Step 1
Pre-bullnose slate edges for straight termination points such as vertical pieces of steps or countertop edges. Change out the blade on your tile wet saw, and attach a profiling wheel to the saw in place of a normal cutting blade. Run the pieces of tile through the saw with the edge pressed against the profiling wheel to round the edge off and create bullnose edging.
Step 2
Bullnose the edges of an existing installation with a hand-held tile-cutting tool. Attach an appropriate-sized profiling wheel to the hand-held cutting tool, and run it along the straight edges of your installation to bullnose the edges, such as with an existing countertop, island or other area where you have a straight section of slate tiles that needs to be bullnosed.
Step 3
Create custom bullnose edging using a bullnose kit for areas such as curved island countertops or tub surrounds where the vertical tiles terminate in a curved area that requires curved cuts that cannot be profiled with a normal profiling wheel. Attach the roughest pad in the kit to the variable-speed machine, and apply pressure to the pad while you adjust the angle against the edge of the tile until you achieve your desired bullnose look.
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