Hiy'all
I'm going to lay some porcelain floor tiles in my bathroom. What are they like to cut? I have a Plasplugs Ceramic Tile Cutter, but I understand diamond saws are recommended for porcelain. I'll experiment with my cutter but would welcome opinions/experiences.
TIA
Jerry
Excellent choice.
Much harder than ceramic, but quite doable.
Yes, you will need a diamond disc tile cutter, the PlasPlugs one is what I used on porcelain, and it worked great.
Is the cutter you have a score + snap, or a saw? You can't score + snap porcelain.
Yes it's score and snap. I had a feeling it was unsuitable - worked great on ceramic wall tiles tho. Are the disc cutters expensive or can they be hired?
Jerry
Yes, they are quick for porcelain tiles.
The PlasPlugs can be purchased from B&Q for under £40, so not worth hiring one.
ok with a tile saw
The plasplugs one *is* a diamond saw...
(the disc is diamond impregnated)
Ah, sorry just saw your response to Grunf, wrong sort of plasplugs cutter. Yup you can buy a plasplugs electric saw with water bath etc. I paid £32 for mine at machine mart IIRC, and it was well worth it.
Start at about 30 quid. Worth every penny - you'll not know how you managed before without one. They are obviously slower than score and snap but give a near perfect edge straight off the saw and are easy to cut very small strips with - which is where score and snap fails.
How about Argos 7111301 ?
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The plasplugs one collects the water the runs off the table. The challenge looks like it will let it fall on the floor.
Diamond saw. I hate score and snap, especeially over 4mm thick tiles.
Best purchase I ever made, my crappy cheap tinny, but oh so effective diamond tile saw. Now on its second blade..its cut marble, slate, quartzite, and even sandstone. As well as ceramic tiles.
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Yup. One day people will get the message. Unless you're a pro tiler where time is money a wet cutter is so much better than a score and snap.
I used score and snap. The snap was done by gripping the tile along the score line in a B&D workmate, and thumping the exposed part with a fist, as the snap part of the cheap score and snapper couldn't cope, but it worked very well with almost no breakages.
To be fair, I also have a plasplugs "professional" score and snap widget as well, and it does work very well on ordinary tiles. It also scores and snaps in a single motion which makes it very quick.
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