Scoring bumpy slate effect tiles

[wilton]

Can anyone give me advise regarding slate effect porcelain tiles. I have a TS60 plus which should cut them but because they have a random bumpy textured surface giving the appearance of slate I am concerned they may not score well. Should I use a wet cutter? Not fitting them till next week so just wondered if anyone knows about this before try a couple.
Cheers

[david campbell]

should go through them no probs as long as the wheel is reasonably sharp,i've went through topps q-rock range and the b&q 600x600 with my sigma!

[wilton]

SORRY its in the wrong forum! can only find new thread button in jobs forum and didnt think it was going to post here...duh

[faithhealer]

all you can do is try, definitely worth a stab with your ruby first, 10mm wheel

[wilton]

hey thanks David, they are the topps Q-rock tiles black slate effect, they don't need sealing do they?

[Dave]

Moved to tiling forum..

[david campbell]

hey thanks David, they are the topps Q-rock tiles black slate effect, they don't need sealing do they?

personally i don't think so, but had a few jobs with these were customers asked me to seal them,if asked i'll do it otherwise no,think topps might be trying to flog the impregnator with these tiles!

[theyomper]

Q Rock do not need sealing however when I use them I always use BAL Protective Sealer prior to grouting, makes life a lot easier. Check out the link.
BAL Adhesives - Products - protective sealer

[Gracer]

I sometimes find a new wheel for the rubi works wonders on hard to cut tiles. Definately worth a try.

[cornish_crofter]

I cut similar tiles with the Rubi TS60 plus. Fine on the straight but causes problems at an angle. Still possible but not straight forward.

[burncross]

try a 18mm gold cutting wheel

[LM Ceramics]

ts 60 plus should cut them no problem but if they dont use your wet cutter

[Brendan]

Yeh always worth a try, and i use a sigma myself and gotta say they the best scoreing cutter out here, well thats wot i think, they so easy to use and have a nice big base for the tile to sit on, just try it on a scrap peice of tile and see how it goes, but if bumps to big its better just to mark it with a pencil and wet cut it, cant go wrong, just takes longer :P

[pete deacon]

personally i would use a wetcutter, but u may want to try scoring with the smallest wheel u can get, (6mm) i think, but even then i would think that only large cuts would be ok,
good luk

[tile55]

I've cut these type of tiles before with a manual and wet cutter. Straight cuts are normally fine upto about 2 inches anything smaller you need to cut with a wet cutter

[wilton]

Cheers for the advise everyone, had a go today with my new TS60 plus 10mm wheel and it cut them brilliantly. Cut 30mm off three of them with ease, well happy!