Can I do a tile job or mosaic with St. Clair fern fossils?
I do not have any experience tiling with fossils, but a few of my customers have reported positive results in the past. Here are exerpts from an email I received: “It worked well. The toughest thign was cutting the tiles square. I used a speed square and a fence on teh saw to make sure that the tiles were fairly square. I’d say that its better to have larger tiles than smaller ones. I started with 3×3 – but the detail of the ferns just disappeared. You really need 4×4 to keep that detail obvious. It was also kinda tricky to keep the tiles from splitting and pealing, but that was only a minor problem. As far as sealent, I used EnSealent H2O. Its made by TEC. The rest of the tiles in the bathroom were slate, and this is the sealent I used on them. Its OK. I totally soaked them with the stuff. You can find it at Menards (if you have those in PA). It was $30 cheaper at Menards than at the tile store.
