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Show You Can Install This Wall Tile y-j It's so easy and inexpensive to give your bathroom or kitchen new sparkling Wauty in a few hours by installing plastic wall tile yourself. Just follow these 5 easy steps outlined by Hako Building Products, division of Mastic Tile corporation, Newburgh, N.Y., manufacturers man-ufacturers of Coronet plastic wall tile. Few tools for the job are needed and are available at all Coronet dealers. I. Charting the WallsFind the I lowest point of the floor with a I center. Press edges of Xile firmly against the adjoining tile and line up both edges carefully. You can rent a tile cutter from your dealer for cutting tile at ends of wall and at the floor level. 4. Installing the Corners Inside and outside corners are supplied in 4', ft. lengths. Spread cement level. Meas-, Meas-, ure from that point to the height you want the tile to be installed, in-stalled, and make a pencil mark. Average Aver-age height is over the flange of the corner strip, then install tile being certain cer-tain to fit cut edge into the slot in corner strip. Where tiles have to r a t J I a. . faff 1 . s-v a t 4'a ft. high. Mark as shown the position of the field trim, tile cap and feature strip. Use the spirit level to draw guide lines, all around the room. Equalize space at both left and right so that not less than i tile will need be cut to fill the ends. 2. Spreading the Adhesive-Hold Adhesive-Hold the mastic tile spreader at De niiea liuu piates iuu a r to get at with a trowel, apply adhesive ad-hesive directly to the back of tho tiles. Butter all cut edges with adhesive. 5. Tiling Around Tub and Sink Use a coping saw to mako -mv n gle to the wall and pull down in long .smooth strokes. Make sure wall surface is visible between be-tween ribs of mastic. &iiai&iit vi it-regular it-regular cuts. Butter the cut edges of tile before fit-, fit-, ting around Si pes and rains. It is best to plan 3. Setting the Tile Lay tile from the center of the wall and work to either end. To set tile, press it firmly firm-ly and evenly on all four corners, never in the in the beginning to leave nearly a full tile on the row that runs along the top of the tub. Use Coronet cleaner and corn bristle scrub brush to remove any cement ce-ment from face of tile. Tiles must be cleaned the same day as ap- ' plied. 1 |