How to make tiles?

Question

i'm having an investigatory project and its all about making tiles out of broken glass and rice hull. help me pls.

the tiles used in bathrooms or kitchen sinks.

Answer 1

sounds odd, I wouldn't use broken glass in an indoor tile, nor rice hulls on an outdoor tile. you may be able to laminate (make layers of) rice hulls in mortar on lower layers and then embed the glass on the top for traction for an outdoor tile.

use a 1 foot square wooden box, lay down a very thin layer of mortar (thickness of a quarter?). then lay down layers of your rice hulls mixed with mortar, then carfully place the glass on top, making sure it is in the mortar enough to be secure.

this is more like a terrazzo floor common in south florida and italy

Good luck with your homework

Answer 2

I'm not at all familiar with tile making using rice hulls, but certainly I'm curious. I've installed multiple thousands of sq. ft. of tile; as well as having sculpted clay to fire in my kiln.

You don't state that the glass will be in chip form, or has to be fired/melted. I profess some ignorance but it seems that in some way, the process would require a Forge or kiln, and when and how would the rice hull be infused,,,and more importantly how might one expect Rice Hull to stand up to the same temps as it would take to liquify glass?

Steven Wolf

Answer 3

i do not know what kind of tiles u want to make.is it glass tiles.and how many tiles u want to make.from where u would collect the glass.what would be the thickness of each broken glass.
but all the best

Answer 4

Plywood, cut in whatever shapes or sizes you want, screw to subfloor and poly the heck out of it, or get something that is more substantial like a special floor laquer, this makes a beautiful floor. Multiple concentric circles, triangles, hexagon-anyway, stain them different colors.