tiling noob hereI just borrowed my uncle's wet saw and I put a new diamond blade on it and this is the results I got.Is this normal or should it look like a factory cut?If this is too shitty, what else can I use to cut the tiles?
>>2871546is that the top or the bottom? the blade should cut down into the good side of the tileyou can always put tape where youre going to cut to help stop chipping
>>2871559okay so I just tried flipping it upside down and putting tape on it It's slightly better I guess but it doesn't look like a factory edge. Isn't it supposed to look perfect basically?
>>2871559Here's my set up.
>>2871572Maybe you're feeding it too fast/too slow through the wet saw
>>2871546I don't think you're going to get much better out of that saw. The chipping is happening because the blade is wobbling, and I doubt you can do anything about it. The good news is that your cuts should always be on the outside of the pattern, and you can usually grout or caulk those areas to where you won't see the chipping.
>>2871610I tried doing it really slow and got the same result>>2871611what about where the tile meets a metal trim piece? It would be visible there.
>>2871546No, glazed tile doesn't look like a factory edge after you cut it because the factory edges are created when the tile/glaze is fired and the glaze melts.Most tile also has a slightly rounded edge molded into the tile blank that creates a slight depression where the grout lines go, so one of those edges and a cut one won't ever match up.One thing you can do whete you need a cut piece to be clean is to use an abrasive stone or wet-or-dry sandpaper on a block after cutting to wet sand out any chips in the edges where they might be exposed.
>>2871618>One thing you can do whete you need a cut piece to be clean is to use an abrasive stone or wet-or-dry sandpaper on a block after cutting to wet sand out any chips in the edges where they might be exposed.I thought this only works on stones/marble/granite?If I sanded the edges would it expose the grey clay the tile is made of and make it look like shit?
>>2871618>>2871622okay so I just sanded the edge of the one I cut upside down and it looks pretty good actuallybut there are still some imperfectionsis this acceptable?
>>2871573Those only use a 4.5" angle grinder wheel spinning at ridiculous angle grinder speeds. They are far from the best way of cutting tile and the provided wheel is typically very crappy. Where's the fence?
>>2871618Nice tile of yesteryear has all those features but a lot of today's popular stuff is square cut and almost really rough on the edges.
If you are trying for a perfect cut every time try using a scoring tool to make the crisp edge line, then cut exactly next to that.
>>2871730If it's glazed it still has a slightly rounded off edge from the glaze becoming molten during the firing process and being influenced by surface tension.All vitreous materials do this when heated to the point of melting/fusing; they don't flow out like ice or butter, instead a particle of vitreous glaze will try to shrink up into a rounded shape like a water drop.Make the particles fine enough and distribute them evenly as in a liquid glaze mixture and they will all fuse and leave a very fine finish, use larger glass particles and they will all fuse but won't flow out and the glaze will be bumpy.Either way, if the field getting glazed ends with a sharp edge, the glaze will retain a rounded shape at that edge after firing.PS- even unglazed ceramic materials will usually do something similar when fired and lose any sharp edge definition in the process compared to their pre- firing state.
>>2871728>Those only use a 4.5" angle grinder wheel spinning at ridiculous angle grinder speeds. They are far from the best way of cutting tile and the provided wheel is typically very crappy.okay well I thought soI can get a decent result by using tape and cutting it upside down, then sanding the cut>Where's the fence?I have it, it's just not in the pic.
>>2871767No.The point is that they cut it before shipping. They are called rectified. Trends are stupid and the current trend is to have giant fucking tiles like 40"x40" and the thinnest, flushest grout lines. Thin grout lines look ugly as fuck on tiles that have a tapered glazed edge so they cut it out and the average customer is happy.
I think being level is more important than a good cut, do you have spacers/levelers? Have you dry fit it?
