Absolutely! This is as good a place as any. I only lay tile when I have to, so I didn't actually put a forum up for it, but probably should.
You can use a tile saw. That's the easiest for straight cuts. If you're cutting the entire piece across, the manual ones are fine. If you're doing a lot of cutting or want to make cuts that don't go all the way across the piece, a saw is essential.
Submitted by bighappy on 5 December, 2005 - 23:40.
I was talking to my father in law and he has a scoring tool that apparently you just score the tile with and then snap it in two. How well does that work? I just invision the tile splitting off the line or breaking into three or four peices.
Yeah, the first link in my previous post is an example of one of the scoring types. Your father-in-law's probably looks a lot like that one. It's fine, and they actually work!
You put the tile in, run the scoring blade back and forth and then 'snap' the tile breaks right along the score. Works flawlessly most of the time with a pretty clean break.
Submitted by bighappy on 6 December, 2005 - 12:43.
So I got the "tile cutter" from my father in law. OMG! Its just a plastic handle with a wedge shaped bit on the end of it. I gave it a try on a few broken tiles I found in the crawl space a couple weeks ago. I got the tiles to snap, in 3 peices! :shock: I think Ill be going to Lowes soon! :lol:
Just try one more time. Place the tile in the cutter, score hard. Just two runs, forward and backward, should be plenty, but press pretty hard. Then lowever the handle to snap.
I finaly went and bought a decent tile cutter. Cut three tiles and they were perfect. Sometimes it pays to buy a better quality tool. Now the closet floor is done. Cant wait to start the tile work on the fireplace.
No problem!
No problem!
Absolutely! This is as good
Absolutely! This is as good a place as any. I only lay tile when I have to, so I didn't actually put a forum up for it, but probably should.
You can use a tile saw. That's the easiest for straight cuts. If you're cutting the entire piece across, the manual ones are fine. If you're doing a lot of cutting or want to make cuts that don't go all the way across the piece, a saw is essential.
Those are cheap versions, but you get the idea.
I was talking to my father
I was talking to my father in law and he has a scoring tool that apparently you just score the tile with and then snap it in two. How well does that work? I just invision the tile splitting off the line or breaking into three or four peices.
Yeah, the first link in my
Yeah, the first link in my previous post is an example of one of the scoring types. Your father-in-law's probably looks a lot like that one. It's fine, and they actually work!
You put the tile in, run the scoring blade back and forth and then 'snap' the tile breaks right along the score. Works flawlessly most of the time with a pretty clean break.
So I got the "tile cutter"
So I got the "tile cutter" from my father in law. OMG! Its just a plastic handle with a wedge shaped bit on the end of it. I gave it a try on a few broken tiles I found in the crawl space a couple weeks ago. I got the tiles to snap, in 3 peices! :shock: I think Ill be going to Lowes soon! :lol:
I read through that reply
I read through that reply and didnt even notice the highlighted words :oops:
Just try one more time.
Just try one more time. Place the tile in the cutter, score hard. Just two runs, forward and backward, should be plenty, but press pretty hard. Then lowever the handle to snap.
I finaly went and bought a
I finaly went and bought a decent tile cutter. Cut three tiles and they were perfect. Sometimes it pays to buy a better quality tool. Now the closet floor is done. Cant wait to start the tile work on the fireplace.
Excellent! Are you going to
Excellent! Are you going to be required to do any fancy cuts? I mean, cuts that are not straight across?
Ditto on the tools thing too. I would say that most of the time, a quality tool has a lot to do with both the ease AND the quality of the work done.
Just straight cuts. No corne
Just straight cuts. No corne