How to install a glass tile backsplash REAL DIY TIPS

today we're gonna do a backsplash first I wanted to talk to you about the materials that we use to do this project first we've got this 12 by 12 by glass tile piece here we used three packages which is about 45 pieces for this a smaller kitchen next we've got this one gallon of tile adhesive here we used up almost 1 gallon to put on those 45 pieces another material that you'll need are these little spacers the space in between the glass tile and if you get their spots a you'll also need a bag of grout this is kind of a biscuit colored grout it's a 10 pound bag and for this project we use the whole bag of this so for 45 pieces of tile you need about a 10 pound bag of grout you're also going to need a bucket and then after you get the project all done you want to use this cleaner and grout next I want to talk to you about the tools that we use for this project what we've got here is a sanding tool before you put the backsplash down it's a good idea to sand the wall get it nice and flat and then just kind of rough it up before you put the adhesive down you're gonna need this tile trowel and then I also use this pointed trowel here to apply the adhesive and it also came in handy to go in a few the tight spots this smaller trail here I also used this to scrape pieces off behind the backsplash before we applied it you're also going to need some scissors this is on a just kind of a fabric type wire backing that you can easily cut with a standard set of scissors your tape measure this piece here is a grout float once you get ready to put the grout down you're going to need this float like this this here is a tile cutter and this is a mixer that I use to mix the grout you can also buy the grout pre-mixed it's a lot more expensive that way so we bought it put it in a bucket and some water and mixed it up with the drill that's why we needed to drill there for that falling off this project you could do for about two hundred and fifty dollars the tiles cost about $80 the tile adhesive is another 20 your grout another 20 you can purchase a tile kit for most of the home depot lowes that kind of thing that comes with most of the tools that you need to do a project like this comes with a bucket and a few other things your sponges for about thirty dollars you're going to need to purchase these tile cutters which is another 25 got your spacers and sandpaper assuming you rent a wet saw to cut your tiles you can rent them for about $40 some miscellaneous expenses you can do this project for about 250 bucks as far as the time that is needed to do this project it took me roughly 15 hours to prepare the back the Wolfe and backsplash apply it grout clean it everything like that some tools that I already had were a drill this mixer measuring tape some towels so assuming you already have some of the basic tools there the project would cost you about 250 bucks last I'm going to show you the tile saw that I bought to do this project you mainly need the tile saw only to cut these flat edges here and in a few different spots there we needed the tile saw and like to say you can rent them or you can purchase one the one I have is about 300 foot so this is a tile saw and basically what it has down here in the bottom is water and the water gets sucked up through this pump right here and the pump pushes the water through the line and it actually squirts out onto the blade so as you're making the cut it basically shoots the water right there I'm on the blade these tile saws you can purchase them for about a hundred bucks for an entry-level one one like this is about three hundred dollars you can also rent them for about forty bucks but this definitely makes this project a little easier to do and also gives you a better finished layout your tiles to determine how many pieces you're gonna put on your first wall and I've taken and removed all the socket covers and got those all loosened up but you want to take your tile pieces and kind of lay them out all the way along so you know how many pieces you're gonna use on this one section and cut them make your first cut to wear when you get down to the very end on this back wall here you're gonna not have a real small piece in here you want to have a fairly larger piece towards the end there there's a couple different options you can you can do with this what some people choose to do is just cut this straight to do this you really need a wet saw to be able to to get a fine cut like that you can use these little glass tile nippers and they cut pretty good but they kind of leave it a little bit jagged and it's hard to get it real straight so if you want a real nice straight cut like that you have to have a wet wet saw you can also take and polish ends to get a little bit shinier edge there so if you want that to look you know nice and polished you can take a little dremel and a polishing attachment you can also buy little runners that go along the edge here they come in different colors like bronze or silver or white put it along the top so it'll keep the tile protected from getting you know dirt and stuff down in there or possibly chip in the edge of the tile you can put that basically protected I want to pick up a bag of little spacers put in the areas to make sure that the gap is exactly even with the rest of them so there's a few spots and when you put the pieces together you're going to want to go through and and put those spacers so basically what you do is you lay out your pieces across the stree just take it put your top piece next to your other just kind of working into place so first I'll just kind of make sure my gap is right and then I'll take you to start pushing these pieces into the adhesive starting