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[Tom1402]

Thank you.

I have a very basic wet saw, a Titan saw brought from Screwfix. Looking at the manual it suggests it will cut 45 degree angles so hopefully it will work!

 

[Blunt Tool]

Thank you.

I have a very basic wet saw, a Titan saw brought from Screwfix. Looking at the manual it suggests it will cut 45 degree angles so hopefully it will work!

If you have plenty of tiles and you have some broken ones use them to practice with first. Take it nice and easy and don't push too hard and let the blade do the job

 

[Tile Shop]

I had a bit of practice with these recently. Had a guy saying that some of the glaze on the plain flat tile was chipping when using a wet cutter, but found a couple of things helped.

TIP 1: If using a wet saw, seal them first with a crackle glaze sealer. This will give a bit of extra bond strength to the glaze and the ceramic base.

TIP 2: Score the tile first with a manual cutter, and run the wet saw blade up against the score line. It may help to slightly enlarge the cut by as little as half a mm and file the last bit down to size using a 100 diamond pad. This score line will act as a stopper and prevent excess chipping on the "good side". This is going to prove pretty tricky on the dados as it will need to be scored at 45 degree angle, but try wet cutting one first with out scoring. If it chips, try scoring it carefully with a pencil scribe.

 

[Mattybaby19]

How du get on tom? Also did know if u have to fill the gap at the top half of the dado with adhesive?

 

[Tom1402]

Hi

Just started the job today. I sealed all the tiles id be wet cutting first, there are a few tiles where the glaze has come away a tiny bit on the cut edges (the border tile are worse for this than the flat tile) but im not too fussed as once its all grouted it will look fine.

Matt I did fill the gap in the border tile with adhesive.

Heres some pics of the first wall I attempted.

 

[Mattybaby19]

Looking good fella, look forward to seeing the after grouting pics.

 

[Spud]

The mitre has opened on the bottom which could mean a couple of things your table wasn't 45 degrees or you may not of held the piece square when you cut it or the wall is out either way if you have spares it will look better if the joint is even , good first attempt considering its your first time using these type of borders

 

[Mattybaby19]

Tom, i follow a really good russian tiler on instagram and he posted a photo with and without a rough edge on external mitered cuts. I wasnt sure if the photo is of 2 different cuts so i asked him.. i think he said they the same cut but his smoothed them down somehow, unless something got lost in translation which could be likely. For your info.

 

[ToolGuy]

As Paul C. mentioned a diamond file or sharpening block can clean up edges reasonably quickly.

 

[Matt Bott]

I need to get one of them makes them look so clean any you would recommend?