wiped clean, you can use textured paper to stick it on the edge of the brick seam, then use a glue gun to hit the material, scrape it with a scraper, wait for the material to dry, and repair it. When you are done, you can open the textured paper.

How to deal with anti-alkali of tiles?

1. First clean the hook gap of the anti-alkali part. Mix white vinegar or oxalic acid with water (with 5%~10% oxalic acid solution), the water temperature is about 60°C, and then brush the oxalic acid solution into the seam to fully neutralize the alkalinity in the seam. Then dry, wash and dry, repeat 2 to 3 times, and dry. Use special caulk or beautifying agent for beautiful seam.

2. Rinse the wall repeatedly with clean water from top to bottom. Treatment principle: The phenomenon of pan-alkali is mainly manifested in the strong alkali in the strong alkaline cement used for pasting and the acidic solution in the air, which is generally acid rain or salts formed by the reaction of industrial and living acidic substances, such as carbonic acid, etc. The power brings the resulting salts to the surface of the tile, and after the moisture dries, these salts appear in the form of crystallization on the surface of the tile or stone or on the joints.

3. If it is re-paved, after cleaning the wall, rinse the wall with oxalic acid mixed with water, or rinse and maintain it several times with water. After drying, do waterproof, use tile glue for paving, and use special jointing agent for jointing.

To sum up

I hope that the methods we have summarized about caulk and anti-alkali will help you. We are heirloom linen arabesque porcelain mosaic manufacturer, providing customers with premium festival lunar porcelain arabesque mosaic and finland white wood plank porcelain mosaic, any interests, welcome to contact us at any time.