DIY Mosaic Steps with Cement and Broken Tiles - Trash to Treasure DIY Mosaics Stairs

Step by step video tutorial how to DIY mosaic steps with cement and broken tiles. This is the trash to treasure DIY projects where Kate made recycled mosaics stairs in the patio.

DIY Mosaic Steps made of broken tiles

00:00 Tutorial how to make mosaic steps
00:24 Broken steps at walkway in the patio
00:50 Dismantle broken tiles from the steps
01:26 Free the broken tiles from old cement and dried putty using the chisel
02:09 Clean the steps surface with broom and prepare it for renovation
02:26 Break big tile pieces into the smaller ones with a hammer through the rag
02:52 Add water to the dry cement mix and prepare cement mortar
03:08 Apply cement mortar onto steps
03:23 Smooth the cement mortar with a putty knife or masonry trowel
03:33 Add the glue atop cement mortar surface to strength the connection with tiles
03:59 Attach the broken tiles onto the glue cement mixture. Leave minimum free space between tile pieces in order to make mosaics. Kate made mosaic art of two types of broken tiles: pieces of steps tiles and broken tiles from the sea bottom found on the pebble beaches of Montenegro.
06:00 Let mosaic steps dry during the night at least (or 12-24 hours)
06:26 Next day apply putty to fill empty spaces between the tile pieces using the putty knife
06:56 Spray the water and polish the mosaic tile surface removing the putty leftovers with the rag
07:22 Kate has cozy coffee time at the patio steps
Kate is wearing the handmade traditional Ukrainian embroidered vyshyvanka dress (traditional Ukrainian embroidered clothes called Vyshyvanka)

Materials & Tools
- broken outdoor tiles
- broken tiles from sea bottom
- dry cement mix
- glue for tiles
- putty for tiles
- putty knife or masonry trowel
- hammer
- chisel (optional)
- rags (for cleaning putty leftovers)

Broken tiles are cheap materials for crafting projects trash to treasure, like mosaic art.
For the first mosaic art DIY flower pot Kate took broken tiles had found at the beaches of Montenegro. The sea waves and the passing times smoothed the tile pieces as sea pebbles. After being in sea water the surface of tiles gained cracked vintage looking textures.
For the second mosaics project Kate mix ordinary outdoor tiles with broken tiles from the sea bottom to bring some Mediterranean style touch to the final look of DIY mosaic steps in the patio.

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