Cut tiles - from simple to complex
Quite often you can hear questions about how how to trim the ceramic tile correctly .These questions are not accidental, as when cutting it often breaks, on the glazed surface appear chips and caverns. And there is a completely natural desire to do this work clearly and accurately neatly, thereby saving your money and the aesthetic appearance of the material itself.
Before cutting a ceramic tile, it is best to soak it in water and hold for an hour. For work we will need glass cutters, manual, stationary, electric and Bulgarian tile cutters. To drill holes in the tile, a ballerina is used, or a hand drill with a winning drill.
Before cutting the ceramic tile with the glass cutter, look at the amount of work required, This tool is good to use with small pruning, when there is no need to spend money on a special tool.
The difference between a glass cutter and a tile cutter is the size of the cutting wheel( of the tile cutter is 1.5 cm larger, which makes it possible to make the cut deeper), and also in the form of the tool itself. The trowel is similar to a kind of tongs, it can be used to break the tiles after the cut.
Among other things, there is a corner on the top and a special metal tooth on the bottom. It is very important when buying this tool to pay attention to the material from which the corner is made on the top, and to choose, if possible, the metal. In addition, you need to watch that this tool has no backlashes, as well as unnecessary deflections. Before buying, you can ask the seller to show how the ceramic tile is cut.
Ceramic tiles - will require more costs
Both the first and second tool very well to handle wall( thinner) tiles, but how to cut ceramic tiles intended for the floor and, especially, porcelain stoneware? For such cases, the best way is to purchase the stationary tile cutter .This tool allows you to cut the material extremely accurately and with less loss.
From this it can be concluded: if there is a need to trim wall and floor tiles during laying, it is better to purchase a fixed tool at once. The technology of working on it is slightly different from the manual version. When cutting, experts advise applying a few drops of oil to the cutting wheel, this will make the cutting easier and cleaner.
Professional masters give preference to electric tile cutters .This tool allows you to work easily and pleasantly. Diamond discs leave absolutely smooth cuts with slightly rounded edges, as a consequence, practically wasteless cutting, the possibility of figured cuts, as well as the ability to cut pieces of less than 5 mm.
In addition, it allows you to cut a variety of hardness tiles. An obvious advantage of this type of tool is the possibility of carrying out work with practically no dust. However, do not forget about the security measures. Before properly cutting the ceramic tile, it is necessary to put on gloves and glasses.
What can be dangerous?
Cutting ceramic tiles at home is usually done using the saw blade .This saw allows you to make both straight and curly cutouts. But at the same time it leaves sharp jagged edges, which must be subsequently filed and sanded. In addition, this tool is very dangerous to use, therefore it requires extremely careful and accurate treatment.
When manually cutting the with the , it is necessary to measure and draw the cut line, then to combine the ruler with the drawn mark and make an incision. After the tile is pressed against the edge of the table and broken through the incision line. If necessary, the cut is sewn.
As can be seen from all of the above, the output in case of non-standard laying of tiles is, it is possible to cut with a lot of tools. Each of them is capable of a different set of operations, they also require a different level of skill, and even in their own way are dangerous. Having this knowledge, you will be able to determine and correctly approach the process of cutting tiles at home.