Spring area (near houston) - anyone have a wet saw?

[schufflerbot]

these things are almost $100 to rent for a day!

I need to finish the master bath renovation before the wife divorces me. need to cut maybe 10 - 4"x4" tiles to finish the bath surround and lay the floor, a whopping 56 sq ft... might need to cut 6-8 floor tiles when it's all said and done.

If I make some grub and supply beer, would anyone be willing to bring their wet saw by for a few hours? If that doesn't work, I can fork over some cash... but times are tough and my wallet is thin - so please work with me on the price.

PM if you can assist, thanks!!

[RPB]

I tiled my bath, in 2007 ceramic; using 18" square beige marbled looking and 2x4 white and 4" white and then the 1" mosaics

no wet saw or tile saw needed

I used a circular saw and diamond blade

For drilling, I used diamond tipped masonry drillbit

Where I had pipes going through walls, (under sink, toilet, in shower) I used 1" mosaic ... so I could pop out however many and adjust with fewer holes to drill

Laid it all out as a nice pattern, then put it up, still had to cut about as many as you do, but less drilling holes.

I removed a tub, put in tub sized shower
Back wall of tub sized shower (with 6 showerheads) The 18's fit in the shower back wall well. then I bordered it with vertical 2x4 white, a gap in the middle filled with mosaic forms a T (like for Texas) At the faucet handles, I used the cheaper white 4x4 tiles ... it's a horizontal line of 4x4s all around the room at faucet/light switch/plug height.


Well, I just went n took photos, now it says battery empty so ... later


Anyway, go to a True Value hardware store, I think I paid 20 bucks for the blade and bit and used my regular circular saw. Tell the guys what you are doing, I actually bought 2 saw blades, used one, then later used the other for something else.

The blade looks sorta like a thin grinding wheel if I recall, but it's for a circular saw (if you don't have a circular saw, just get a cheapie one

My neighbor across the street had thrown out a box saying "Tile saw" he bought for $250.... came over and said " I didn't know you could do it that way"

I'd lend/give you my blades and saw, but I'm up near Austin

[PBratton]

check your local Home Depot, some of their locations rent stuff.

[Jumping Frog]

I have one. You can borrow it. PM me your telephone number.

[jocat54]

If you can't find one to borrow, go to Harbor Freight Tools and buy one of there cheap wet saws, they work just fine. I've had one of theirs for a long time and cut hundreds of tiles (maybe even thousands).

[chasfm11]

I borrowed a professional grade wet saw from a friend (sorry, this is DFW area and not a help to you). I found that cuts in shower surround tile other than straight ones could be more easily done with a "rope" saw in a hacksaw frame. Even the straight cuts were pretty quick once I did it a few times.

The floor tiles are another story. You are on the right track to use a wet saw with those. If borrowing the wet saw from another poster doesn't work, consider marking the tiles and taking them to a professional. If you only have a few, I'm sure that they would cut them for you with little charge. They can probably cut them better (and maybe safer) than you will be able to. I had to cut tile for around a toilet flange and I thought that it was going to take me forever

[papajohn1964]

If I had one and still lived in Spring I would be there tomorrow. If I had one now it would probably have to wait till Saturday! Good luck!

[Oldgringo]

If you can't find one to borrow, go to Harbor Freight Tools and buy one of there cheap wet saws, they work just fine. I've had one of theirs for a long time and cut hundreds of tiles (maybe even thousands).

That's what I was going to say. My old Daddy (R.I.P.) always told me to never lend tools, guns or wives.

[sugar land dave]

That's what I was going to say. My old Daddy (R.I.P.) always told me to never lend tools, guns or wives.

That was a smart old Daddy!

[Oldgringo]

That's what I was going to say. My old Daddy (R.I.P.) always told me to never lend tools, guns or wives.

That was a smart old Daddy!

Yep, thank you. He wasn't big on lending vehicles either.

[schufflerbot]

I tiled my bath, in 2007 ceramic; using 18" square beige marbled looking and 2x4 white and 4" white and then the 1" mosaics

no wet saw or tile saw needed

I used a circular saw and diamond blade

For drilling, I used diamond tipped masonry drillbit

Where I had pipes going through walls, (under sink, toilet, in shower) I used 1" mosaic ... so I could pop out however many and adjust with fewer holes to drill

Laid it all out as a nice pattern, then put it up, still had to cut about as many as you do, but less drilling holes.

I removed a tub, put in tub sized shower
Back wall of tub sized shower (with 6 showerheads) The 18's fit in the shower back wall well. then I bordered it with vertical 2x4 white, a gap in the middle filled with mosaic forms a T (like for Texas) At the faucet handles, I used the cheaper white 4x4 tiles ... it's a horizontal line of 4x4s all around the room at faucet/light switch/plug height.


Well, I just went n took photos, now it says battery empty so ... later


Anyway, go to a True Value hardware store, I think I paid 20 bucks for the blade and bit and used my regular circular saw. Tell the guys what you are doing, I actually bought 2 saw blades, used one, then later used the other for something else.

The blade looks sorta like a thin grinding wheel if I recall, but it's for a circular saw (if you don't have a circular saw, just get a cheapie one

My neighbor across the street had thrown out a box saying "Tile saw" he bought for $250.... came over and said " I didn't know you could do it that way"

I'd lend/give you my blades and saw, but I'm up near Austin

*facepalm

not sure how i missed this post earlier - i had no idea they made blades like this. i'll head to home depot later today and look for one! thanks!! great idea

[Rex B]

I have a cheap wet saw, but I quit using it in favor of a table saw.
I use a cheap 10" table saw, with either a 60-tooth carbide-tipped blade, or a diamond blade made for tiles ($30).
Works much better than the cheap wet saw. If you have a lot of long, straight cuts, go with the diamond saw. For fitting those 4" tiles a carbide-tipped blade would work fine.
Pretty noisy though.

[jocat54]

I have a cheap wet saw, but I quit using it in favor of a table saw.
I use a cheap 10" table saw, with either a 60-tooth carbide-tipped blade, or a diamond blade made for tiles ($30).
Works much better than the cheap wet saw. If you have a lot of long, straight cuts, go with the diamond saw. For fitting those 4" tiles a carbide-tipped blade would work fine.
Pretty noisy though.

I'd bet it gets pretty dusty too.

[Rex B]

I have a cheap wet saw, but I quit using it in favor of a table saw.
I use a cheap 10" table saw, with either a 60-tooth carbide-tipped blade, or a diamond blade made for tiles ($30).
Works much better than the cheap wet saw. If you have a lot of long, straight cuts, go with the diamond saw. For fitting those 4" tiles a carbide-tipped blade would work fine.
Pretty noisy though.

I'd bet it gets pretty dusty too.

Yes it does. Probably not good for the saw if you do it all the time

[jocat54]

Probably not good for the person using it