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[QUOTE="John Wallace, post: 611899"] This is proving to be a very tricky job. I reviewed the specs for whitestar (max 3mm) and rapidset white cement based adhesive (2 - 8mm), but on reflection, the problem is not the depth. Cement based adhesive sets by hydration of tricalcium silicate, which happens by virtue of being wet, so it doesn't matter what area of tile covers it up. Whatever the adhesive is in whitestar sets by exposure to air - not idea what the chemistry is, but guess it might be drying out and/or oxidation, both of which would start at the edge of the tile and work inwards (though drying out could be into the wall, and the substrate of the tile). I suspect the 3mm limit on depth for whitestar is because it would take forever to set if any deeper. Glass mosaic is made of 20mm squares, so there is no point at which the cement is more than 10mm from the edge of a square. On that basis, I decided not to remove the 3mm layer I have already put up, but to pursue the idea to its logical conclusion (put another 3mm on top and stick the mosaic on it). It didn't work. On inspection, my tile cement spreader has grooves in it that are 6mm deep, 6mm wide, and 12mm pitch (i.e. 6mm gap between them).There were two problems when I applied the mosaic strip (1) with no pressure it sank deeper than the tiles below it, and (2) the tile adhesive was as inclined to come up round the edges of the 20mm squares rather than spread underneath them. After 3 attempts (with a thorough wash of the strip of mosaic between them), I scrapped the strip of mosaic, and spread the tile cement out to make another layer about 3mm deep on top of what I have put on already, so now have a layer of tile cement about 6 - 7mm deep, that I have sanded do a smooth level finish. I have just sized up a sheet of mosaic, on this, and it looks as if it will fit nicely now, only its no good putting 6mm high ridges of tile cement at 12mm pitch behind them. Am about to cut an improvised spreader tool from 2mm ply, using something like 3mm grooves at 6mm pitch. [/QUOTE]
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