What is the difference between paper faced and meshbacked mosaics?
When you buy mosaic tiles, they are mounted either paper faced or meshback, both of which are self explanatory – however, if fixing mosaic tiles into a swimming pool or other “wet” area, we do recommend paper faced. WHY? British Standards require that no more than 25% of the back of the tile is covered by the meshbacking and adhesive, whereas with paper, there is always 100% adhesion. Tile fixers will always have their own preferences, often based on experience of one kind of mosaic mounting or another, which is why we try to offer our most popular products in both forms.
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