Limit the mastic to the amount you ll be able to cover with your tile within a 5 minute time period.
How to install baseboard on tile wall.
Start installing the tiles into the acrylic mastic by pressing them into it.
Using a v notch trowel apply mastic to the wall surface onto which you ll attach your tile baseboard.
You need to have the base installed over top of the flooring level and allow the flooring to expand contract.
Between the floor and the tile baseboard place 2 inch tile spacers under each tile flat.
Put the same tile spacers you used to install the flooring tiles between the tile baseboards.
Regardless of whether or not there are other tiles on the wall the tile baseboard installs the same as other ceramic tiles with thinset mortar.
Avoid spreading the mastic in a area on the wall surface higher than the baseboard tile height.
Tile down to the base.
1 lay the tiles on the floor at the wall where you.
Allow the grout and the caulk to cure for 72 hours.
Leave no gaps between the baseboard and the wall or between the baseboard and the floor.
Temporarily secure the piece to the wall with strips of masking tape at 16 inch intervals.
Continue installing the baseboards along the adjacent wall.
Use the same techniques described above to install the mdf baseboard.
Firmly press the piece into place against the base of the wall with the lower edge contacting the floor.
Force grout into the corner between the bullnose tiles and the floor tiles.
If the bullnose tiles are being installed in a bathroom place a bead of silicone caulk in the corner between the bullnose tiles and the floor tiles.
Finish the caulk bead with a finger or with a caulk finishing tool.