Thanks to modern adhesives, tiling is now as easy as wallpapering. With the right tools, even beginners can do it.
Whether you want to tile the smooth plastered walls of a new building or – tile on tile – Renovate your old building, without the right tools you will not get a good result. For precise size cutting, so for straight cuts, There are cheap tile cutters, the purchase of which is worthwhile even for smaller construction projects. Curves and contours can be nibbled out using the old method or more neatly with saw wire, Make a jigsaw or circle cutter. For fat, For hard-fired floor tiles, a small angle grinder with a cutting disc for stone is the right cutting tool for scoring.
Carbide for the cutting tools.
Thanks to automated production, tiles are cheaper today than they were just a few years ago and are therefore no longer a luxury item. Other additives and firing techniques create tiles today, which are easier to edit, and the tools needed to do this are better and easier to use than they used to be. The small cutting wheels of tiles- and glass cutters are made of hard metal and only scratch the glazed surface of the tile very lightly. That's enough, to break them at that exact spot with a jig or over an edge. The bearings of the cutting wheels, which are subject to high pressure, must be lubricated from time to time. saw blades or. -wires as well as drills and circle cutters are also carbide-tipped.
Worked with a jigsaw, the blade must not be tilted in the saw slot or the saw must not be guided in a radius that is too small. This inevitably leads to uncontrolled breakage of the tile.
Glue and grout tool
The tile adhesive is applied with a notched spatula or a notched trowel. A toothed spatula made of plastic is sufficient for small tile work, Metal spatulas with wooden handles are normal. Who is more often engaged in tiling work, is best served with stainless steel spatulas. A small trowel, a rubber mallet and a whisk for mixing adhesive and joint compound with the drill should also be part of the tool kit.
The grout is wiped into the tile joints with a rubber squeegee. A continuous wooden handle facilitates handling. Depending on the size of the tiled surface, squeegees of different widths are used. Not too fine-pored rubber- or plastic sponges are used to remove excess grout. After the mass has dried, polish with a dry cotton cloth.