Cutting Porceline tiles

[bricktop2]

Hi

I'm just in the process of tiling my kitchen floor using some large polished porcelain tiles, I bought a diamond wheel tile cutter to do the job but when i cut the tiles it seems to chip the edge quite badly, is there a trade secret or knack to doing this without the chipping?? On the tile cutter it says suitable for porceline!

Thanks in advance

Wayne

 

[Softus]

Hm. I generally use a manual cutter for porceleine tiles, but have also used a wet wheel cutter and had the same chipping problem. However, the effect is that the chips really aren't noticeable from 5 foot away (i.e. from eye level).

I seem to remember (but can't be 100% sure) that if you score the tile before wet cutting, then position the tile so that the blade cuts up to the line, then it won't chip.

 

[Moz]

Wayne

what you do is score the tile with a hand manual cutter 1st or a had scorer ....
+ when using the electric cutter the nack is to not put the pressure on it ...
try with some off cuts an perfect the slow glide ..

hope this helps