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Tiles chipping when cut
Attempting to tile my bathroom.
Got a bunch of ceramic wall/floor tiles, 250 x 500 x 7.8mm Bought an el-cheapo wet cutter from Screwfix to make things easy, but when cutting it leaves a chipped edge along the glaze. Been taking my time, used plenty of water, even tried scoring the glaze with a hand tile cutter beforehand, but it's not producing the nice neat edge I had hoped for. I understand that putting tape over the glazed side of the cut line works, but masking tape just peels off as soon as it gets wet (tried frog tape and even electrical tape, to no avail). Any suggestions on what to do here? Was hoping to get the tiling done this weekend, but at this rate will be lucky to get started! -- Best Wishes Simon Taylor |
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On Friday, 20 January 2017 16:10:10 UTC, Simon T wrote:
Attempting to tile my bathroom. Got a bunch of ceramic wall/floor tiles, 250 x 500 x 7.8mm Bought an el-cheapo wet cutter from Screwfix to make things easy, but when cutting it leaves a chipped edge along the glaze. Been taking my time, used plenty of water, even tried scoring the glaze with a hand tile cutter beforehand, but it's not producing the nice neat edge I had hoped for. I understand that putting tape over the glazed side of the cut line works, but masking tape just peels off as soon as it gets wet (tried frog tape and even electrical tape, to no avail). Any suggestions on what to do here? Was hoping to get the tiling done this weekend, but at this rate will be lucky to get started! You might get away with cutting the tiles upside down. And of course pushing too much causes chipping. NT |
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tabbypurr wrote in message...
You might get away with cutting the tiles upside down. Tried that too! :-( And of course pushing too much causes chipping. Again, tried pushing forward slowly, results are much the same. -- Best Wishes Simon Taylor |
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"Simon T" wrote in message news I understand that putting tape over the glazed side of the cut line works, but masking tape just peels off as soon as it gets wet (tried frog tape and even electrical tape, to no avail). Without being an expert on cutting ceramics - it should be only necessary to use water once you're actually cutting into the tile. While you're breaking through the surface glaze at the start you can use the tape dry. Basically with any tape the bond between the tape and the tile should be stronger than the strength of the glaze. Basically the stronger the bond, and the more of a b*strard it is to remove after, the better. Although this may also mean you're going to have to clean up the blade during the cut. So choose a tape for which a standard solvent - white spirit etc. works. OTTOMH I'd imagine standard duck/t tape would do the trick although there's always going to be trade off between how much faffing about/cleanup you're prepared to do/how many tiles you need to cut in order to achieve the finish you want. Presumably experts/professionals using the best kit don't have to worry about this. |
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On 1/20/2017 5:41 PM, Simon T wrote:
tabbypurr wrote in message... You might get away with cutting the tiles upside down. Tried that too! :-( And of course pushing too much causes chipping. Again, tried pushing forward slowly, results are much the same. Sounds like a tile with an unusually sensitive glaze, then. Not a problem I have ever seen. Unless it is a really dodgy blade? I assume there is no obvious axial or radial run-out? |
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On Fri, 20 Jan 2017 16:10:10 -0000, Simon T wrote:
Any suggestions on what to do here? Was hoping to get the tiling done this weekend, but at this rate will be lucky to get started! The grouting hides small imperfections. |
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On Friday, 20 January 2017 17:41:38 UTC, Simon T wrote:
tabbypurr wrote in message... You might get away with cutting the tiles upside down. Tried that too! :-( And of course pushing too much causes chipping. Again, tried pushing forward slowly, results are much the same. Yes, I expected so. Maybe time to return it as defective. NT |
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On Friday, 20 January 2017 18:04:18 UTC, Moron Watch wrote:
