Angle grinder

If you wanted to remove a corner piece from a floor tile, then there is no easier way than with a wet tile saw. The ceramic tile breaker is only good for straight end to end cuts, and the angle grinder is not only extremely dusty, you must cut the tile on the reverse side to achieve the best results.

In saying that though, the wet tile saw does have its moments when it comes to flaws in cutting tiles, but they are somewhat trivial in comparison to its good points. First of all, it is a messy job regardless, although the dust is contained by the use of water and not left to float freely around both your house and your lungs.

The wet tile saw uses water to cool down its cutting blade when in use, but it does tend to splash out a lot of water when in use, and more so directly towards the operator. When working it at ground level, you may find it convenient to place a towel over your thighs when working down on your knees, in order to prevent your pants from getting soaked, and you also might want to do this outside.

When using it to cut your ceramic floor tiles, it really is a basic and reasonably safe power too to operate, but there are a few pointers you should adhere to when doing so. Most important of all, always make sure that you are wearing your safety equipment when cutting. And secondly, always make sure that the blade is spitting out water so that it is always kept wet and cool to avoid premature damage.

Once you have your floor tile marked and ready to cut, simply switch on the machine and slowly feed the tile in towards the blade, letting the wet saw take diymart.com.vn care of the rest. Always make sure though for safety reasons that both hands are at either edge of the tile, or as far away from the blade as possible for the obvious reasons of injury. Never force or rush the tile through either. Take your time nice and gently, otherwise you could be looking at both blade and motor damage, as well as being off the mark with your cuts in haste.

If you ever find that the blade tends to bind when cutting, then simply back away and allow it to start up spinning again before you continue to feed. When reaching the end of your cut also, just drop down a gear or so in your feeding speed. You don't want to overstep the mark with your cutting and get an ugly slit in your tile, so put the brakes on a little nearing the end and know when to stop.

One final tip when cutting, but certainly not the least important, is to never actually cut your marked line. If you do this, you will find that you have trimmed off too much, as you must compensate for the thickness of the blade when cutting. This is normally done by simply just cutting to the outside of the line by approximately 1/8" inch, which is roughly the average thickness of a standard wet tile saw blade. If you're not entirely confident in the beginning with your first cuts, at least do trial practice cuts further into the piece to be removed to get an idea what to expect. That way you may find that you are not wasting any floor tiles unnecessarily.