[ATM] Tile Tools

[Thomas A Simmons <tasimmons@raytheon.com>]

Tom,

  Learned the following trick here (and so it's in the
archives)

Melt a little bit of wax so it melts down within the grooves.
whatever few particles will be covered and stay right were
they lay. What little bit of wax that lies on top of the
tiles will come right off at the beginning of the next wet.
Naturally you don't need to use so much heat that the tiles
or Dental Stone (etc) start to warp or crack. Takes about
a minute to get the hang of it. I use one of those cheap
propane torches available at any hardware store.

  If the grooves filled up you used way too much wax. When
moving to the next grit, just resplay with the torch and what-
ever grit is laying around will sink into the remelted wax.

  Took longer to type the description than doing the work.

Tom
Tucson, AZ


Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 22:40:07 -0400
From: "Tom Moulton" <tom@moulton.us>
Subject: [ATM] Tile Tools
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I have someone I am helping with a Tile Tool and he has some possible
problems.

The tiles had the Glue inbetween the tiles (not the mesh mat) and he is
seeing grit
being embedded between the rubbery glue and the dental stone and tiles.

He is worried the grit will drop out and cause scratches.

He has cleaned the channels with a brush but still has grit in there.

I had him open up the channels and still has the same appearance.

http://www.gotgrit.com/tmp/Tileswithchannels.JPG

See the white glue? see the grit at the edges of the glue?

Anyone else see this with tools from me?

If the glue a bad problem?

tom

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