The steps to applying and using MusselBound is very simple. But, for the tiles I did have to trim, I found I needed to blow dry them for 10 minutes with a hair dryer or toss in the oven at 200 degrees for 5 minutes. For my backsplash I chose to use subway style tiles which required very little cuts. Wet tiles won’t stick: Exactly as it sounds, if you have a wet tile from using the tile saw you will have a hard time getting the tiles to adhere to the tile mat.

Making sure you are very careful and precise when placing each tile is super important. You can reposition them, but if you accidently bump the tile to hard and press it harder on the mat you’re going to struggle. Limited repositioning: Due to the stickiness of the tile mat you are very limited on repositioning your tiles.At the time of this post you can buy the tile mat at Lowes for way less than Amazon. I was so willing to try the adhesive tile mat due to me only needing to buy 2 rolls.

Expensive: MusselBound is on the higher price side when you consider the price of thinset mortar.

It is an alternative to using thinset mortar and is designed to make tiling projects faster, easier, and my favorite less messy! Using MusselBound is very beginner friendly and great if you’re like me trying to do projects while you have kids running around.įor me I found it easy to start and stop my tiling project to help my kids with food and homework, and not having the worry of using a mortar that might possibly dry to fast. MusselBound is a double-sided adhesive mat used for tiling projects like backsplashes and shower walls. I had seen numerous Instagram accounts and Youtubers using this product over the last year. Since we have around 20 square feet of space that needed a backsplash I thought it would be a great time to use MusselBound Adhesive Tile Mat. As you know at the time of this post it is mid February 2023! I may be a year late on completing our backsplash but hey what can I say life happens! When we built the house we decided not to have the builder add a backsplash knowing good and well I could do it cheaper.

One of my to-do projects for 2022 was to add a backsplash to our kitchen.

Double sided adhesive for backsplash