"Simon T" wrote in message news I understand that putting tape over the glazed side of the cut line works, but masking tape just peels off as soon as it gets wet (tried frog tape and even electrical tape, to no avail). Without being an expert on cutting ceramics - it should be only necessary to use water once you're actually cutting into the tile. While you're breaking through the surface glaze at the start you can use the tape dry. Basically with any tape the bond between the tape and the tile should be stronger than the strength of the glaze. Basically the stronger the bond, and the more of a b*strard it is to remove after, the better. Although this may also mean you're going to have to clean up the blade during the cut. So choose a tape for which a standard solvent - white spirit etc. works. OTTOMH I'd imagine standard duck/t tape would do the trick although there's always going to be trade off between how much faffing about/cleanup you're prepared to do/how many tiles you need to cut in order to achieve the finish you want. Presumably experts/professionals using the best kit don't have to worry about this. The idea of finding tape with adhesive stronger than the tile glaze is very fanciful. Unless of course you're willing to pay well over £100 a roll. But... how would you ever get it off! And the blade would be ruined by clogging. NT |
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Simon T wrote:
Attempting to tile my bathroom. Got a bunch of ceramic wall/floor tiles, 250 x 500 x 7.8mm Bought an el-cheapo wet cutter from Screwfix to make things easy, but when cutting it leaves a chipped edge along the glaze. Been taking my time, used plenty of water, even tried scoring the glaze with a hand tile cutter beforehand, but it's not producing the nice neat edge I had hoped for. I understand that putting tape over the glazed side of the cut line works, but masking tape just peels off as soon as it gets wet (tried frog tape and even electrical tape, to no avail). Any suggestions on what to do here? Was hoping to get the tiling done this weekend, but at this rate will be lucky to get started! It sounds like the disk is knackered, I can easily cut a jam jar or glass bottle in half and there are no sharp edges, you should be able to do this with yours, I'd take it back to Screwfix |
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On Friday, 20 January 2017 16:10:10 UTC, Simon T wrote:
Attempting to tile my bathroom. Got a bunch of ceramic wall/floor tiles, 250 x 500 x 7.8mm Bought an el-cheapo wet cutter from Screwfix to make things easy, but when cutting it leaves a chipped edge along the glaze. Been taking my time, used plenty of water, even tried scoring the glaze with a hand tile cutter beforehand, but it's not producing the nice neat edge I had hoped for. I understand that putting tape over the glazed side of the cut line works, but masking tape just peels off as soon as it gets wet (tried frog tape and even electrical tape, to no avail). Any suggestions on what to do here? Was hoping to get the tiling done this weekend, but at this rate will be lucky to get started! -- Best Wishes Simon Taylor The cracking is caused by "shock waves", "chatter" or "vibration" running through the ceramic. The idea of tape is not to glue anything in place but to dampen this effect. Water cools and also dampens this effect too. You need a different disk in your tile cutter. Or possibly a small sheet of plastic to rest the tile on while being cut, Unless the chipping is very bad, in practice after grouting it can't be seen. Put cut edges into corners and they won't be visible. |
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On Saturday, 21 January 2017 08:40:17 UTC, harry wrote:
On Friday, 20 January 2017 16:10:10 UTC, Simon T wrote: Attempting to tile my bathroom. Got a bunch of ceramic wall/floor tiles, 250 x 500 x 7.8mm Bought an el-cheapo wet cutter from Screwfix to make things easy, but when cutting it leaves a chipped edge along the glaze. Been taking my time, used plenty of water, even tried scoring the glaze with a hand tile cutter beforehand, but it's not producing the nice neat edge I had hoped for. I understand that putting tape over the glazed side of the cut line works, but masking tape just peels off as soon as it gets wet (tried frog tape and even electrical tape, to no avail). Any suggestions on what to do here? Was hoping to get the tiling done this weekend, but at this rate will be lucky to get started! -- Best Wishes Simon Taylor The cracking is caused by "shock waves", "chatter" or "vibration" running through the ceramic. The idea of tape is not to glue anything in place but to dampen this effect. Water cools and also dampens this effect too. You need a different disk in your tile cutter. Or possibly a small sheet of plastic to rest the tile on while being cut, Unless the chipping is very bad, in practice after grouting it can't be seen. Put cut edges into corners and they won't be visible. Further to above. There is a difference in this respect between segmented and non-segmented cutting disks. |
