It is easier to replace or repair one or several damaged floor tiles, than to change all covering. On this case at repair always leave about ten excess ceramic tiles to facilitate work. If there is no spare material, your skillful hands and imagination will come to the rescue.
- - spare tiles;
- - tiled glue;
- - chisel;
- - hammer;
- - rubber hammer;
- - cliche;
- - paint;
- - toothed palette.
1. Accurately clean small not through cracks in ceramic tile from dirt and dust, moisten with water. Dissolve not enough tiled glue and add to it dye under color of tile. Cover defects with this mix. Strew the repaired site with damp sawdust and do not attack it day.
2. The wiped tiles and covering with microcracks can be updated and decorated with ornament. Pick up paint strong durable, suitable for floor covering. Its color can contrast with shade of tile or to be several tones lighter or is more dark. Buy cliche, it can be got in shop of construction materials or in office.
3. It is possible to decorate with pattern several tiles in chaotic order or according to some drawing. Carefully clean all floor with cleaning agent, wipe dry, leave at several o'clock. And on those which participate in creation of pattern apply ornament by means of cliche and brush on the damaged tiles. It is possible to fix the drawing by flat varnish, abrasion-proof. Strictly maintain time which is necessary for drying of paint and varnish.
4. If you have several pieces of ceramic tile in stock, replace with them damaged. At first you need to remove the split tile. Take special saw for seams or can opener, this tool you need to vzrezat the seam surrounding tile with defect. Continue section for borders of the deleted tile at least on two centimeters in each party. It will weaken its connection with the next ceramic tiles and will reduce the probability of their damage during removal of split.
5. Protect eyes and hands, the sharp broken-away pieces of tile can put trauma. If it is difficult for you to pick up the split pieces, by means of big nail and the hammer punch opening in the middle of the deleted tile. Beit it is careful not to damage the basis of floor and adjacent covering. Now you easy chisel and the hammer will remove pieces of tile, beginning from the center.
6. Choose small pieces as the palette or the same chisel. Put away all garbage and vacuum work area. Examine the next tiles whether there are no defects on them. If you see flaws (big emptiness) in solution or tiled glue, it is necessary to remove also this material. Such mistakes when laying tile can lead to cracking of covering.
7. Apply latex primer on the basis of floor, give to means to dry. Prepare small portion of tiled glue, put it the jagged palette on tile. Accurately lay tile on the place and, slightly turning, press it. You watch that seams were identical from all directions.
8. Establish by rubber hammer tile on one level with next. Remove with the screw-driver or stick the surplus of glue which has acted from seams. Wait time, necessary for drying of means, and prepare finish. Do not step on new tile about day not to violate its correct situation.