Difficulty: Moderate Things You'll Need: • Floor tiles to match your design, (Make sure the thickness of the new tile matches the old).
• Tile adhesive • Stiff Putty Knife and a Utility knife • 1/16 x 1/16 Plastic spreader • Good hot hair drier or heat gun Instructions: 1.
First locate some tiles that match the design of your floor.
The Home Depot, carries some of the older styles, also sometimes Kmart and Target carry some of the older styles.
If you can't find an exact match, find something that will complement the style you have and try to develop some type of accent within the old tiles.
In other words, set up a pattern that will allow you to replace the bad tiles, and some of the good ones, with the new style, to create an acceptable pattern.
2.
Before you start removing tiles, lay out the new tiles on top of the old ones where you think you would like them to go, sit back and have a cup of coffee and look at it for a while to see if it works for you.
Try different layouts till you find one that works for you.
3.
Once you have something you can live with, use a marker, and put an X on each tile you want to remove, so you DO NOT remove the wrong ones.
(Trust me on this I have made the mistake and had to start over with a new pattern.
) Now use the hair dryer to heat up the tile on one edge, being careful not to heat up the adjacent tile.
As the tile gets warm you will be able to get up under it with a putty knife (Being sure not to damage the tiles you are NOT removing), work the drier across the tile as you push the knife under.
If the tile is warm enough the knife will peel the tile up very nicely.
Once you have all the tiles up, and the floor clean and flat where the new tile will be applied, make sure you have the edges of the old tile clean, so that the new tile will lay flat and not protrude above the old tiles creating a trip hazard.
4.
Lay all your new tiles out, in the right orientation, and follow the directions on the adhesive container, normally using a 1/16" x 1/16" plastic spreader, usually allowing it to dry to the touch, or what they call "skinning over", before applying the new tile.
Be sure to line up the edge of the first tile correctly, once it is down it is there to stay.
Apply plenty of pressure starting in the middle, and working your way toward the edges, being sure the edges are down next to the old tile and apply pressure to ensure the edges are flush and level.
You can remove any excess adhesive with a clean rag and some mineral spirits.
If you have a lot of tiles to replace, there is a tool called a J Roller that should be used to apply pressure it will make it easier on you.
Well, that's all there is to it.
I hope this has been useful.
• Tile adhesive • Stiff Putty Knife and a Utility knife • 1/16 x 1/16 Plastic spreader • Good hot hair drier or heat gun Instructions: 1.
First locate some tiles that match the design of your floor.
The Home Depot, carries some of the older styles, also sometimes Kmart and Target carry some of the older styles.
If you can't find an exact match, find something that will complement the style you have and try to develop some type of accent within the old tiles.
In other words, set up a pattern that will allow you to replace the bad tiles, and some of the good ones, with the new style, to create an acceptable pattern.
2.
Before you start removing tiles, lay out the new tiles on top of the old ones where you think you would like them to go, sit back and have a cup of coffee and look at it for a while to see if it works for you.
Try different layouts till you find one that works for you.
3.
Once you have something you can live with, use a marker, and put an X on each tile you want to remove, so you DO NOT remove the wrong ones.
(Trust me on this I have made the mistake and had to start over with a new pattern.
) Now use the hair dryer to heat up the tile on one edge, being careful not to heat up the adjacent tile.
As the tile gets warm you will be able to get up under it with a putty knife (Being sure not to damage the tiles you are NOT removing), work the drier across the tile as you push the knife under.
If the tile is warm enough the knife will peel the tile up very nicely.
Once you have all the tiles up, and the floor clean and flat where the new tile will be applied, make sure you have the edges of the old tile clean, so that the new tile will lay flat and not protrude above the old tiles creating a trip hazard.
4.
Lay all your new tiles out, in the right orientation, and follow the directions on the adhesive container, normally using a 1/16" x 1/16" plastic spreader, usually allowing it to dry to the touch, or what they call "skinning over", before applying the new tile.
Be sure to line up the edge of the first tile correctly, once it is down it is there to stay.
Apply plenty of pressure starting in the middle, and working your way toward the edges, being sure the edges are down next to the old tile and apply pressure to ensure the edges are flush and level.
You can remove any excess adhesive with a clean rag and some mineral spirits.
If you have a lot of tiles to replace, there is a tool called a J Roller that should be used to apply pressure it will make it easier on you.
Well, that's all there is to it.
I hope this has been useful.
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