at the bottom once you've got it what's down there you want to get a board like this here and just kind of push it up against the piece there take your hammer pieces this tool here is when I put the adhesive on with first now let's kind of go through it get it all over the wall you just take your trowel just kind of push firmly and smooth that out before your knees dries you want to take a wet sponge and kind of watch all the adhesive off the front have you bucket ready to go just kind of go through and scrub on the adhesive of this keep your tiles clean you were at the point where we need to cut around that switch there and what I do is I just lay the back of the tile out here grab your tape measure measure the measurements there and draw you a little outline on the back that you need to cut out just kind of pull this backing off from the area that you're gonna be cutting out and you've got this little pile piece right here but you want to cut you can see on that little line right there is there here that I want cut so you just take this and line it up and you can see I've got that cutting that cut I just got to move to this one here I just grab this little pointed trowel here and just kind of smooth this in and around all little areas that need to I try to get kind of an even coat of adhesive on there you don't want to put it on too thick because then it's a real fighter to clean off you want to use the big trowel wherever possible to have one of these smaller ones and do the entire you can see I just kind of put a little bit more adhesive back there and then put that top piece back in there you also can do that with these little pieces that have fallen out that we cut there all right so as you can see I'm getting towards the end of this section of the wall which I'm going to need to cut one of the tiles in half and do a straight cut so I'm going to show you on the tiles on how that's done okay so you can see we've got a the back piece of the tile here and I've taped this with just some painters tape this keeps the tile pieces from flipping up into the blade or getting uneven to where it and that's all there is to it not too bad it's pretty okay so that's the piece there that I cut on the tile saw and we got a nice flat edge up there to the wall I'm getting ready to put the last piece there right up there in the corner for this section of the wall and then we'll get ready to do the other section of the wall here tomorrow okay so we're moving right along once you get going and actually that goes pretty fast to start figuring out a little bit better techniques to apply this stuff and clean it up one thing once you get to the stove portion you want to put a piece of board there I just had a piece of trim laying around that put on there so I can put the tile pieces along that piece of trim as I move along the on the stove area alright so everything's going pretty good I'm down to my last couple tile pieces here and not the biggest thing I've learned is to make sure that you when you put the tile adhesive down you don't put too much on it and you just kind of use the trial to get it to scrape the way if you put too much on there it seems to be a lot harder to clean it out overall not too bad this is my first tile project I've never done a backsplash or any type of tile before so it's kind of excited to do this one beans I've never really worked with a tile saw or any type of tile after this completely sets up and dries I'm going to go through the sponge and scrub pretty good at before I go to grab okay so I've got it all ready to be cleaned and then put the grout on there you can see in some spots you want to get these little spacers I just so you get the right look in there and the tile pieces aren't too crooked or not gap properly and ready to mix the grout here I've got a mixing tool hooked into the end of my drill there and we've got a bucket there we're going to fill with some water and mix the ground okay so to apply the grout you need one of these gum rubber grout flows basically you just put the ground push it into the all the cracks get it all over the tile and just kind of push it you know thoroughly through all the gaps in the tiles and across the bottom and then I just take my excess and I put it might just kind of push it off like that and put it into my next work so at this point you just take your clean water and your sponge in the rough spots and removing the excess grout that doesn't mean be there once you've got the grout on there you've gone through and smoothed it out with a sponge you're gonna leave kind of a white haze there that will go through and clean up all right so I've get a clean sponge and just scrub off that white haze and Meeny excess grout all right so just finished up the backsplash and got all the electrical outlets put back together and seal the grout we're really happy with the way the last turn got it completely finished they've gone through and cleaned it up and also applied a grout sealer to it keep the grout from staining okay so with this kitchen along with doing the backsplash we also did a countertop transformation this was a gray colored countertop we've gone through and replaced that faucet there and we've also done a transformation on the kitchen cabinets installed a new range and stove and basically gave this kitchen a new look do-it-yourself fry and completed another project please check out some of the other videos if you're interested in how to apply this countertop transformation I've got a video on that I've also got kind of a short video on the cabinet transformation there well

Channel: Do It Yourself Bri

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Length: 20min 19sec (1219 seconds)

Published: Tue Aug 19 2014