ideas for log home interiors

[bill]

I will describe how you can collect yourself mosaic pictures from the glass mosaic. There are two basic techniques of assembly - Roman, and matrix assembly. Let's start with the matrix panels. First of all, the plot is the soul of any work, if the idea of a difficulty is not stopped. How the picture will look like in the mosaic can be found using the program, such as Pattern Maker – a simple program allows you to split the image for monochrome cubes. Matrix panels are mainly collected from mosaic 10 x 10 mm or 20 x 20mm. It is clear that the smaller the intricate mosaic pattern you can assemble, but it is much easier to buy mosaic 20 x 20 mm. Also the matrix itself is needed (cells of mosaic), you can make yourself or buy.
Next, the result of the Pattern Maker will be a picture is divided into blocks to scale, we can only move it into the matrix.
On a visible surface is glued the oracal, cards get their number and for that number they are placed on the site (for the mosaic there is a special glue, mainly sold in the same place where the mosaic is relatively cheap) after the glue is removed and the seams are grout (the grout is also sold in order stores).

[Summer]

Tiles have already beaten, I would say broken. Some of them in a half, some are chipped at corners, some of them are whole. We will buy a tile saw and dub. Tiles are different: for the floor and the wall, ceramic and porcelain tiles, for street and houses, Italian and Soviet, new and used. The main thing there is a lot of tiles. About 4 trunk of our station wagon (with folded rear seats), last time we carried the wheels were almost sat down. I certainly envy those who have a large selection of building materials, and even at the normal price. Our mosaic costs 10 times more and in the same time there is little choice. And that is also separately by color to choose - but it is generally prohibitively. The fact that the mosaic is 20 x 20 mm size is not even heard of. Ceramic tiles are also expensive, so I buy already battered or broken, chipped, and then it is cut or stab. A panel of glass mosaic is certainly remarkable. When you see it alive, perhaps, it even takes my breath away.
I speak about benches, they don’t catch or prick, the seams are rubbing with a mixture of jointing, so there is no fear of sharp corners. Although, I honestly grind each piece, then only I realized that this is unnecessary, a waste of time. Unfortunately, I do not know in what kind of interior it is placed, but only a part of the picture, yet there is a strip of background to the entire height of the wall + wider than a picture but I like the contrasting mosaic technique.

[constructor]

Did you ask me?
1. There was an old table.
2. I took off its top with a grinding tool.
3. I covered the new top with white glue.
4. I break tiles with a hammer. (There are 4 species of colors. Each color in a separate bag. Plus from repairs in the kitchen a few pieces of "border" left).
5. I started with the edge. On each slice I buttered a tile adhesive. And so I went like a snail to the center.
6. At the end of work I beat very small pieces and stuffed them into the space between the large ones.
7. In the end I reinstalled all with the grout for tiles with the addition of PVA. But I liked this color of grout. Probably, I will change it to blue or yellow. I painted legs in a different color. (Instead of a "dark cherry" – a "coffee with milk"). That's all ... I made the basis of screen today.

[buldozer]

You got an interesting table.
PS. Why not to use the glue for mosaic? It is not expensive but it is much better than the tile adhesives and especially PVA.
There is also a huge range of grouts and you can choose not only the tone but also the basis for example, epoxy – it has a very high wear resistance, it does not absorb dirty tricks and it is easy to clean, doesn’t wipe, a smooth surface that is comfortable during the work (without grooves).

[Summer]

When I loved the mosaic I did not know how to make it at all. To sit and press into the concrete - it is crazy. I reveal the secret, I'm not an artist and generally the creation in my head turns out better than in a reality. Accidentally, I wandered into a professional website, where people make a very beautiful mosaic (and of cause, it is expensive) from the squares of marble 1 * 1 cm, but I like the technology. I printed out the picture of a right size, on top I put a film (I bought it for a greenhouse), then I put a plaster mesh (available at any hardware store in a roll of 10 m), I make contours with a marker and stuck pieces of tiles. I choose the glue called "Master". But it is very smelly. I should try another one. EVERYTHING! With this deal, the child will cope! (You can bring children to this but only be careful with the edges of the tiles) it is a very soothing deal like knitting. A tile is gratuitous write-offs from the warehouse. But now, we see a lot of people like me! Then I use the glue for outdoor work, I stuck to the concrete walkway and reinstall the grout "Atlas". And in 5 years I will I have my children and it will be fun at the country house of our granny. That’s a cool countertop. I was constantly tormented by one question: how do you scrape the grout between the tiles? After continuously operating table top, wipe, and again in operation. Because white grout to also it absorbs everything. What then do the dirty grout?

[bill]

Thank you, This is not a kitchen or dining room table, I would not dare to spread on their mosaic. It just so happened that this part of the garden stove little used. So do not think that there is a problem with the grout. Countertop that's just made for the winter're coming out to film.
But in general, I use a mixture of gray jointing White somehow did not like it, but do not venture to use color - little idea how the result would look like a mosaic.

