Discuss Best way to cut 20mm porcelain in the Canada Tile Advice area at TilersForums.com.

J

J Sid

I've just done 100's of Mt's of 20mm x1200x600.
20mm Porcelain comes in different hardness and the ones I have been doing were prity hard.
I started cutting them with a Rubi TC180 wet with a ats blade designed for 20mm Porcelain wet cutting, worked very well. Then tried an old Rubi blade dry and it cut just as well. With both methods I cut through both ends dry with a 125mm angle grinder to stop the tile splitting of.
Doing round edges and bull nosing was a monsterous job and took days
 

Joshjupp

TF
Esteemed
Arms
368
558
Maidstone
I've just done 100's of Mt's of 20mm x1200x600.
20mm Porcelain comes in different hardness and the ones I have been doing were prity hard.
I started cutting them with a Rubi TC180 wet with a ats blade designed for 20mm Porcelain wet cutting, worked very well. Then tried an old Rubi blade dry and it cut just as well. With both methods I cut through both ends dry with a 125mm angle grinder to stop the tile splitting of.
Doing round edges and bull nosing was a monsterous job and took days
These tiles are really hard tried breaking them on my montolit it wouldn’t touch them so just ordered a 9 inch rubi tvx blade should cut through them nicely
I was about to ask the same question. Ive got a patio to do soon. Will they score and snap on a Sigma? I was going to try giving them a heavy score then bashing them with a mallet...
Sigma and montolit wouldn’t break these tiles just ordered a bigger dry cutting blade for 9 inch grinder
 

Joshjupp

TF
Esteemed
Arms
368
558
Maidstone
Most jobs in norn iron are done by gardners with still saws .
And then tilers are asked to fix them when they fall to crap
Looked at a job on Tuesday a marble patio laid by some builders had laid it upside down and dot and dabbed it then the dabs were showing through the marble so they tried cleaning with brick acid completely murdered it ‍
 

Balloo

TF
Esteemed
Arms
132
598
Belfast
Looked at a job on Tuesday a marble patio laid by some builders had laid it upside down and dot and dabbed it then the dabs were showing through the marble so they tried cleaning with brick acid completely murdered it ‍
toatal destr
OMG, total destruction
 

Tile Fix Direct

TF
TF Official Sponsor
153
743
Aldershot
Our sister company sells a lot of 20mm porcelain. As a general rule a powerful wet cut bridge saw will give the best results. Dry angle grinder porcelain blades can work well. Stihl type petrol saws are very difficult to get straight cuts and it can be hard to source porcelain specific blades. Always go for porcelain specific blades. Pre-cut the end of the cut to prevent the cut 'pinging' and consider cutting in two stages. If cutting 'L' shapes pre drill the cut corner to reduce risk of 'pinging'.
Sigma Kera-Cut bar system for grinders is probably our favoured option. Easily transportable and simple.
It is very, very hard to make a decent profiled edge on site with 2cm porcelain, and some porcelains will not look good profiled. TileFix has a great range of 316 marine grade stainless steel edging in these situations;

 

Reply to Best way to cut 20mm porcelain in the Canada Tile Advice area at TilersForums.com

Subscribe to Tilers Forums

There are similar tiling threads here

There's a video on youtube of a guy templating for large format floor tiles, and I get the...
Replies
0
Views
116
First time tiling, lots of mistakes, but most of them have been resolved in a timely fashion so...
Replies
3
Views
207
Hi, I've laid an external porcelain patio on a sand and cement bed with ultrascape priming...
Replies
3
Views
378
    • Like
Hello, this is my first post here, but I have been doing some reading. I am going to be tiling...
Replies
7
Views
335
hello new here but wished i had found and asked before screed and ufh down but here goes. We...
Replies
12
Views
2K

Advertisement

Thread starter

Joshjupp

Esteemed
Arms
TF
Joined
Location
Maidstone
What member type are you?
  1. Professional Wall and Floor Tiler
Business Name
J jupp tiling services

Thread Information

Title
Best way to cut 20mm porcelain
Prefix
N/A
Forum
Canada Tile Advice
Start date
Last reply date
Replies
18

Which tile adhesive brand did you use most this year?

  • Palace

    Votes: 5 4.6%
  • Kerakoll

    Votes: 8 7.3%
  • Ardex

    Votes: 6 5.5%
  • Mapei

    Votes: 30 27.5%
  • Ultra Tile

    Votes: 14 12.8%
  • BAL

    Votes: 28 25.7%
  • Wedi

    Votes: 3 2.8%
  • Benfer

    Votes: 2 1.8%
  • Tilemaster

    Votes: 19 17.4%
  • Weber

    Votes: 18 16.5%
  • Other (any other brand not listed)

    Votes: 13 11.9%
  • Nicobond

    Votes: 5 4.6%
  • Norcros

    Votes: 3 2.8%
  • Kelmore

    Votes: 1 0.9%
Top