A little advice please!

[ProjecTile]

Hi Guy's, Just looking for a little advice getting a nice smooth finished edge usimng a wet saw. as im new to tiling. I completed a tiling coure at north east tiling training back in November & am just doing my 1st little tiling job. On the cousre we used a little wet saw to do a plunge cut round a socket which turned out really good (all edges nice & smooth) My trouble is I purchased a wet saw from B&Q to get me started ) says it cuts ceramic. quarry, slate. granite, porcelain etc up to 20mm think, so though that would be ok for my job as its ceramic im using. Problem is when I tried to cut the plunge cut all the edges splintered. Can anyone help me out here! I don't know if its the quality of the blade on the wet saw but it is a diamond blade. Any advice would be greatly appreciated If anyone could point me in the right direction for the type of machine I should be using or maybe let me know of any quality blades I should be looking out for. I've added a few piccies of the plunge cut I tried so you can see what problem im having, Thanks Alan W.

[Dan]

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Did you have enough water in the cutter?

What blade are you using?

[mikethetile]

I had exactly the same problem and changed the blade, no problems since

ring Dave at tradetiler. smashing bloke who will sort you out

mention this forum too

[Dave]

Hello .. it will be the blade quality..

[Sir Ramic]

As above and make sure the wheel isnt buckled or off centre.
A good wheel, enough water and take it easy.

[nybor62]

i use a grinder for doing most of my simple cuts i.e around sockets .makita grinder and a good blade

[garretridge]

as above change the blade to a premium quality one from tradetiler use water and take your time!

[david campbell]

duff blade mate,use a grinder then you can cut from the front

[whitebeam]

Score the outline of your socket with a dry cutter then do a wet cut from corner to corner diagonally so it looks like an x, then gently tap the waste areas

[Scott]

you could try and cut it uspide down?

[mikethetile]

you could try and cut it uspide down?

wont the blood rush to your head

[ProjecTile]

Did you have enough water in the cutter?

What blade are you using?

Hi Mark, yep had plenty of water in the cutter, not sure what blade I used as it was the one supplied with the wet cutter. It was brand new & supposed to be a diamond blade.
cheers Alan

[ProjecTile]

I had exactly the same problem and changed the blade, no problems since

ring Dave at tradetiler. smashing bloke who will sort you out

mention this forum too

Cheers for the advice my friend, do you happen to have Dave's number to hand.
Regards Alan

[ProjecTile]

Cheers for that advice my friend, do you happen to have Dave's number to hand?

Regards Alan

[ProjecTile]

Hello .. it will be the blade quality..

Hi, Thanks for that. can you recommend any makes of good quality wet cutter blades?

Regards Alan

[ProjecTile]

As above and make sure the wheel isnt buckled or off centre.
A good wheel, enough water and take it easy.

Thanks for that, I will take it all on board. Can you suggest a good quality make of wheel / blade?

Regards Alan

[mikethetile]

Cheers for the advice my friend, do you happen to have Dave's number to hand.
Regards Alan

hes a sponsor on this site so just click on his ad for his number

[ProjecTile]

i use a grinder for doing most of my simple cuts i.e around sockets .makita grinder and a good blade

Cheers for that, I have seen them but the ones i've seen are quite expensive but I suppose you get what you pay for!

Regards Alan

[ProjecTile]

as above change the blade to a premium quality one from tradetiler use water and take your time!

Thanks for the advice, I will take it onboard.

Cheers Alan

[ProjecTile]

duff blade mate,use a grinder then you can cut from the front

Thanks for that, I was hoping it was something like a duff blade, although this was brand new.

Regards Alan

[ProjecTile]

Score the outline of your socket with a dry cutter then do a wet cut from corner to corner diagonally so it looks like an x, then gently tap the waste areas

Thanks that sound like it would work fine. Is it best to cut through from back of the tile when doing this?
cheers Alan

[ProjecTile]

you could try and cut it uspide down?

marking the back of the tile, yes.

Cheers Alan

[david campbell]

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[ProjecTile]

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it'll be in here

Thanks, i've just had a quick look on the site you gave me.

Regards Alan