marking tiles

[alastair68]

i have just finished my first 2 jobs and when wet cutting i tried to use a chinagraph pencil to mark the cuts but with the water been a nice terracotta colour i found it difficult to follow the line!!
One advantage though i got a bit carried away and made a mess - the result a fabulous fake tan.Now the wife wants a go!!!

 

[GazTech]

i have just finished my first 2 jobs and when wet cutting i tried to use a chinagraph pencil to mark the cuts but with the water been a nice terracotta colour i found it difficult to follow the line!!
One advantage though i got a bit carried away and made a mess - the result a fabulous fake tan.Now the wife wants a go!!!

replace your water in the cutter on a regular basis...on a glazed tile you can use permanent ohp markers,and for stone unglazed usually score with masonary nail will do the trick:wink_smile:

 

[UKTT Darren]

Score the tile with a 10mm wheel in your dry cutter, this should create a deep groove in the tile then just follow that in the wet saw

 

[CON5933]

Alastair,
score the tile with your dry cutter then follow the mark with your wet cutter

Damn.....you beat me to it:wink_smile:

 

[UKTT Darren]

Got to be fast on this forum, gaz just beat me by a mili second

 

[CON5933]

LOL... i'll have to train harder

 

[tilinga2z]

I use the Rubi wet cutter line which give off a minimal amount of water making marking extremely easy, in comparison to the wet cutters I used whilst training which were more like a shower.

 

[GazTech]

Got to be fast on this forum, gaz just beat me by a mili second

fastest fingers in the North West......lol

 

[Dan]

Just bumping some threads in the tiling forum, don't worry if it isn't current discussion, just ignore the thread and it'll drop off the list quickly. If you do wish to reply to it, go ahead, that's fine too. Your input might be valuable and help a tiler out in the future.