Thicker ceramic tile?

Posted by SteveBell on January 6, 2009, 12:39 pm

>wrote:

>>> Square notch trowels are for thin set mortar, V notch are for
>>>mastic. What are you using?

>>I'm using the adhesive mastic from Lowes and installing it on
>>ordinary wallboard in a kitchen.

>You should ve able to get a V edge trowel at Lowes.

If the big-box places don't have the right trowel, check with flooring
stores. Since Lowes sold you the mastic, they _ought_ to carry the
trowel, but they're Lowe's....

The mastic container will tell you what trowel to use. It's usually
something like
1/4 x 1/4 x 1/4
meaning the notches are 1/4" deep, 1/4" wide, and 1/4" apart.

--
Steve Bell
New Life Home Improvement
Arlington, TX USA

Posted by Red Green on January 5, 2009, 11:43 pm

ae14c0adf767@r37g2000prr.googlegroups.com:

> Ceramic tile project -- and there are a few issues... years ago I did
> some ceramic tile but the stuff then was thin and flat. Now I'm
> feeling out of date. The tile I have now is 4/10 inch thick (maximum)
> with a slight texture on the front surface and a grippy crosshatch
> pattern on the back side. Scoring and breaking seems fairly
> unreliable. What success rate should I be seeing? Also the serrated
> trowels they sell now have big square notches. I'm doing a wall so
> these square-notch trowels seem like a bad idea. Why the switch to
> square notches? Any hints? Thanks.

You can get an inexpensive 7" wet tile saw for like $85 at the Borg. Even
less at Harbor Freight. It'll come with 1 or two diamond blades. I kick my
ass for not getting one long ago.

I cut through some tile pretty thick stone tile (not glazed clay) quite
easily. Trimming slivers off and notches is also a breeze.

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