My First Experience With EPOXY TILE MITERS. It was rough!
Published 2023-03-08
1. Overfill the miters initially. you want to cut, and sand it into shape, rather than deal with 1,000 low spots!
2. Mix the epoxy on an extra piece of the actual tile you're filling so you can visually veryify the color match. Dial it in
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3. Don't roll or soften your tile miter edges. The crispier your tile miters are, the easier you can blend the epoxy.
4. Don't push a razor blade through the epoxy too hard it can crack and flake before it has fully cured.
5. BE PATIENT. The first time will be rough. Keep touching up the imperfections, and aim to achieve the best result you can!
I hope this helps!!
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All Comments (21)
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I would suggest that you color match the base separately and then add the hardener to a small bit, leaving some of the base for the next round. The base will stay good for a long time.
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Great video. I feel your anxiety when a new job isn't going according to plan and you want to get it sorted asap before a customer or anyone else sees it. I often have moments when I am starting to doubt my ability to do a job to the standard required but it usually works out fine even if it takes a lot longer than it should. Always learn a lot on those jobs. I'm grateful for you showing this process warts an' all because I have learned a lot from your trial and error and eventual success. Thanks.
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wow...a lot of info. Thanx. I am going to try it for the first time. I see it takes time to learn how to master the skill. Respect...
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I’ve started doing it in the last few years it’s as stressful as you said even after a while doing it. One tip I’d give you though is colour match a big batch for the entire job and just use hardener to only what you can work with.
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Levelled up on this job
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Nice work, I appreciate the way you talk through the process. Honestly, I have avoided epoxy because of the quick dry time, custom color mixing, runny consistency, but I suppose it is necessary to get durable edges. Thanks for the tips
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I love how you took your time, My first time was crazy kept mixing the epoxy with the grout LOL After I could not get the color I wanted drove me mad but you learn the hard way it is really time-consuming until I found out take your time to mix it right. I was currently using the Epoxy Gallon Kits with grout worked really well until I found out the best way to use the 1 Liter Titanium Vinyl Ester which worked well for me.
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Going to be attempting this for my first time as well in a few days. Thanks for sharing your experience and thoughts. Also what you used, I'll get the same. Been researching tenax as that's what I heard first but I'm only doing a window sill and don't need a large quantity. Thanks and appreciate you taking the time to record and sharing. Be well...
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Bro that shower is so dialed. This was a super helpful video thank you so much.
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This is a great honest video. I’m doing my first mitres, so this is really helpful.
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Yea same with me with your comments thanks for showing this vidio iv done my first one and now I know it’s gonna be ok and look as I want it to being a good tiler we have so much detail to deal with so thank again and good luck to you.
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Great information
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Fantastic video and really valuable information! Well done mate! What grid is the sending block?
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Man, that looks awesome. Going to try mitres for that first time. Nervous about it
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Nice job! Never seen that done before, usually akemi is solid surface fabrication, what were you trying to go for? Did you ever try to get a unsanded grout and a sanded grout the same color sanded for the field of the joint and unsanded for your edges there? You can let unsanded grout set up for a very long time like two or three hours and then shape it as it's getting harder, might be one hour might be two hours, you can throw a fan on it. never seen that done before👍
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Awesome work! What do you think of the smoothing spray, you apply after the expoxy cures
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I’ve searched many videos on epoxy mitered edges. This hands down has been the best. I see guys showing mad skills but not the process like this. I just purchased the clear tenax and the color kit for the first time. I’m going to attempt a mitered soap dispenser for the last customer I had. Should be….. fun 🤷♂️….frustrating. We shall see. Anyways great video! Did you do a video with tenax yet?
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Mix way more color match epoxy than you need in separate pile. Add hardener to piles as you need it. Epoxy is cheap, your time isnt!!
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Thanks man. My mix keeps drying too fast before I can tool it in.
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Thank you for the video bro!!! Showing the real deal process. I just done my first epoxy yesterday and lol it was rough!!! But I look forward to adding it to my arsenal
