How to make a mosaic tile tabletop using pieces of broken tile you can easily create a colorful unique mosaic tabletop.
Mosaic tile table diy.
Mosaic outdoor table photo 1.
If you re adding mosaic tile make sure you construct your table bench surface so that the tile will fit without having to use or cut it with a tile saw.
Start by sketching a design for the table on a piece of paper.
You need to cut your backing material in my case aluminium sheet to size.
Three 1x2x8 boards one box.
Build the bending jig glue and screw two 2 4 blocks to a 16 x 36 in.
Make the bending jig from a 16 x 36 in.
Slightly damaged tile can often be obtained for free from your local distributer making this a low cost project as well.
Black 2 x 6 tile.
Black bull nose tile 32 sq.
One background color and some accent colors.
We used a wooden table top and sanded grout.
Let the glue dry overnight before using the jig.
Sand the table top.
Table frame mine is similar to this one in amazon aluminium sheet or similar backing material mosaic tiles.
Green 4 x 4 tile and 24 lin.
Using a marker transfer the design to the tabletop or other surface or a piece of wood that will become the base for the mosaic design.
If your table top is made of another material like granite or metal you can skip this step.
Use a hand or belt sander to sand down any rough edges or bulges in the wood.
Plywood and two rounded over lengths of 2 4 as shown in photo 1.
Tools to cut the backing sheet to size.
Decide on the general color scheme using about three or four different colors.
Plywood then screw the plywood to your workbench.
My teenage son and i made a beautiful round mosaic tile table based on it.
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Tile saw grout float sponges 1 16 notched trowel tape measure and speed square safety glasses screw gun and 1 1 2 screws one sheet of 3 4 4x8 plywood particle board for our 4 x8 table we used 24 lin.