A great way to avoid chipping on porcelain tiles is to notch the tile before cutting through.
Tile saw chipping corners.
You ll need a wet saw.
Turn the saw on.
Unfortunately wet saws can also chip the surface of porcelain tiles so many tile installers use a couple of tricks to help ensure a cleaner cut.
Fix a piece of masking tape along the mark to make the line easier to follow and help prevent chipping.
Use a spray bottle to wet the tile with water to reduce dust.
If you don t allow this to happen this tension has the ability to crack the tile apart before you complete the cut.
How to cut tile with a cheap wet saw and stop breaking the ends and corners at the very end of whatever cut you are making.
Follow the below steps to do so.
The blade just just some metal blade that honestly looks like a round shiny circle of metal.
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Mark the point where you wish to notch.
This way you will prevent chipping even more.
Typically when cutting a tile the blade puts a bit of stress on the tile which can lead to uneven chipping of the tile at the very end of the cut.
The saw is a dewalt 7 wet tile saw the 99 kind they sell at home depot.
Chipping tile when cutting with a saw happens because the blade gets worn.
Don t know the thickness but it is the stuff that makes up about 50 75 of the ceramic floor tile on the aisle.
If the blade has drifted off a straight path the tile will shift slightly to the left or right and that tension will be released.
Now resume cutting but slow down the pace slower and slower as you come closer and closer to the end.
It is run of the mill 12 ceramic tile from home depot.
Set your blade so that this time it will cut through the whole remaining thickness of the tile.
Set your tile saw blade upon the tile.
Make sure the tile doesn t touch the blade before doing this.
After you ve done this you can either cut through the whole tile or cut a notch into one end and then cut the whole tile.
You can cut a little past the corner on the backside.
To notch the tile follow these steps.
Turn on the saw push the tile slowly through the blade and get the shallow cut done.
Mark the location of the cut with a marker or pencil.
Pull the angle grinder carefully along the cut line to score the tile.
By cutting the end before the middle you can reduce the stress and better control how and more importantly where the tile breaks.
