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Method > Design Specific Guide
Certain Designs need special attention while fixing. Given below are design specific guides: -
- 2x2 cm Mosaics
- Plain / Blend sheets can be fixed in any order. They are not to be arranged in a pre-determined sequence. Start fixing from one corner and proceed horizontally or vertically.
- Borders are supplied in modular form. You will invariably get slightly more material than your actual requirement. It is good practice to do a dry fixing of the whole border before starting to work, and to trace out the outer edges of the border on the surface being covered, making precise reference marks which will be useful when fixing.
- Gradation, Repetition and CAD decorative patterns sheets are numbered progressively and can be recomposed carefully following the fixing plan supplied together with the product, exactly reproducing the original designed pattern. It is good practice to do a dry fixing of the whole drawing before starting to work, and to trace out the outer edges of the decoration on the surface being covered, making precise reference marks which will be useful when fixing.
- 1x1 cm Mosaics
- For fixing 1x1 cm mosaics, what requires great attention is that the sheets, before being laid, have to be filled with grout. In other words grout is spread on the back (installation) side of the sheet. The excess grout is removed using a rubber trowel only after the sheet has actually been fixed on the adhesive.
- Artistic Designs
- Artistic Proposals / patterns come on irregular paper-mounted, shaped sheets. The sheets are numbered progressively and can be recomposed carefully following the fixing plan supplied together with the product, exactly reproducing the original designed pattern. It is a good practice to do a dry fixing of the whole pattern before starting the fixing.
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