Examples of use
When laying ceramic tiles remain whole specimens, as well as fragile fragments. In addition, the battle of ceramic tiles is formed during transportation, because the tile has high strength, but also the same high brittleness. They should not be thrown out, they can be found in an unusual application in the interior, which will make your house or garden unique.
Here are some simple examples of how broken ceramic tiles can serve for many years, pleasing to the eye:
- a long-lasting cutting board;
- stand for hot;
- picture on the wall;
- decoration borders for photo frames;
- mosaic frame of mirrors, shelves;
- plaster bas-reliefs with tiles;
- mosaic countertops;
- decoration of garden paths and benches.
How to adapt the rest of the tiles to a new role?
Remains of ceramic tiles for the kitchen need to be processed on a grinding wheel or manually, get rid of sharp edges. To do this, pieces of ceramic granite measuring 45x30 cm for a cutting board and 20x20 cm as a stand for hotter. Chamfers can be peeled around the edges, so the product will look neater.
On monophonic wallpaper or painted walls the picture from a decorative tile perfectly looks. In this case, you need to pick up a suitable frame in the framing workshop and frame it with a piece of tile with a bright pattern, better abstract.
This "picture" can be either a classic rectangular or square, or any other shape. Colors should correspond with the color of the interior, so you get a bright color spot.
Broken tiles are an excellent material for narrow curbs or frames. You need to take a sheet of thin plywood and pick up the pieces so that a narrow strip of mosaic along the edge is obtained. If necessary, the pieces need to be cut or shredded, to connect different colors and fragments. After the frame is like, the pieces need to be glued and allowed to dry. Designer frame is ready, you can insert photos.
Combining shards with other building materials
There are many more ways to use the remains of ceramic tiles. From gypsum and your pieces, you get great vintage crafts. It is necessary to take a detachable form for gypsum and lay out the bottom with tile remnants. After pouring and drying, you can get anything - a decorative plate, animal figures, an abstract composition. It all depends on the form in which the cast is poured.
In Europe, author's painting on tiles is very popular now. This is the type of drawing, when a single-colored tile is applied with special paints. You can paint one or more tiles. If you have drawing skills, you can create whole pictures or panels. Such paintings can decorate any room, but it is better to avoid rooms with high humidity, colors can not stand it.
With tiles, a flower pot, a bottle of an unusual shape or an obsolete vase can be tiled. It turns out a nice home decoration or a nice gift to friends. Tile floor, the remains of which are always formed in large quantities, you can apply for laying a mosaic countertop or the design of garden paths.
For the countertop, the surface is covered with a layer of cement mortar, to which pieces are attached. You can make an ornament or put them chaotically. After drying, unevenness should be filled with a grout. When forming the garden paths in raw cement, tile slabs are heated to the level of cement, it turns out colorfully and decoratively.