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On Saturday, 21 January 2017 08:40:17 UTC, harry wrote: On Friday, 20 January 2017 16:10:10 UTC, Simon T wrote: Attempting to tile my bathroom. Got a bunch of ceramic wall/floor tiles, 250 x 500 x 7.8mm Bought an el-cheapo wet cutter from Screwfix to make things easy, but when cutting it leaves a chipped edge along the glaze. Been taking my time, used plenty of water, even tried scoring the glaze with a hand tile cutter beforehand, but it's not producing the nice neat edge I had hoped for. I understand that putting tape over the glazed side of the cut line works, but masking tape just peels off as soon as it gets wet (tried frog tape and even electrical tape, to no avail). Any suggestions on what to do here? Was hoping to get the tiling done this weekend, but at this rate will be lucky to get started! -- Best Wishes Simon Taylor The cracking is caused by "shock waves", "chatter" or "vibration" running through the ceramic. The idea of tape is not to glue anything in place but to dampen this effect. Water cools and also dampens this effect too. You need a different disk in your tile cutter. Or possibly a small sheet of plastic to rest the tile on while being cut, Unless the chipping is very bad, in practice after grouting it can't be seen. Put cut edges into corners and they won't be visible. Further to above. There is a difference in this respect between segmented and non-segmented cutting disks. Segmented discs in tile cutters? Where? Which ones? -- Jim K ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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wrote in message ... On Friday, 20 January 2017 18:04:18 UTC, Moron Watch wrote: "Simon T" wrote in message news I understand that putting tape over the glazed side of the cut line works, but masking tape just peels off as soon as it gets wet (tried frog tape and even electrical tape, to no avail). Without being an expert on cutting ceramics - it should be only necessary to use water once you're actually cutting into the tile. While you're breaking through the surface glaze at the start you can use the tape dry. Basically with any tape the bond between the tape and the tile should be stronger than the strength of the glaze. Basically the stronger the bond, and the more of a b*strard it is to remove after, the better. Although this may also mean you're going to have to clean up the blade during the cut. So choose a tape for which a standard solvent - white spirit etc. works. OTTOMH I'd imagine standard duck/t tape would do the trick although there's always going to be trade off between how much faffing about/cleanup you're prepared to do/how many tiles you need to cut in order to achieve the finish you want. Presumably experts/professionals using the best kit don't have to worry about this. The idea of finding tape with adhesive stronger than the tile glaze is very fanciful. The glaze is brittle. Subject to a shockwave it will have zero strength across its weak points - where it cracks. That's the strength I'm talking about across the surface of the glaze, not the adhstion of the glaze to the substrate. Tape isn't similarly brittle. In answer to another post in order to have a "dampening effect" its necessary for the tape to adhere strongly to the glaze. Unless of course you're willing to pay well over £100 a roll. But... how would you ever get it off! And the blade would be ruined by clogging. IMO standard duck/t tape maybe cut into strips lengthwise to save waste would easily fit the bill. Removal would simply be a matter of soaking with white spirit |
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On 20/01/2017 18:43, mechanic wrote:
On Fri, 20 Jan 2017 16:10:10 -0000, Simon T wrote: Any suggestions on what to do here? Was hoping to get the tiling done this weekend, but at this rate will be lucky to get started! The grouting hides small imperfections. That's always been my experience too and The last few tiling jobs I've used a "cheapo" tile cutter. I think it was around the £20 mark when I bought it many years ago and yes it gave a slightly chipped edge to the glaze but was, dare I say, essential for cutting those tiles that have a smaller tile effect on the top where scribing/snapping isn't an option. |
