Setting Out: how do i mitre skirts?

[everton121]

hi all just doing a job in house i need to miter skirts around the tiled floor i only have a vitrex 560 pro wet cutter can i use this and how?the skirts will be 100 mill high do i just do the external corners and leave the internal ones?any ideas lads? ta

[faithhealer]

whay type of tiles are they

[diamondtiling]

If you are going to mitre them then it will look better if you do both internal and external. Are they profiled or plain skirts?

[whitebeam]

If you mitre them check the external/internal corners are square

[everton121]

thay are just ceramics how do i cut them on the wet cutter?

[doug boardley]

does the cutter bed tilt?

[Sir Ramic]

If the cutter bed doesnt tilt then make a 45 degree block of wood and use it as a jig.

[everton121]

yes it does tilt

[Sir Ramic]

yes it does tilt

So do you need more explaination ?

[brinkley]

ok draw a line square up where you want the mitre to be be and cut if your cutter cuts clean enough with no chips cut both mitres first so you have a nice fit then cut the straight edge after to fit the next tile good luck and take your time to get it perfet

[everton121]

thanks a lot lads

[cornish_crofter]

With all mitred joints you'll find that you'll inevitably come accross a corner that's not 90°.

If that is the case then you'll need to recut the tiles in question, perhaps a degree at a time to get the perfect mitre.