TECH TALK –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ting materials have dried in them.” The buckets have reinforcing ribs and a base and mouth that are designed to make the bucket very structurally robust. www.rubi.com. Gundlach is distributing a new Montolit Masterpiuma P3 cut- ter – and it’s Montolit’s #1 b e s t s e l l i n g cutter. “This cutter has got- ten rave review on several tile- related Facebook sites, because of its ease of use and its ability to cut virtually every type of tile avail- able,” Roderick said. “Many of our members are amazed at how well it works.” It can cut all types of tile quickly and accurately, rang- ing from thicknesses of 0-22mm. It even makes cutting on a diago- nal safe and simple. It features an accurate, powerful and effec- tive ergonomic push scrib handle, a self-adjustable patented scoring system and easy, fast set-up, trans- port and storage due to the pat- ented foldable design. Adaptable for large-format tiles as well. www. montolit.com Not every tile line offers bull- nose pieces for finished edges. But the Raimondi Bull Dog™ bull- nose machine, made by Raimondi and distributed by Donnelly Distribution LLC, allows installers to make custom bullnose pieces of porcelain or stone easily. The pump-cooled machine bullnoses and bevels, offering rough, finished and polished levels of finishing. www.raimondiusa.com Another product from Raimondi is the Raimondi Maxititina Multi- Functional Floor Machine with Grouting Paddle. While this is not a NEW machine, it is innovative in that it allows contractors to grout a floor without kneeling, clean a floor, or grind/scarify or prepare subfloors to improve the bond. It allows installers to level out high spots on concrete, and power grout a job at 55 rpm, spreading the grout and packing the joints full. It also can seal floors in a jiffy, and polish them to a desired level of shine, at 110 rpm. Also useful is the Berta by Raimondi,whichhasalargereplace- able sponge drum that rotates to clean fresh- ly grouted floors, which is a major time saver on large floor instal- lations. grout a floor without kneeling, 72 TileLetter | April 2017