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Simon T wrote: Attempting to tile my bathroom. Got a bunch of ceramic wall/floor tiles, 250 x 500 x 7.8mm Bought an el-cheapo wet cutter from Screwfix to make things easy, but when cutting it leaves a chipped edge along the glaze. Been taking my time, used plenty of water, even tried scoring the glaze with a hand tile cutter beforehand, but it's not producing the nice neat edge I had hoped for. Is the ceramic edge of the tile perfectly smooth? I understand that putting tape over the glazed side of the cut line works, but masking tape just peels off as soon as it gets wet (tried frog tape and even electrical tape, to no avail). Any suggestions on what to do here? Was hoping to get the tiling done this weekend, but at this rate will be lucky to get started! I'd try buying a decent blade first. Set the height so it is only just greater than the tile thickness. And cut very gently. I'm not saying you'll get a 100% perfect edge to the glaze. For where that matters, use a suitable file or stone by hand, after cutting or snapping. -- *Why is 'abbreviation' such a long word? Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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Thanks for the replies everybody
I tried a new disc today, which does seem slightly better. Still chipping slightly, but not so bad. Tried Duck tape, which is supposedly waterproof, but again, lifted off as soon as the wet disc touched it. Perhaps my expectations as to how good these wet cutters are supposed to be was too high. Anyway, with a bit of luck, the grout will mask any chips. Thanks again. -- Best Wishes Simon Taylor |
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"Simon T" wrote in message news Thanks for the replies everybody I tried a new disc today, which does seem slightly better. Still chipping slightly, but not so bad. Tried Duck tape, which is supposedly waterproof, but again, lifted off as soon as the wet disc touched it. "Moron Watch" wrote in message news Without being an expert on cutting ceramics - it should be only necessary to use water once you're actually cutting into the tile. While you're breaking through the surface glaze at the start you can use the tape dry. |
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"Simon T" wrote in message news Thanks for the replies everybody I tried a new disc today, which does seem slightly better. Still chipping slightly, but not so bad. Tried Duck tape, which is supposedly waterproof, but again, lifted off as soon as the wet disc touched it. "Moron Watch" wrote in message news Without being an expert on cutting ceramics - it should be only necessary to use water once you're actually cutting into the tile. While you're breaking through the surface glaze at the start you can use the tape dry. Erm no. As the tile saw cut advances it is cutting both the tile & the glaze... like a table saw cutting wood... -- Jim K ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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... Without being an expert on cutting ceramics - it should be only necessary to use water once you're actually cutting into the tile. While you're breaking through the surface glaze at the start you can use the tape dry. Even if that were so, there's a water reservoir underneath the disc, so the water starts spraying the moment you hit the on button. -- Best Wishes Simon Taylor |
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And another update
The el-cheapo Energer wet saw I bought packed up today, after less then 3 days use, so took it back to Screwfix. Whilst in there, someone else was returning another product by the same company. I decided at this point to pay an extra £15 and get a Titan wet saw instead. Think the moral of this story is to avoid Energer products. Anyway, this saw is better but there's still slight chipping when it cuts. Guess its just how these things are? -- Best Wishes Simon Taylor |
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Simon T wrote: And another update The el-cheapo Energer wet saw I bought packed up today, after less then 3 days use, so took it back to Screwfix. Whilst in there, someone else was returning another product by the same company. I decided at this point to pay an extra £15 and get a Titan wet saw instead. Think the moral of this story is to avoid Energer products. Anyway, this saw is better but there's still slight chipping when it cuts. Guess its just how these things are? Wonder how fast it spins? There's probably an ideal speed for the very best cut - and I'd guess slow is better than fast. I've got two - both Plasplugs and the larger one runs a lot slower than the earlier one. And I've never really noticed a problem with a rough edge to the glaze. - -- *What are the pink bits in my tyres? Cyclists & Joggers* Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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"jim" k wrote in message o.uk... "michael adams" Wrote in message: "Simon T" wrote in message news Thanks for the replies everybody I tried a new