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Tips for Installing and Maintaining Ceramic Mosaics

Choosing a ceramic mosaic can be a long, complex, yet incredibly rewarding process. Selecting your design, receiving your package, and then the feeling of satisfaction once the design is finally in your pool or home is incredible.

In the previous article, we discussed the importance of choosing the correct mosaic for you and those around you, whether it be family or friends. However, what’s even more important than the initial selection process is knowing how to properly maintain your mosaics.

The Health Benefits of Art in Your Home

Art has always held an important place in the world, from Michelangelo’s incredibly beautiful painting in the Sistine Chapel to the somewhat identifiable portrait of the family dog done by your five-year-old using only a blue crayon. It’s a way we as people express ourselves, no matter our age or talent. Art can transcend language and communicate our feelings, even our personality, without the need for words. This is why having art in the home is proven to have wonderful benefits for our mental and emotional well-being. Whether it’s your kid’s drawings on the fridge, a photograph of your favorite city’s skyline, or a ceramic mosaic, art of any kind is going to be good for your mental and emotional health!

Swimming Pool Mosaic Tiles vs. Other Tiles?

The primary difference between Swimming Pool Mosaic tiles and wall or floor tiles is they are resistant to Freezing, amount of Water Absorption, and resistance to Chemicals. Now unless you would like to dig through the ASTM standards for various applications of ceramic tile, just know that the major manufacturers of Swimming Pool Mosaics use porcelain-type clay and a glass glaze to cover the surface of the tile.

Mosaic Applications other than Swimming Pools

The quality and durability of our swimming pool mosaics make them a perfect design element for use in applications other than a swimming pool. Customers have put both our standard mosaics and mosaics which our customer requested. Our mosaics have been installed on exterior and interior walls, indoor and outdoor kitchens, bathrooms walls and floors, man caves, fireplace surrounds, entryways, outdoor custom-made bars and even to spruce up pool equipment storage units. The possibilities are only limited by your creativity. Below, you will find photos sent to us showing how our customers have used swimming pool mosaics other than in a pool.

Do It Yourself Swimming Pool Mosaic Installation

For the pool owner who is getting a new pool or having their pool re-finished, adding Ceramic Mosaic Art to their project can be a fun and rewarding activity, not to mention saving a few dollars by installing them yourself. Installing Swimming Pool Mosaics is not too dissimilar to tiling an interior floor or wall, in fact, in some ways, much simpler. The time to install your mosaics is just before, a day or two, the finish plaster is applied. In this article, I will explain what equipment and materials are required, surface preparation, and a step-by-step installation procedure.