I have to put down some 1 inch hex tiles, some call them penny tiles, on the floor of a shower stall. Tiles are on the usual 12×12 mesh mats and will be grouted with non sanded grout. Can anyone offer me some advice on the correct size of notched trowel to spread the thinset. Thanks in advance.
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ILG,
What is the substrate and what type of thin set?
Chuck S
Use a vee-notch trowel, not a square-notch. I'd recommend the smallest one you've got (3/16" max) or you will have excessive thinset squeeze-out into the grout lines.
If you're laying this on a Ditra membrane, you may have to use a slightly bigger notch, but be careful to make the trowel work or you'll be raking thinset out of grout lines for the rest of the summer....
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I like 3/16 V notch. And it helps to use the same shade thinset as your grouts gonna be. White or Grey.
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