[buldozer]

I want to ask. GIC (sheetrock) that can withstand the mosaic? Or is not applicable and hard for this foundation walls?
We are now in the process of repairing the old country house. Here is separated from the corridor space a place in the shower with the GIC. I wanted to apply and tiles and mosaics, but somehow scary - to drop off edrene Fenet together with a layer of cardboard ... So far (just show piece for clarity) is no more major decision - to decorate their Kalya-Malaki. Type: psevdomozaika, incidentally, pasted pieces of sliced computer disks. Thank you for the praise! I sooo love daub (but can not, of course), and did not have to, and then, once left to the wall, I'm on it and tear.
I simply wanted to show, well, the answer, perhaps, you do ask, they say, is there a lesson for the soul and pens. Ltd., I have the time stops when suddenly a possibility appears - which alienate thread. Very nice. That's even had a chance to show off ...
So I want to find somewhere flat brush for art "double stroke" ... and that fits all is at hand, the cotton buds, the sponge, the fingers, there was joy - brought to school brushes. As yet the village is difficult with all the arts. Well, no, God forbid, someone will ask in Barnaul look. The man limitless imagination, he tiles b \ y mosaic perform from Patchwerk matter masterpieces will, of metal "bungled", made of wood and Bamaga but you never know from which only the benefit and not harm. The bad times will not.

[expert]

The word "broken" - is like broken glass. The edges of the glass are certainly better grind. Polished (chamfered - can get hurt) sandpaper, emery block. Broken glass is taken in hand and the cutting edge by Emery usual forward, back. Many times did it. Glass I painted with oil paint, enamel. , Wait for the application of paint is completely dry, not water.

[buldozer]

Hello, everybody! I have read and I also want to portray something =) My plan is to begin with pots for my dacha. Then I will make a well and a house foundation. But reading the forum, somehow everything is confused, lost in the head, my husband brought a bunch today of broken tiles but for outdoors, can it be used? Or it will be too stout for pots (flower pots) and I have another question: how it will keep on plastic pots?

[bill]

I subscribe to the issue about plastic pots. What kind of glue should I use? Do I need to prime the surface of the pot and why?
And about the floor tiles, it’s harder to cut it; floor tiles are stronger than the wall. If you have it already broken into small pieces, then it will fit, why not. But if you want to make it smaller, I think it will be quite difficult, it is better to take the wall tile. Well, this is my personal opinion, I just have not enough force to break the floor tiles.
I have my first fault. I bought pots, I took the expensive glue, break tiles and began to collect on the table. Everything as in the book. I fastened on the tape (probably in vain for pots). I painted the pot, smoothed with a toothed trowel and then it turned out the tile on the adhesive tape is apparently intended for a flat surface (it goes around the pot evenly.). It was very hard to paste it in the pot, the drawing was lost. Generally speaking it was not right. The glue has already dried. I glued up with a finger. So crazy! My daughter woke up and put her fingers. I returned and then discovered that several tiles fell off. I am sitting here and I'm afraid whether it will fly away the rest? Tell me please how and what to do. I read all 25 pages but it was probably not enough for my brain. And I have my plans of Napoleon fort pots, a well and a foundation. And now I am not being able even for the pots.

[Summer]

Panels for curved surfaces are gathered on a "tape".
But we must bear joints for thick and smooth tiles. They must be very large and stones are broken respectively, and in most cases for small radii chopping doesn’t apply but a radial stacking ...
+ The glass mosaic has a front surface larger than rear – side edge at an angle of 45 degrees not to mention a much thinner part and it allows skirting radius surfaces not speaking about the floor tiles. When a directly set this problem will not go away. For facades it is OK but for pots the work should be very clear and hack. But for pictures instead of scotch I use the oracal, it is more durable and can support the weight of tiles.
The glue on your picture is also very questionable, it looks like not properly prepared cement. For mosaics the elastic glue is used, a thin layer for well grasping that used not to dance the mosaic. Any glue for mosaic / tile for direct recruitment are not adapted, it does not capture the stone at once, and begins troubling. For direct dialing (that used to collect the panels directly to the pot) you need to use some "time" or "liquid nails" that will solve the problem with the transfer but the correct stones / gather pattern) will be very uncomfortable ... It is also unlikely to make the right seam for thick tiles.
And I decided to make a table in a Mediterranean style, I will make its mosaic of salt dough. Now, the first batch of pieces is drying in the oven. I counted I have only 621 square pieces. When I get I will report. It is strange that none have thought yet about salt dough, it is super budget. Of course, for the street you don’t make out of it, but as part of the interior it is cool. So, I will tell you!

[bill]

I am very interested in what I get. How did dry pieces? A drying dough usually deformed unpredictable. Over time, cracks can occur even under a protective layer of varnish. I would not risk decorating the table such way, but for other items I use it. But as an option for multi-colored mosaics it can be used. I tinted the dough in different colors and mixed. Pieces dry very well and do not deform at all. Above all, I thought that they would have some dents at the bottom, as it is usually with salt dough, and here we have flat pieces. Well, I made only one-sixth of all the pieces I needed to do, so we'll see next. And while they are so similar to the squares of white chocolate that I want to eat them.

