How to dress premtool polishing pads - Tile Advice

[Old Mod]

Thank you. How are they on honed and filled trav? I was thinking of getting a half bullnose wheel also. Any thoughts?

For me, soft stones are easier worked with something like Sait Pads as Alan suggests.
As far as bull nose grinder attachment is concerned, you’re better off learning how to do it by hand first, it will give you a much deeper understanding of what you’re actually doing.
And tbh, they’re not the easiest things to use anyway.

 

[J Sid]

I was thinking of getting a half bullnose wheel also. Any thoughts?

I've had and used bullnose wheels from ATS for years, great bit of kit. Easy to use and with a bit of final working and polishing with SAIT Plain Silicon Carbide Discs they give a great look and finish.
not only do they work great on stone i also use them to good effect on full bodied porcelain.

get one and practice with it for a bullnose or even for making stone or porcelain windows boards

 

[acaciaguy]

Thank you. How do they work on honed and filled travertine?

 

[acaciaguy]

For me, soft stones are easier worked with something like Sait Pads as Alan suggests.
As far as bull nose grinder attachment is concerned, you’re better off learning how to do it by hand first, it will give you a much deeper understanding of what you’re actually doing.
And tbh, they’re not the easiest things to use anyway.

Noted. thank you for that. I will. With honed and filled travertine is it best to bullnose on the factory finished edge or can you work on a cut edge. Once worked on with pads to get bullnosed edge to you need to re-fill with resin and polish or will just polishing and sealing with rest of tile work

 

[Flintstone]

Cut edge or factory edge makes no difference once you start going down this road.

You can work with the Sait pads upto a highly polished finish. Filling with resin is a possibility if you end up with holes that will depend on the quality of the stone

 

[Old Mod]

Noted. thank you for that. I will. With honed and filled travertine is it best to bullnose on the factory finished edge or can you work on a cut edge. Once worked on with pads to get bullnosed edge to you need to re-fill with resin and polish or will just polishing and sealing with rest of tile work

Well there you are, different people, different ideas and methods.
Everything about our industry most of the time is down to how it works for you.
It’s so individual.
Same with the question above, you can never tell how a stone is going to react until you actually try it.
Yes you can work on a cut edge, but it can need rectifing first, just depends. (Polished to factory edge) a factory edge does make it a little simpler, it depends on what kind of bullnose or round you’re after achieving.

 

[acaciaguy]

Many thanks guys

Cut edge or factory edge makes no difference once you start going down this road.

You can work with the Sait pads upto a highly polished finish. Filling with resin is a possibility if you end up with holes that will depend on the quality of the stone

So you can bullnose / half bullnose with the Sait pads and not need a wheel?

 

[acaciaguy]

Thank you both the replies...interesting stuff....love to learn and get better and get it right

 

[Old Mod]

Many thanks guys


So you can bullnose / half bullnose with the Sait pads and not need a wheel?

Yes you can, you can remove most of the meat with a blade first, then polish it in with Sait pads.

 

[acaciaguy]

Brilliant..many thanks for the info

 

[acaciaguy]

Is a bullnose /half bullnose or mitre better in terms of look and robustness?

What are people’s preferred method

 

[J Sid]

all have there place depending on tile and position

 

[acaciaguy]

I’m thinking. Mitre is more modern / sharp. I could be wrong though

 

[J Sid]

would say mitre is more modern, depends what you think of as modern. 30 years ago a mitred tile was something that came out the factory all done for you. Order 4 boxes of tiles and one box was mitres.
but yes, mitre edges are shaper looking and yes more modern looking for porcelain. As for stone, some aren't suitable for mitreing and polished edges look much better and are stronger.

 

[acaciaguy]

Does that still happen. Can you order such things now. Sounds a great idea