Cut tiles to 45 degrees

Electric tile cutter

An electric tile cutter is an expensive but essential tool for cutting large quantities of tiles. Performs straight saws and burrs at the selected angle. You can set a value from 0 to 45. In practice, tiles are usually trimmed at 45 degrees. Quality models are equipped with a cooling system. Thanks to this tiles and tools, there is no danger of overheating and the dustiness of the workplace is reduced. Water supply does not affect the quality of the cut.

On a machine with a cooling system, you can work at high speeds.

How to MITER CUT tile like a PRO!!!

Consider buying an electric tool if you are trimming a hard and expensive material. porcelain stoneware. The following models are most popular:

  • ZUBR EP-200-1000S (Russia). stationary floor tile cutter. The machine is expensive (21-22 thousand rubles), designed for professionals and allows you to saw off tiles of any thickness.
  • ZUBR EP-180-600N (Russia). compact tabletop model. It is used for straight cutting and bevelling of tiles at an angle of 0 to 45 degrees. It has a low noise level and no dust: water flows to the cutting site. Affordable price (4000 rubles) can be attractive for novice craftsmen.
  • Models Feida TC 200 and Feida TC 250 (China). help to accurately cut high quality chamfers at an angle from 0 to 45 degrees.
  • The machine for cutting tiles Einhell TH-TC 618 (China). allows you to saw and make a burr of various ceramics, provided that the cutting depth does not exceed 22 mm.

If you touch the glaze on the tile during the cut, it will turn out to be jagged. In this case, you will have to carefully grind the cracks with sandpaper.

If you cut the tiles a little less than 45 degrees, it will be easier to form a right angle.

Tile burr at 45 degrees: cutting tools and rules

Ceramic tiles are the most popular and practical finish for kitchens, bathrooms and toilets. When working with tiles, it is necessary to clad inner and outer corners, niches, pipe boxes. In this case, it is required to cut the ceramic tile at an angle of 45 degrees. As a result, the joint between the elements will look neat, the grout will tightly close the seam and protect it from moisture. The article discusses how to grind tiles at 45 degrees at home without the use of expensive tools.

Electric tile cutter

The gash consists of the following operations:

  • The processed tile is placed on the work table.
  • The cut-off wheel is set at an angle of 45 degrees.
  • Tiles are cut with a saw head with a diamond cutting disc, similar to the operation of a circular saw.
  • Only the clay layer is cut off, the glazed surface must remain intact.
  • The cut point is ground with an angle grinder with diamond turtles or emery wheels.

How to trim tiles at a 45 degree angle

How to avoid chips

Chipping is the most undesirable result when grinding tiles. You cannot close your eyes to them, as negative consequences are possible:

  • the service life of the coating is reduced;
  • everything clings to the corners of the notches,
  • tile quickly collapses;
  • difficult surface maintenance due to sharp edges.

The recommendations of the masters will help to complete the work without chips:

Angle Grinder

To work in one apartment, it is not rational to purchase an electric tile cutter. You can qualitatively cut ceramic tiles at 45 degrees using an angle grinder (angle grinder). It is easier and faster to get the job done with a diamond blade. The edge is likely to be uneven. Such defects are polished with turtles. If the scope of work is one apartment, you can use a cheaper option instead: replaceable emery wheels with Velcro.

Important! Choose a high-performance angle grinder with speed controller (set to minimum during operation).

Models that are acceptable in terms of price and technical characteristics are:

  • Caliber LNA 125 / 900E 00000000955, 0-11000 rpm. 900 W;
  • VORTEX angle grinder-125 / 1200E, 1200 W, up to 12000 rpm.

Quality diamond discs:

  • BIZON 0512003, thickness 1.8 mm;
  • Union 9020-04-150x22K, h = 2 mm;
  • Expert (180×25.4 / 22.2 mm) PRACTICE 034-793 (for porcelain stoneware);
  • Professional KEOS DBP01.200 for porcelain stoneware (180×25.4 / 22.2).

The quality of work depends on the type of attachment on the angle grinder for the final stage of cutting at 45 degrees. A good result is provided by a diamond wheel (flexible, grinding) AGSHK 100 No. 30 “Turtle”.

How to make a tile burr correctly

Whichever tool is chosen, before the main work, it is advisable to practice on unnecessary tiles.

Electric tile cutter

Electric tile cutter, or as it is also called by tilers. wet cutter. It has a water-cooled disk, and the same water extinguishes all possible dust. The tile cutter cuts along one clear, fixed path and minimizes human error such as hand shake, etc.

