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#15886 - 05/10/10 08:34 PM glass mosaic over kerdi???
dmoe Offline
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Registered: 03/14/10
Posts: 12
Like the title says. I have already ordered the glass tile and am just kind of hearing now that there is a lot of different opinion on what to use to bind the mosaic sheets to the kerdi. What are your thoughts. Hope I can get some help here.

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#15888 - 05/10/10 09:44 PM Re: glass mosaic over kerdi??? [Re: dmoe]
Kman Offline
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Registered: 08/07/06
Posts: 849
Loc: Pea Ridge, Arkansas
Glass tile requires modified thinset, Kerdi requires unmodified. If I had to choose between the two, I'd use the modified thinset over Kerdi and allow an extra day or two of dry time.

Schluter recommends unmodified over Kerdi because of the dry time, but since this is a small tile and will allow for faster drying time vs. a larger tile, you shouldn't have a problem, especially if you give it couple of extra days. I've done it myself several times and never had a problem.
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#15889 - 05/10/10 09:56 PM Re: glass mosaic over kerdi??? [Re: Kman]
dmoe Offline
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A lot of people are saying to use versabond. Does this sound right?

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#15890 - 05/11/10 01:22 AM Re: glass mosaic over kerdi??? [Re: dmoe]
Bri Offline
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Registered: 07/03/01
Posts: 2195
Loc: ontario, canada
Versabond WHITE works.It has a pretty low polymer content compared to other thin sets. I've also used the "light" mortars. They work well because they hold up the tile a bit better, and also they don't have any coarse sand in them.
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