3 way mitre cut

[skeg]

Have rad the other thread on 3way mitre and watched a vid on youtube. My question is, does the tile trim have to be a quarter round profile? The trim i'm practising with is less than a quarter round and just doesn't seem to get a snug fit. Am i doing anything else wrong. Going to be tiling half way up a window reveal and want to get the best finish so would rather do the 3 way mitre than use the corner peices.

Thanks

[Sir Ramic]

Why not use corner pieces...much neater IMO

[skeg]

Did read somewhere that someone experienced trouble with the corner peices looking a different colour to the trim after some time.

Do the corner peices come in just a quarter round profile or to they come in different profiles to match?

[Sir Ramic]

You need to use the same manufacturer to guanatee a good match. i use Genesis. Yes you will have trouble doing a 3 way mitre if all sides of trim are not equal.

[Scott]

Which trim do you have? The tile rite ones are a great match.

Do you have a pair of these?

Tradetiler Tile Trims

[charlie1]

you could mitre the vertical tiles then just do a 2 way join!

[skeg]

You need to use the same manufacturer to guanatee a good match. i use Genesis. Yes you will have trouble doing a 3 way mitre if all sides of trim are not equal.

When you say all sides are not equal are you saying what i was trying to describe, as in the profile of the trim is not a complete quarter circle? Sorry, this would be easier with pictures but haven't got the time to put up at the moment.

[Sir Ramic]

When you say all sides are not equal are you saying what i was trying to describe, as in the profile of the trim is not a complete quarter circle? Sorry, this would be easier with pictures but haven't got the time to put up at the moment.

Yes you got it.

[skeg]

Just looking on the Homelux website. Would i be right in thinking then that i would have to use their Quadrant trim if i was going to do a snug fitting three way mitre cut (as opossed to using there quadrant corner peices) because that profile is quarter round where their other trim types are not (most noticeable when you click on their technical bit under the tile edging tab on the home page)?

[charlie1]

IMO, homelux trim is really poor, it has a tendancy to bend out of shape as you cut it due to the poor construction. I personaly use genesis or tileright!

[Dave]

Genesis thumb nail corners.. much neater..

[andy8758]

Hey guys, I cannot believe we are recommending corner pieces

OK they can be helpful for the real novice, but a 3 way mitre is so simple to do, if you can cut a tile straight, you can get a 3 way mitre to work on almost any trim.

I think it has been explained on another thread, but basically its:

3 x compound mitres (trim stood on bottom edge and mitred)
3 x perfectly right angled pencil lines from cut to other edge
3 x standard mitres (trim sat flat) from cut edge to pencil line

If the walls are not perfect right angles, then the corner trims will never work well.

However, you can adjust the compound mitres, changing the angles by marking the wall corner, and trim crossovers to get your line right - result perfect mitres no matter what the angle of the wall. Then just cut the standard mitres as before, and "bingo" perfect 3 way mitre on 87 degree wall corner

[Scott]

And have you tried it on ally trim?

[andy8758]

And have you tried it on ally trim?

Yes - but u need those little Draper finger files to finish it off.

[Scott]

Cool, i havent tried a 3 way on ally yet

[doddy41]

always use square edge trim much neater than round