Keep a damp rag handy so you can keep your hands clean.
Tiles not sticking to wall.
Mixtiles are beautiful 8 x8 photo tiles that stick and restick to your walls without nails or any damage.
Cleaning your trowel frequently by washing it off with water will make it easier to work.
If the wall is wet the tiles will not stick.
Many people think that with peel and stick tile you should not have to use adhesive at all.
After 2 days can easily be lifted off by hand with no adhesive left on the wall.
Just lay it lift it back up and check for coverage.
Sometimes self stick vinyl tiles won t stick only after the fact.
Use gorilla glue to replace each one.
Do not clean them with a solution that is gritty or has crystals in it as that could mess up the adhesive in the tile backing.
To fix a tile that pops up later reactivate the adhesive by heating it up with an iron.
Could be as simple as not using the correct size trowel the back of the tile has to be covered 90 percent with thinset.
Then prep the wall and use the adhesive made specifically for the tile you have.
The plaster finish is pink and very smooth but not dusty.
Tile won t stick to thinset.
Be sure to spray the wall surface with water to activate the glue.
The adhesive sticks well to the tiles but our problem is very poor adhesion to wall.
The wall has not been sized.
Fixing a tile that pops up later if the corners peel up heat the tile to reactivate the adhesive then place a stack of heavy books on it to weigh the corner back down.
Or take them all down putting wax paper between each tile so they don t get damaged.
Mixtiles are beautiful and attach easily.