For the final hummingbird tile mural, I cut around the drawing printout, leaving some bleed area around the edges. I used spray adhesive to mount the paper to mat board. Since I needed a close fit around the bottom edge where the shower base would sit, I used blue painter’s tape to mask off the bottom edge.
I then used the Triple Thick Gloss Glaze to seal the image. Once dry (two days later), I scored the tile lines with a stylus. Before removing the blue tape, I scored along the top of the tape to make sure it didn’t pull the glaze finish away from the tiles.
I cut along the center line and then the outer lines, leaving extra along the bottom. Oops…photographed them in the wrong order.
I propped the boards in place with the shower base to see how it looked and then glued them in place.
It’s hard to see the three dimensional aspect in the photos, but it looks just like high gloss tile in person. Hooray!
Next up, shower surround.
