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HOW TO DRY DRILL ALL KINDS OF NEW GENERATION CERAMIC AND PORCELAIN TILES

HOW TO DRY DRILL ALL KINDS OF NEW GENERATION CERAMIC AND PORCELAIN TILES

Sempre più spesso sia il posatore/piastrellista professionista che il semplice appassionato del fai da te si trovano nella necessità di effettuare fori di piccole dimensioni (diametro 5; 6; 8; 10; 12 mm) su rivestimenti in ceramica o pietra (pareti o pavimentazioni). La tradizionale foratura ad acqua con frese classiche è difficoltosa in quanto richiede all’utilizzatore l’adozione di molti...

HOW TO CUT ANY KIND OF GLASS TILE AND GLASS MOSAIC QUICKLY AND WITHOUT SPLINTERS

HOW TO CUT ANY KIND OF GLASS TILE AND GLASS MOSAIC QUICKLY AND WITHOUT SPLINTERS

Laying tiles and glass mosaic in specific areas of the home allows the room to be greatly embellished by playing with light effects, reflections and colors. Added to this are the excellent technical characteristics of glass such as scratch resistance, complete water resistance and durability. The final aesthetic and technical result, however, is closely related to the installation, and the...

CURVED TILE CUTTING WITH A MANUAL TILE CUTTER – THE HORSE

Decorative ceramic wall made with the Slalom special tile cutter. The decorative wall depicting a horse was made with the special tile cutter to achieve curved cuts on any type of tile. This work is particularly interesting because not only the Slalom S63 tile cutter but also tongs and angle grinders were used to make it. In the video below you can see in detail some of the main stages of the...

TRICKS TO AVOID CRACKS OR BREAKAGE OF PORCELAIN TILES ALREADY INSTALLED

The photograph shows a typical case of a breakage that occurred when the tile was laid.Come si può vedere la “crepa” parte dall’incrocio dei due tagli realizzati presumibilmente con un disco diamantato al fine di creare l’incasso per il muro. Queste crepe normalmente si formano quando le piastrelle sono indebolite a seguito di tagli , parziali o multipli, soprattutto laddove si vengono a formare...

WHICH CUTTER TO CHOOSE FOR DRILLING HOLES IN CERAMIC, MARBLE, OR GRANITE CLAD WALL TO INSERT WALL PLUGS, PIPES FOR FAUCETS, SINK AND WASHING MACHINE DRAINS, AND PIPES FOR HEATING SYSTEMS?

It is often the case that we have to drill holes in the porcelain stoneware of the walls of the house to put in dowels or to house pipes for the various drains of sinks and washing machines or the pipes of heating systems etc. The problem is that drilling new types of very hard porcelain tile is not so easy. Various sites can be found on the Internet that recommend drilling a small hole in the...

How to cut 2 cm thick porcelain tiles

The video shows how to properly cut 20 mm thick porcelain tiles used for outdoor installation today. There are numerous Italian and non-Italian ceramics that have started production of this type of product, which is perhaps best called porcelain slabs. The cutting of these porcelain slabs is very different from the cutting of "standard thickness" tiles. The extreme hardness of the material...

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