Marcia Selsor on wed 22 sep 04
I'm from Philadelphia originally. -next to NJ. There are some killer
tiles on old schools' exteriors from the '20s and 30s. I took slides
the last time I visited. For that matter, the Art museum has a ceramic
frieze around the whole roof. I don't think the mortar is any problem.
She should do a freeze test on her ^6 porcelain. If it matures it
shouldn't absorb moisture.
Marcia Selsor
On Sep 22, 2004, at 5:56 PM, Judy Musicant wrote:
> Hello Potters,
>
> Recently I've been communicating with a tile maker about creating
> tiles with my house # to attach outside my house, on the wood trim
> above the front door. I like the work on her website, and she's
> willing to do them for me, however, she uses a cone 6 porcelainous
> clay. She can't guarantee that it would be feasible to use this clay
> in my climate (New Jersey) where the temperature can range from the
> low teens to the humid 90's. Her concerns, and mine, are that any
> cement material to hold the tiles would deteriorate from moisture over
> time. What about using screws to keep the tile in place? Or would the
> that type of clay in and of itself not be a great choice for outside
> tile?
>
> I either haven't loved the tile I've seen offered on various other
> websites, or the size is wrong. Do any of you guys do house numbers,
> preferably in the "arts and crafts" style? - or know of an outfit that
> does?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Judy Musicant
>
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Judy Musicant on wed 22 sep 04
Hello Potters,
Recently I've been communicating with a tile maker about creating tiles =
with my house # to attach outside my house, on the wood trim above the =
front door. I like the work on her website, and she's willing to do =
them for me, however, she uses a cone 6 porcelainous clay. She can't =
guarantee that it would be feasible to use this clay in my climate (New =
Jersey) where the temperature can range from the low teens to the humid =
90's. Her concerns, and mine, are that any cement material to hold the =
tiles would deteriorate from moisture over time. What about using =
screws to keep the tile in place? Or would the that type of clay in and =
of itself not be a great choice for outside tile?
I either haven't loved the tile I've seen offered on various other =
websites, or the size is wrong. Do any of you guys do house numbers, =
preferably in the "arts and crafts" style? - or know of an outfit that =
does?=20
Thanks.
Judy Musicant
kieran stack on thu 23 sep 04
Hi Judy,
When tiling outdoors you need to mix a latex additive to the
adhesive. For an outdoor Ceramic plaque I would mix an "Admix" to a
Rapid set floor adhesive. Depending on the weather it should set in
about 10 minutes so you'll either need to stand there and hold it or nail
a batten board to stand it on.
The way to mix the adhesive is put about an inch of water in a pail,
add a "goodly" amount of admix an the start adding the Rapid set until
it's about the consistancy of mayonaise (or toothpaste). This mixture
will prevent freeze thaw action. You might want to mix a little grout the
same way and grout around the "tile". Tiles on the web is a good
source for tile making studios.
I would have had your tile up in the length of time it took me to type
this. Hope it works out for you. Any more installation questions feel
free to ask.
Kier.
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