How To Make A Ceramic Tile Table Top

Our table with two sizes of stone tile cost about one fifth the cost of a store bought table.

How to make a ceramic tile table top.

First in an excerpt from her popular video creative tile making angelica pozo shares her technique for making a cut tile mosaic table top. This tabletop is made from a plywood core wrapped in cement board sealed with a paint on membrane and then covered with ceramic tile and grout. In today s post we ve gathered two great resources for those interested in making a ceramic mosaic table top. To make it easier try to create a pattern that requires no tile cutting.

Cut the plywood to size based on the tile pattern you have created. Determine the size of your tabletop. Tile a table top. The tabletop installation shown here uses thinset for the adhesive but if the table is primarily decorative and won t receive heavy use use organic mastic as the adhesive.

You guys know i m a sucker for a tiled surface. In the end it came out pretty good but bent over in the georgia sun mixing mortar and cutting tile wasn t very fun. More tiling in store for today. Ask to see a porcelain or stone tile or a combination that ll withstand harsh weather conditions.

We expanded the size of our table by fastening a 4 x 8 sheet of plywood to the top of table. I tiled my patio in 2011 and i absolutely hated the entire experience. Your table is beautiful and i am inspired. I will share that i wanted to tile a table several years ago and instead used painters tape to create a tile like grid had my children and neighbors use oil pastels on the individual squares and then put a super thick self leveling sealer on like the kind used on wood in bars top.

I ve done quite a few tiled projects around here. For example if your tile is 3 8 thick and your table is 1 5 thick you would need a strip 1 7 8 wide. Use a pencil to mark out your design. Aside from being attractive tiled tables are durable making them an especially fitting choice for a patio balcony or poolside deck.

If the top is a little warped you can set small tile which doesn t crack as easily as large tile. How to put ceramic tile on a tabletop. Let me show you how to tile a table top or any furniture or decor piece the simple way. If a 2 piece is more readily available that is fine allow the excess to project below the bottom of the table top.