This is me in the renovation of my kitchen 😂😂😂 . I loved this video ❤

This is Hilarious, Thanks.

I see negative comments here. But it was quick, easy, using tools you have and the rough edges are hidden so I approve. I've used Dremel Diamond blades extensively for small glass tile with great success. It's impossible to easily or safely cut small individual pieces on my wet-saws. I like the portability of the small cheap wet-saws. I have one with a tilting top and one where half of the top tilts. I've used a couple of the large expensive sliding saws but for small jobs they're not necessary. Think back a few hundred years ago before electricity...you do what you need to do with what you have to do it with.

@ThisBetterHome

6 ай бұрын

So true! Appreciate the comment.

Awesome! i just bough a grinder with a diamond blade. And i was thinking of adding tape on the tile to reduce the changes of chipping. The I also own a Dremel, so thank you for confirming on the diamond blade for the dremel. I will definitely get a wheel. Thank you so much.

@ThisBetterHome

Жыл бұрын

Glad this helped. Good luck!

Awesome video thanks for sharing your tile secrets!

@ThisBetterHome

Жыл бұрын

Any time!

Oof that’s hard to watch

There are clients that accept crap and then there are clients no contractor wants to work with, lol.

Ya can also use the dremel to sand and polish... its great when you have 2 dremel going.

hey just a thought. could you score the finished side with a glass cutter to get a better edge?

How is it that your grinder wheel is not producing any sparks that I see? I have always produced tons of sparks when I have cut tile, but, then again, I have never cut this small stuff. Would love to year your answer on that.

I heard cutting them from the back keeps them from chipping so bad...?..

Omg I just can't anymore, also I heard you can use a reciprocating saw to cut tile, but it has to be the best so def go with black and decker

@stobbinsboy

11 ай бұрын

Hell, I was thinking about using my worm drive circular saw. Flip the saw upside down and tape down the trigger....let her rip!

I'm curious, would it help to put something along where you're cutting? Like tape, or a line of glue?

@ThisBetterHome

5 ай бұрын

Possibly some duct tape to reduce chipping - I could see that helping a little

That grinder wheel is for cutting stone block. The little notches make it more aggressive so it will cut through material faster but less clean. The wheels for cutting tile are smooth all the way around and give you a much better cut. They're also more expensive but they last forever.

@ThisBetterHome

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip!

It is not safe to remove the guard. 😛

Why not use a wet saw?

I mean are you using the mortar as the grout. So basically you completely submerge the tile into the mortar and slab it on the wall?

@ThisBetterHome

Жыл бұрын

No, I used thin-set (probably too much - it was my first mosaic tile job) to adhere the mosaic tiles to Redgard, then cleaned the thin-set out between tile before it completely dried. I then applied grout as I did my other large tiles.

With all due respect, the degree of accuracy of the work is in the eyes of the beholder. I have seen crap work that the homeowner thought was the best, and by the same token I have seen better work and the client still expected better. Perhaps the homeowner in the second example had a better tool or more time ( because he is more of perfectionist and not concerned with profit) and obviously egocentric in a way that shows his eye for details. All I know is that when I see an obvious flaw, my eye always goes there. The day I discover it or years after.

@ThisBetterHome

Ай бұрын

Appreciate the comment!

The grinder guard has been removed. That is unsafe and the manufacturer doesn’t recommend it. Keep the guard on.

@ThisBetterHome

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. Keep it on if possible.

@itsmissmia

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. Very dangerous.

@michaelhancock9636

10 ай бұрын

A diamond blade isn't going to cut you opened. It's not that big a deal.

For goodness sake! Just go buy a decent wet saw and forget about all this foolishness. For reference, that cheap tile saw you have in the video is NOT a decent wet saw. That's the absolute cheapest one you can buy and this is definitely a "you get what you pay for" situation. Even the lowest priced Rigid one from home depot is better than that piece of sheet metal garbage. I am, in fact, using that very model (HD/Rigid, not that sheet metal garbage) to do a marble backsplash as we speak. To prevent tile "chip out" on the finished surface, cut the tile upside down (on a wet saw, a grinder is ALWAYS going to mess up the tile in some way). That way the table top supports the cut and the blade is much less likely to "chip" the tile as it cuts. IF you still get chipping on the cut edge with the tile face down, you need to slow down and let the diamond blade do the cutting (really, it's not cutting, it's abrading) instead of you pushing the work into it. Honestly, there's virtually nothing in this video worth following if you want to do a nice job. From the excessive amount of thin-set to the un-explainable methods of cutting tile, it's just wrong, wrong, WRONG!

@ThisBetterHome

Жыл бұрын

All opinions welcome on my channel. Thanks for your thoughtful comment!

@BethMichie

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your advice. I was hoping that I wouldn't have to cut the tiles like he was showing in his video. Maybe you should post a How -to video. 🙂

Thanks for the tips! not sure what all the fuss is about. most DIY-ers like me aren’t buying a $500 a wet saw for one shower.

@ThisBetterHome

3 ай бұрын

Couldn’t agree more. Appreciate your comment!

Agreed, it was hard to watch…! Very messy and not helpful at all, not straight lines and… “few shipped but that’s ok”????? Errrrr no thank you!

@ThisBetterHome

Жыл бұрын

Great comment. Thanks!

Were you a butcher before you tried this.

@ThisBetterHome

4 ай бұрын

Haha

OMG what a cowboy job is that 🤦

@ThisBetterHome

Жыл бұрын

Yee-hah!!

Dangerous. Much better cleaner way.

awful

@ThisBetterHome

4 ай бұрын

Care to elaborate?