Bathroom - mosaic

Select a tile for the bathroom - the task is not easy. In addition to the beautiful aesthetic properties, it must also have certain functional characteristics. And among the many types of tiles is worth paying attention to the mosaic, which has proven itself as a decorative finish for the bathroom.

With the help of mosaic tiles in the bathroom you can implement any of your creative ideas. Black, white or colored mosaic can be decorated as walls in the bathroom, and build a floor covering from it and even decorate it with a ceiling. And the bathroom, decorated with mosaic, will look stylish, spectacular and unusual.

The surface for the mosaic should be absolutely flat and dry. The mosaic can be laid on concrete and plaster, wood and metal.

The mosaic is fixed to the walls with the help of high-quality moisture-proof glue with high adhesion properties. And this glue must necessarily be white for greater expressiveness of glass mosaic particles. If the mosaic is mounted on walls, the glue must have sufficient viscosity so that the mosaic elements hold well and do not slide down. But for the installation of floor tiles the glue must be elastic, then the mosaic chips will not fall out.

Types of mosaic for bathroom

The mosaic is made of glass, stone, ceramics, smalt, seashells and other materials. Quite often the bathroom uses glass mosaic because of its water-repellent properties, because the glass structure has no pores. In addition, such a tile mosaic is very durable and durable, is not afraid of high temperatures, is resistant to mechanical damage. Glass mosaic tiles are very resistant to the effects of various acids and other chemical reagents that make up the detergents. The mosaic decor in the bathroom will remain very effective and unusual for a very long time, and the colors of the mosaic will not fade with time. A rich color range of glass mosaic allows you to create from this material for the bathroom a variety of images and beautiful panels. Black, white or colored panels for a bathroom from a mosaic will cost relatively inexpensively.

A type of glass is a smalt mosaic. It is more durable due to a special way of manufacturing. A distinctive feature of the smalt mosaic is the effect of its luminescence. The mosaic panel from smalt at different illumination looks delightfully, but completely differently.

Ceramic mosaic for the bathroom is slightly more expensive than glass. Design with ceramic mosaic - a classic design of the bathroom. Such a finishing material is characterized by a number of relief textures: stains, irregularities, cracks, colorful inclusions. Ceramic tiles, covered with a special glaze, has excellent moisture resistance, it is durable and resistant to abrasion. Particularly resistant to wear is a variety of ceramic mosaic - porcelain tiles.

The mosaic made of stone is made from inexpensive natural materials and from semiprecious stones. The gripping effect is polished or aged mosaic. The floor covering in the bathroom with the elements of the stone mosaic looks luxurious and at the same time thoroughly. Due to the hardness of the finish, the mosaic made of stone is almost eternal.

Another kind of mosaic that is used on the floor in the bathroom is metal. She is absolutely not afraid of any mechanical damage. A metal mosaic is made mostly of brass or stainless steel. That's only care for such a coating should be more thorough, since such a mosaic does not like chemical reagents.

There are still some types of mosaic, for example, plastic, but it is used very rarely for a bathroom.