disc today, which does seem slightly better. Still chipping slightly, but not so bad. Tried Duck tape, which is supposedly waterproof, but again, lifted off as soon as the wet disc touched it. "Moron Watch" wrote in message news Without being an expert on cutting ceramics - it should be only necessary to use water once you're actually cutting into the tile. While you're breaking through the surface glaze at the start you can use the tape dry. Erm no. As the tile saw cut advances it is cutting both the tile & the glaze... like a table saw cutting wood... I'm assuming that like a table saw its possible to raise or lower the blade. So that each tile is cut in two passes - possibly in a batch. The first pass dry with the reservoir emptied if necessary to a depth of 2mm, the second pass set to the thickness of the tile. |
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"Moron Watch" Wrote in message:
"jim" k wrote in message o.uk... "michael adams" Wrote in message: "Simon T" wrote in message news Thanks for the replies everybody I tried a new disc today, which does seem slightly better. Still chipping slightly, but not so bad. Tried Duck tape, which is supposedly waterproof, but again, lifted off as soon as the wet disc touched it. "Moron Watch" wrote in message news Without being an expert on cutting ceramics - it should be only necessary to use water once you're actually cutting into the tile. While you're breaking through the surface glaze at the start you can use the tape dry. Erm no. As the tile saw cut advances it is cutting both the tile & the glaze... like a table saw cutting wood... I'm assuming that like a table saw its possible to raise or lower the blade. So that each tile is cut in two passes - possibly in a batch. The first pass dry with the reservoir emptied if necessary to a depth of 2mm, the second pass set to the thickness of the tile. Mmm somewhat of a palaver? Not sure cheapos (if any) have height adjustment, after all most tiles are less than 10mm, bigger than 4mm thick? There are some radial arm cutters, but never used one. -- Jim K ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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On Monday, 23 January 2017 17:33:22 UTC, Moron Watch wrote:
"jim" k wrote in message o.uk... "michael adams" Wrote in message: "Simon T" wrote in message news Thanks for the replies everybody I tried a new disc today, which does seem slightly better. Still chipping slightly, but not so bad. Tried Duck tape, which is supposedly waterproof, but again, lifted off as soon as the wet disc touched it. "Moron Watch" wrote in message news Without being an expert on cutting ceramics - it should be only necessary to use water once you're actually cutting into the tile. While you're breaking through the surface glaze at the start you can use the tape dry. Erm no. As the tile saw cut advances it is cutting both the tile & the glaze... like a table saw cutting wood... I'm assuming that like a table saw its possible to raise or lower the blade. So that each tile is cut in two passes - possibly in a batch. The first pass dry with the reservoir emptied if necessary to a depth of 2mm, the second pass set to the thickness of the tile. Never seen that on an electric tile cutter. NT |
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On Monday, 23 January 2017 17:33:22 UTC, Moron Watch wrote: "jim" k wrote in message o.uk... "michael adams" Wrote in message: "Simon T" wrote in message news I tried a new disc today, which does seem slightly better. Still chipping slightly, but not so bad. Tried Duck tape, which is supposedly waterproof, but again, lifted off as soon as the wet disc touched it. "Moron Watch" wrote in message news Without being an expert on cutting ceramics - it should be only necessary to use water once you're actually cutting into the tile. While you're breaking through the surface glaze at the start you can use the tape dry. Erm no. As the tile saw cut advances it is cutting both the tile & the glaze... like a table saw cutting wood... I'm assuming that like a table saw its possible to raise or lower the blade. So that each tile is cut in two passes - possibly in a batch. The first pass dry with the reservoir emptied if necessary to a depth of 2mm, the second pass set to the thickness of the tile. Never seen that on an electric tile cutter. NT I've used one like this: http://www.tradetiler.com/dewalt-d24...t-voltage.html It will cut sheets of porcelain mosaics at any angle, and you can safely plunge cut in stages. You still get tiny amounts of chipping with relief patterned tiles, but usually less than about 0.2mm and not very visible. -- Roger Hayter |
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