[buldozer]

I was still interested in the question why not use a glass mosaic? The mosaic art for has thousands of years, all this time the material has evolved - whether it makes sense to ignore the results? The cost of glass (almost an ideal material for building panels) from + / -10 $ per sq.m!
It isn’t a dough, of course, but its appearance and characteristics are different as a day and night, and that the appearance of the finished product will impact considerably. As the dough dries it doesn’t become a glass, and labor costs for drying, molding and assembly are not small at the output.

[Summer]

Why not to use just use! It's beautiful, it's durable, there is no dispute. And I'm here to try out with a dough. I want to test this stuff. And who said that it would be ugly. No glass, of course, but the glass and I do not like a cold and fragile countertop.
Yes, I did not take it as a rebuke! Just the glass this is what is on the surface. How to trim the walls in the bathroom. The first answer is a tile. And then a plaster or a paint, and if the paint is water-resistant, and what else ... and so on. Of course, a mosaic is glass or ceramic. But if it is not glass or ceramic, the idea of folk artists began winding and tempesting, and brings up all sorts of things like that. Here all sorts of DIY people. What a price, of course, tiles are much cheaper than a mosaic of industrial production. And beautiful things are possible to make, too. As, however, ugliest one. In reality, of course, a mosaic smalt is the best thing invented for the mosaic, and the technology perfected over the centuries. However, today, I have made the blue one; they are not like a chocolate. And my recipe is- a glass of salt, a half cup of flour (the salt should be less, but I have made so from the childhood), about a tablespoon of PVA, and some water for the taste, with or without paint. I paint with gouache, and I just prefer to involve the dough if it is a large volume of the same color, of course. What kind of material? It looks great!

[baltazar]

Hello! This is a glass mosaic (red, blue, matt, yellow-brilliant), dimensions of mosaic 2 * 2, they are flat (the height of about an inch), it is sold in a set of 30 * 30 cm (it is glue on a mesh), I bought in Le roi Merlin, a table size 60 * 90, it means 6 "mats", these mosaics is cheap, all that fun is for 570 rubles (+ I need a glue and a grout), a pattern, of course, is simple, but then I needed a simple one.

[expert]

Your work is just a delight! I would like to take a master class from you. And I have a few questions.
What kind of paint is used for glass, and whether it is baked all (maybe there is one that are easily applied without further baking) where we can buy it (at art shops or stores where the tiles are sold).
What kind of program is used for printing pictures, and what are the sites where I can download them. (I typed mosaic patterns, "and I got pics that don’t download. Does the tinted glass can be used for outdoor mosaic?

[Summer]

Interior walls, what kind of material is better? I bought a cottage. An open lay-out. A common deal. But I can not stop the choice on the material for room partitions. I am attracted by plates. But this is a cast again. Is it very fragile? It will be interesting to get some practical advice.
A lot of options but your choice in my opinion is very good. The reasons are many, but the main thing that they meet all state standards and easy to assemble. And the ground as strange as it may seem first is economy, it saves money, although they are more expensive in price. In the market there are cheaper materials, but they all require a further plaster and this is a big minus, if you calculate the final option of finishing 1 square meter with corrugated boxes and any other material with a subsequent plaster on both sides you will see the difference.

[bill]

Thanks for all for the answers.
I looked at another topic of concrete blocks. My friend is going to build a house from them. But they have in the lineup a plate thickness of 100 mm. Here he tells to make the partition from them. The question arises whether they provide enough or not a noise and thermal insulation, don’t they?
But I understand that they are creating a flat surface, put them on the glue, and on the plaster it is just a minimum.
Another question in addition. On the first floor I have a floor with heating water. If you mount rails for slabs on the floor, do not try the trumpet? An aerated concrete has a lot of air, which, as you know is a better conductor of sound, look for common bricks, you can lay down its quarter, IMHO.

[baltazar]

All kinds of polystyrene are flammable at the point of view of the formal system of classification of building materials, those that lose their original volume when heated in the air, are also flammable. The manufacturer statements of any type of polystyrene about its independent damping do not reflect the fire characteristics of polystyrene in full, the information is deliberately distorted. According to the Russian GOST 30244-94 This state standard classifies materials based on polystyrene as the most flammable, groups G3 and G4.
Besides it is a delicacy of gnawing animals.

[expert]

The foam is not under a screed or under a concrete (where there is no access for the air or fire, and in the septum, the more in the wooden frame. Try to pass it for firefighters without "a covered field". Something I have not seen Knauf (one of the founders of technology of plasterboard) that generally can be fixed plasterboard to the wood. As always, the "Russian mind" that goes by that is going on in Russia. If you like the fact that the plane of walls will periodically change under "shot calls" characterizing, breaking of the GKL, please.
It has long been thought up mineral wool, which is afraid of water (the only negative), but it's not terrible for partitions. No, it's like coming up with some distortion. The others favor the insulation of partitions that is not required and in this case the noise insulation is nothing. You posted a lot of links and there is not even clear what kind of technology and materials.