[omgdiddy]

Is there a tool that can grind down ceramic tile? Something that won't take forever?

I have some tiles from a different lot that are too thick. I think grinding the pattern off the bottom would do the trick.

Does this sound possible or would it just make a mess?

 

[de-nagorg]

I would try a lapidary machine. The kind used to polish stones by hand.

Will still be a little messy, but will probably remove a few MM of ceramic from the tile, of course this will cause the tile to lose some of it's gripping surface in the thinset.


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[jeffmattero76]

Off the yop of my head how about a stationary belt sander fitted with a carbide wet or dry belt. To be clear it looks like an upside down belt sander that sits on a benchtop.

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[ChuckF.]

If that pattern on the bottom is not too dense, you could run it over a diamond tile wet saw, set to only the depth of the pattern. You'd have build a jig on the table of the saw so you only cut where the grid is.

If the table saw was set to only 1/32" or so, I wonder if it would work to run the tile over the blade sideways? Definitely use a fence on the side that the blade would push towards.

 

[ToolSeeker]

Be easier to make the thin set a little thicker under the low tiles.

 

[jeffmattero76]

Be easier to make the thin set a little thicker under the low tiles.

Hard to do when the thin ones are already installed!

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[omgdiddy]

Yeah, I totally would have done that if I had known this was a possibility. I thought a reputable company would have better manufacturing tolerances than this! Lesson learned I guess...

 

[de-nagorg]

Nope not a chance, from lot to lot, colors change, sizes change, material content changes.

A person might as well have bought two different brands and try to match them.

Not very likely!


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