Oceanside Glass & Tile® is a company founded on original thought and innovative design. As a premier glass manufacturing company, we meticulously craft our products from raw materials, transforming abstract concepts into tangible realities. Our manufacturing commitment extends to infusing inspiration, creativity, thought and care into everything we do - whether it be creating tile for the home or glass and accessories for art. We take immense pride in our glassmaking, thriving on the joy and excitement it sparks in our customers. Each product undergoes rigorous testing by our dedicated team of glass experts to ensure not only aesthetic beauty but superior performance and enduring quality over time.
I use this amazing and unique glass in my assemblage collages of endangered species for the skies, and rivers and deserts and just about anything else you can think of. I cut it size and glue it onto 1" thick panels that are sturdy enough to hold the glass. AMAZING GLASS
Still no thoughts on SILVERCOATS!!?? I used to sell loads of silvercoat items especially cherry red..dark green..purple..and like other comment irrid glue chip. I think you are making too many wishy washy colours, and as I have stated before your opals are turning into wispies and the reverse of the opals is a totally different colour??
I’d love to see you do some marketing promotion to art glass suppliers in Australia, particularly the Sydney, NSW area. It’s just very difficult to get Oceanside or 96 in Australia now. All the retailers are switching to Bullseye. I prefer 96 but if can’t get it I’ll have to switch to Bullseye. You’re losing a lot of Oceanside customers because they just find it so difficult to find anywhere that sells it.
I am doing a job that is a glass paper. Front mount mosaic and was having a hard time and found this video yesterday. just goes to show. Even though I've been doing tile 25 years, there's always something you can learn and this is probably the best tip. Or technique I've learned in tile and over 10 years. this is greatness! Thank you so much for actually putting valuable information on RU-vid instead of stuff. That doesn't even matter. Hats off to you
Not for Tile Setters, either! I'm a Tile Mechanic with 43 years experience. Started as a helper for my best friends dad. Been working on a job where the glass pieces are so small, you could fit 3 of them on a dime! Maddening!!! I can't wait until this FAD is over!!!
From our Product & Technical Services Manager who commented below "It's not as dangerous as you might think. Continuous rim, diamond blades don't necessarily "cut" through the tile as they use more of a grinding action with fine abrasive diamond in the blade edge. You definitely wouldn't want to catch your finger between the blade and the saw tray but because the grinding action only works on hard materials, you can actually touch these blades with your finger while the saw is running and it won't cut through your skin."
I tired to place an order through the official website but couldn't find any link for placing orders. I sent the following order by email hoping someone could answer me : 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 Hello dear Sir/ Madam. Kindly provide me with a quote for the following: TOURMALINE IRIDESCENT 926 MOSAIC TILE. Quantity : 44 Square meters. Shipping to Saudi Arabia, Eastern province, Dammam. Eng. Elham Zaid ------------- My email and Mobile number was included in the email.
Nice job - very professional install and good information too. I wonder if there; however, is an inherent challenge with installing a mix of glass/marble/ceramic mosaic as an accent to surrounding ceramic or even small porcelain tile - will the mosiac get "crushed", i.e. squashed down by any larger tile (e.g. 6x6 ceramic) or will the spacers hold? Of course the type of mortar makes a difference for this too. Is Acrylic Pro adequate?
Hi Andrew. Thank you for your comment. A good rule of thumb is to follow the TCNA Handbook recommendation. Beyond that, when installing different materials, it’s important to understand each manufacturers’ installation requirements as they may recommend different setting materials. Most likely, you’ll install the field tile first, in this case ceramic or porcelain, leaving room for the glass accent. To do this, we recommend installing or tacking up a “ledger board” to hold the higher course of ceramic/porcelain. A ledger board is just a strip of wood that you temporarily nail to the wall and it allows you to set the ceramic/porcelain at the perfect height and level it off for the upper course of field tile. Once the field tile is installed, remove the ledger board and install the glass mosaic in the open space . We have a step by step guide on our website on Substrate Build-Up so the tile finishes flush with the surrounding field tile, www.glasstile.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/SubstrateBuildUp_v11.pdf. Hope this helps and happy installing!
Hi Claudia - You could use either. Our mosaics come face mounted with either paper or film. You have to be careful with mesh to make sure it's antimicrobial and the glue isn't water soluble like the kind we use on our Kinship Collection. Hope this helps and thanks for the comment!
Thanks Mike! and don't worry about our fingers. Continuous rim, diamond blades don't necissarily "cut" through the tile as they use more of a grinding action with fine abrasive diamond in the blade edge. You definitely wouldn't want to catch your finger between the blade and the saw tray but because the grinding action only works on hard materials, you can actually touch these blades with your finger while the saw is running and it won't cut through your skin.
It's not as dangerous as you might think. Continuous rim, diamond blades don't necissarily "cut" through the tile as they use more of a grinding action with fine abrasive diamond in the blade edge. You definitely wouldn't want to catch your finger between the blade and the saw tray but because the grinding action only works on hard materials, you can actually touch these blades with your finger while the saw is running and it won't cut through your skin.
