Set your tile saw blade upon the tile.
Tile saw chipping corners.
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.
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.
This way you will prevent chipping even more.
Follow the below steps to do so.
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Make sure the tile doesn t touch the blade before doing this.
Mark the location of the cut with a marker or pencil.
Turn on the saw push the tile slowly through the blade and get the shallow cut done.
Place the tile with the marking facing the blade but do not let them get in touch yet and turn on your saw.
You ll need a wet saw.
Use a spray bottle to wet the tile with water to reduce dust.
By cutting the end before the middle you can reduce the stress and better control how and more importantly where the tile breaks.
It is run of the mill 12 ceramic tile from home depot.
Don t know the thickness but it is the stuff that makes up about 50 75 of the ceramic floor tile on the aisle.
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.
A great way to avoid chipping on porcelain tiles is to notch the tile before cutting through.
If you don t allow this to happen this tension has the ability to crack the tile apart before you complete the cut.
Mark the point where you wish to notch.
Now resume cutting but slow down the pace slower and slower as you come closer and closer to the end.
It just needs a quick sharpening that you can do yourself.
To notch the tile follow these steps.
The blade just just some metal blade that honestly looks like a round shiny circle of metal.
Fix a piece of masking tape along the mark to make the line easier to follow and help prevent chipping.
Set your blade so that this time it will cut through the whole remaining thickness of the tile.
Turn the saw on.
You can cut a little past the corner on the backside.
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.
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.
