Curved cut's...How do you do yours?

[Martino]

Just a general question....i no a few tilers that have there own way of doing these...These are the money makers so to speak!....

How do you prefer to cut your tiles...say for around a curved shower tray or a curved bay window?...

Teeth and snap or with a grinder on a angle?

 

[Dan]

Teeth and snap. Tidy with nippers and / or rubbing block. The trick is the marking I think. I used to be good at marking around loo's and pedestals and whatnot. The cutting is the easy part.

 

[Stewart]

Depends on the radius of the curve and the tile.... Slight curves get cut on my TX, sharper one's wet cut and snap.

 

[nybor62]

depends on curve i use grinder mostly

 

[CJ]

Grinder generally on floor tiles.

Nippers on smaller wall tiles.

 

[peteablard]

Usually use my grinder. Just had a new blade delivered from trade tiler (Montolit pro-gres)' look forward to using it as heard lots of good things about them

 

[nybor62]

Usually use my grinder. Just had a new blade delivered from trade tiler (Montolit pro-gres)' look forward to using it as heard lots of good things about them

thats my next blade heard good reports

 

[peteablard]

thats my next blade heard good reports

I've just worn out a marcrist blade, it was pretty good but IMO didn't last very long

 

[garretridge]

angle grinder mostly but nippers on small tiles and my dewalt on large natural stone jobs!

 

[Mike Mike]

I use one of these! I wouldn't be without it, it's greeeeeeeeat! How to Cut Shapes in Tile Without a Wetsaw - YouTube





Nah, I'm joking, I use an angle grinder...

 

[Ian]

Grinder 90% of the time, nips on softer ceramics.

 

[Martino]

I agree that the cutting is the easiest part and its all down to the marking!....generally use a compass to mark my tiles but ive seen these profile gauges in screwfix.. not sure how they rate compared to the compass.. what do you guys use to get the curve shape?

 

[Mike Mike]

I agree that the cutting is the easiest part and its all down to the marking!....generally use a compass to mark my tiles but ive seen these profile gauges in screwfix.. not sure how they rate compared to the compass.. what do you guys use to get the curve shape?

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[swanman]

tile nippers for me

 

[jonnyc]

montolit blades are excellent and weel worth the xtra money

Usually use my grinder. Just had a new blade delivered from trade tiler (Montolit pro-gres)' look forward to using it as heard lots of good things about them

 

[EverDon Tiling]

nippers for me just hate it when i get bits of tile in my boots.

 

[The D]

same as Stewart

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

give it to my labourer to cut ,lol........

 

[Tony73]

i use angle grinder, but allways use masking tape (stops from chipping tile) and allways mark by pen and not pencil (much more accurat)

 

[widler]

depends on the cut and the tile really,either scribe and snap or grind or use wet cutter and nips

 

[Tony73]

i understand we talking about curved perfect cuts around shower base etc.

 

[widler]

i understand we talking about curved perfect cuts around shower base etc.

eh ? explain

 

[Tony73]

i mean, how would you cut curve with wet saw? ( let say we have curved shower tray)

 

[Tony73]

here is D shape shower tray Milano 900x770mm D Shaped Shower Enclosure - toilets, baths and bathroom suites - Aquabliss

 

[Peter]

Never tried with a grinder, but sounds like it'd be worth a go.

For quadrant showers, toilets etc I do a few lines up to the curve on the wetsaw, break off with the nippers and then nip the remaining shape out. Can get it nice and neat although if the grinder with a curved blade was able to do it in half the time then I'd be all for it.