The tile cutter has two working positions. a straight cut and a cut at an angle of 45 ° (in fact, you can set any angle from 0 to 45 °, but this most often does not make sense).

How to trim (sharpen) tiles at an angle of 45 degrees?

Everyone calls this action differently: washed down, sharpening, trimming, gouging, the Kremlin corner. the meaning is the same.

For high-quality trimming of the end of the tile at 45 degrees, you will need an electric tile cutter (tile cutting machine) or, in extreme cases, an angle grinder (angle grinder) with a disc on the tile.

The easiest way is an angle grinder

an angle grinder is more difficult to achieve a high-quality result, but, in principle, it is also possible. This is the easiest way to sharpen a 45 degree tile corner with your own hands at home.

The process of grinding and grinding porcelain stoneware in the video below.

First of all, you must have a good diamond disc for tiles.

Place the tile on the edge (perpendicular to the one you cut) and grind the back part (clay) at an angle of 45 degrees.

If it turns out a little uneven, then large rough irregularities can be passed again with a disc, and in order to get a cleaner and smoother edge, you can use this (pictured below) grinding attachment with sandpaper or diamond “turtles”.

Velcro emery discs, worn out. removed and attached a new one. The base itself with Velcro is screwed onto the thread of an angle grinder. Diamond tips have a much longer resource, but they also cost many times more. If you are constantly laying tiles, then it makes sense to take diamond turtles. If you are doing the first and last repairs in your life, then it is quite possible to do with emery wheels.

When working with such a thing, you need an angle grinder with adjustable revolutions (revolutions to a minimum!), Otherwise the edge of the tile will melt and burn, and not grind.

You can buy excellent “turtles” here!

How to veneer and form a right angle?

First you need to glue the first tile and set it in level. The trimmed edge will “fly out” beyond the plane of the wall.

Then immediately you need to glue the second (reciprocal) tile on the other side of the corner. As long as the glue is fresh and amenable to correction, you need to form a beautiful right angle.

And so gradually we move up, row by row.

tiles, degrees

An important point!

Before tiling the corner, make sure that your walls are vertical.

Because if the walls are at least a little overwhelmed outward, then without steps the corner will no longer converge. And this is not very beautiful, believe me! And you won’t cover it with anything or make up.

Where a 45 ° chiseled angle cannot be used?

An angle of this type becomes quite fragile due to the thinned (narrowed) edge of the tile, so it is undesirable to use it when facing steps. In the place of the greatest traffic, the tile will surely beat off, the corner will be chipped. it’s only a matter of time.

The steps are laid with an overlap of the top tile on the end tile (on the riser) or using aluminum corners / profiles.

And in general, before making such corners, think carefully about everything. If there is a big threat of hitting and knocking down this corner, then most likely this is not your option. In this case, you can try using an aluminum corner (but not a plastic one).

How and how to cut tiles at 45 degrees. Tile burr

In order to beautifully revet any right outer corner with ceramic tiles (porcelain stoneware, mosaic), the end of the tile is cut at an angle of 45 ° and a neat right angle is formed from two tiles.

A plastic corner is no longer fashionable, not interesting and not beautiful.

All the more it will not be beautiful if you just attach one tile to the end of the other. But this is also very common.

How to properly trim tiles at 45 degrees?

In order for the corner of two tiles to look beautiful, when trimming the tile, you need to slightly go to the glaze (0.5-1mm). That is, only clay is cut. If you walk over the glaze (the face of the tile), then it will be “torn” and chipped. It will immediately catch your eye, it is not beautiful.

We faced such a problem about trimming corrugated tiles. But more on that later.

Surely many of you have seen such “art”, but more often than not everyone thinks that it should be so. And the tile-maker with twenty years of experience assures that it cannot be otherwise.

Even if there is a need to cut the corner of the tile not from the “factory” edge and you have to cut the glaze, there is still a way to do it beautifully.

First, to do this, you must first cut the tiles exactly (to the desired size), and then, again, before reaching the glaze, cut it at 45 °. This cut will be much cleaner and more beautiful.

You can also process the edge of the glaze with fine sandpaper, this will make it even smoother.

Secondly, you can still cut off the corner from the beautiful edge (factory end), and sand the trimmed opposite edge with sandpaper and hide it in the other direction. It will be less conspicuous.

