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Facial defect
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That portion of the facial surface of the tile which is readily observ
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Faience mosaics
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Faience the that are less than 6 in .z in facial area, usually 5/16 to
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Faience tile
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Glazed or unglazed tile, generally made by the plastic process, showin
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Faience ware
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Formerly a decorated earthenware with an opaque glaze, but currently d
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Fan or fanning
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Spacing tile joints to widen certain areas so they will conform to a s
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Fascia
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A flat member or band at the surface of a building or the edge beam of
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Feather edge
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A wood or metal tool having a beveled edge; used to straighten re-entr
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Featheredging file (mitering)
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The method of chipping away the body from beneath a facial edge of a t
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Feature strip (decorated liner)
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A narrow strip of tile that has a contrasting color, texture, or desig
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Feldspar
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A mineral aggregate consisting chiefly of microcline, albite and/or an
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Fiberglass
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The name for products made of or with glass fibers ranging from 5 to 6
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Field tile
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An area of tile covering a wall or floor. The field is bordered by til
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Field tile
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An area of tile covering a wall or floor. The field is bordered by til
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Fifty-fifty
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See Spacing mix. Filler. See Spacing mix. Fineness modulus. A factor o
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Fifty-fifty
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ee Spacing mix.
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Filler
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ee Spacing mix.
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Final setting time
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The time required for a freshly mixed cement paste, mortar or concrete
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Fire
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See Fire, bisque; Fire, decorating; Fire, glost; Fire, single.
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Fire clay
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An earthy or stony mineral aggregate which has as the essential consti
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Fire, bisque
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The process of kiln-firing ceramic ware prior to glazing. (ASTM C 242)
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Fire, decorating
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The process of firing ceramic or metallic decorations on the surface o
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Fire, glost
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The process of kiln-firing bisque ware to which glaze has been applied
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Fire, single
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The process of maturing an unfired ceramic body and its glaze in one f
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Firing
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The controlled heat treatment of ceramic ware in a kiln or furnace, du
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Firing range
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The range of firing temperature within which a ceramic composition dev
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Flaked
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Irregularities left on the edge of the tile mainly due to the use of m
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Flammable
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Capable of being easily ignited.
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Flash point
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The temperature at which the material gives off flammable vapor in suf
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Flat trowel
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The flat trowel is used in conjunction with the hawk for the transferr
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Flexural strength
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A property of a material or structural member that indicates its abili
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Float coat
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The final mortar coat over which the neat coat, pure coat, or skim coa
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Float strip
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A strip of wood about i/4" thick and 1'/a" wide. It is used as a guide
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Floating
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A method of using a straightedge to align mortar with the float strips
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Fluorite (Ca F2) (fluorspar)
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An inorganic mineral of the isometric form, used as a source of fluori
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Flux
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A substance that promotes fusion in a given ceramic mixture. (ASTM C 2
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Fog curing
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1. Storage of concrete in a moist room in which the desired high humid
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Form oil
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Oil applied to interior surface of formwork to promote easy release fr
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Forming
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The shaping or molding of ceramic ware. (ASTM C 242).
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Forsterite porcelain
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A vitreous ceramic whiteware for technical application in which forste
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Forsterite whiteware
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Any ceramic whiteware in which Forstertte (2MgO - SiO,) is the essenti
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Freehand floating
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The application of wall mortar without the use of guide screeds. This
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Frit
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A glass which contains fluxing material and is employed as a constitue
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Fritted glaze
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A glaze in which a part or all of the fluxing constituents are prefuse
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Frost proof tile
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Tile produced for use where freezing and thawing conditions occur. (CT
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Furan mortar
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A two-part mortar system of furan resin and furan hardener used for bo
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Furan Plastics
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Plastics based on resins in which the furan ring is an integral part o
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Furan resin
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A furan resin composition used as a chemical-resistant setting adhesiv
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Furan resin grout
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A two-part grout system of furan resin and furan hardener used for fil
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Furring
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Stripping used to build out a surface such as a studded wall where str
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Fusion
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The process of melting; usually the result of interaction of two or mo
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