Tile Saw Chipping Edges

A wet tile saw cuts tiles made of ceramic and porcelain leaving a clean smooth edge.

Tile saw chipping edges.

There are several methods for cutting tiles by hand without a tile cutter using a cutting tool such as a glass cutter. Push the tile into the blade along the shallow. Turn the saw on. Try these suggestions out.

Push the tile into the saw blade approximately 1 or 2 inches. If you layout any tiles for a floor or wall space be sure to install those tiles with cut edges nearest to the edge away from any middle areas. You can work the cut edge a little with a diamond impregnated or other hard abrasive block or grinder but that worked for me better on porcelain tile where i was able to get a factory looking edge. Before using any tool to cut tile measure the glazed side of the tile to determine where you need to make the cut.

That way even with chipping you most likely won t be able to tell or even see it especially if it gets covered up by moulding. Place the tile on the platform with one end of the mark where you will make the cut facing the blade but don t touch. Set your blade so that this time it will cut through the whole remaining thickness of the tile. As mentioned owning a wet saw is not economically feasible.

Make sure the tile doesn t touch the blade before doing this. Work carefully to avoid chipping the this year nothing will stop you. However you might as well come across certain situations where you need to weigh the pros and cons and use a wet saw for cutting a porcelain tile. Even with the best wet tile saws out there you can and will run into some minor chipping from time to time.

Replace damaged tile cut out the grout around the edges of the damaged tile with a grout saw or scrape it out with an old screwdriver. To notch the tile follow these steps. Welcome to the home improvement new year s resolutions. Notching one end set the saw blade or platform at a depth that will cut through the full thickness of the tile.