Tile Saw Chipping Edges

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

Tile saw chipping edges.

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. Try these suggestions out. Make sure the tile doesn t touch the blade before doing this. Before using any tool to cut tile measure the glazed side of the tile to determine where you need to make the cut.

Now you are going to make the notch. 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. 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. 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.

As mentioned owning a wet saw is not economically feasible. Cutting slowly with a good blade on a well aligned wet saw gives the best results but in my experience there will always be some minor chipping. To notch the tile follow these steps. Firmly press the edge of the glass cutter or carbide.

Turn the saw on. Work carefully to avoid chipping the this year nothing will stop you. Welcome to the home improvement new year s resolutions. Set your blade so that this time it will cut through the whole remaining thickness of the tile.

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. Push the tile into the saw blade approximately 1 or 2 inches. Notching one end set the saw blade or platform at a depth that will cut through the full thickness of the tile. 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.