So, for example, we once did when facing a toilet installation. Because the beautiful corner is more important than the bottom seam. over, it turned out to be very neat too, and if you do not know that it is cropped, you will never pay attention to it.

How to veneer and form a right angle?

First you need to glue the first tile and set it in level. The trimmed edge will “fly out” beyond the plane of the wall.

Then immediately you need to glue the second (reciprocal) tile on the other side of the corner. As long as the glue is fresh and amenable to correction, you need to form a beautiful right angle.

And so gradually we move up, row by row.

An important point!

Before tiling the corner, make sure that your walls are vertical.

Because if the walls are at least a little overwhelmed outward, then without steps the corner will no longer converge. And this is not very beautiful, believe me! And you will not cover it with anything or make up.

Where a 45 ° chiseled angle cannot be used?

An angle of this type becomes quite fragile due to the thinned (narrowed) edge of the tile, so it is undesirable to use it when facing steps. In the place of the greatest traffic, the tile will certainly be crumpled, the corner will be chipped. it’s only a matter of time.

The steps are laid with an overlap of the top tile on the end tile (on the riser) or using aluminum corners / profiles.

And in general, before making such corners, think carefully about everything. If there is a big threat of hitting and knocking down this corner, then most likely this is not your option. In this case, you can try using an aluminum corner (but not a plastic one).

The easiest way is an angle grinder

an angle grinder is more difficult to achieve a high-quality result, but, in principle, it is also possible. This is the easiest way to sharpen a 45 degree tile corner with your own hands at home.

First of all, you must have a good diamond disc for tiles.

Place the tile on the edge (perpendicular to the one you cut) and grind the back part (clay) at an angle of 45 degrees.

If it turns out a little uneven, then large rough irregularities can be passed again with a disc, and in order to get a cleaner and smoother edge, you can use this (pictured below) grinding attachment with sandpaper or diamond “turtles”.

Velcro emery discs, worn out. removed and attached a new one. The base itself with Velcro is screwed onto the thread of an angle grinder. Diamond tips have a much longer resource, but they also cost many times more. If you are constantly laying tiles, then it makes sense to take diamond turtles. If you are doing the first and last repairs in your life, then it is quite possible to do with emery wheels.

When working with such a thing, you need an angle grinder with adjustable revolutions (revolutions to a minimum!), Otherwise the edge of the tile will melt and burn, and not grind.

You can buy excellent “turtles” here!

How to cut 45 degree tiles

In order to beautifully revet any right outer corner with ceramic tiles (porcelain stoneware, mosaic), the end of the tile is cut at an angle of 45 ° and a neat right angle is formed from two tiles.

tiles, degrees

A plastic corner is no longer fashionable, not interesting and not beautiful.

All the more it will not be beautiful if you just attach one tile to the end of the other. But this is also very common.

How to properly trim tiles at 45 degrees?

In order for the corner of two tiles to look beautiful, when trimming the tile, you need to slightly go to the glaze (0.5-1mm). That is, only clay is cut. If you walk over the glaze (the face of the tile), then it will be “torn” and chipped. It will immediately catch your eye, it is not beautiful.

We faced such a problem about trimming corrugated tiles. But more on that later.

Surely many of you have seen such “art”, but more often than not everyone thinks that it should be so. And the tile-maker with twenty years of experience assures that it cannot be otherwise.

Even if there is a need to cut the corner of the tile not from the “factory” edge and you have to cut the glaze, there is still a way to do it beautifully.

First, to do this, you must first cut the tiles exactly (to the desired size), and then, again, before reaching the glaze, cut it at 45 °. This cut will be much cleaner and more beautiful.

You can also process the edge of the glaze with fine sandpaper, this will make it even smoother.

Secondly, you can still cut off the corner from the beautiful edge (factory end), and sand the trimmed opposite edge with sandpaper and hide it in the other direction. It will be less conspicuous.

So, for example, we once did when facing a toilet installation. Because the beautiful corner is more important than the bottom seam. over, it turned out to be very neat too, and if you do not know that it is cropped, you will never pay attention to it.

How to trim (sharpen) tiles at an angle of 45 degrees?

Everyone calls this action differently: washed down, sharpening, trimming, gouging, the Kremlin corner. the meaning is the same.

For high-quality trimming of the end of the tile at 45 degrees, you will need an electric tile cutter (tile cutting machine) or, in extreme cases, an angle grinder (angle grinder) with a disc on the tile.

Electric tile cutter

Electric tile cutter, or as it is also called by tilers. wet cutter. It has a water-cooled disk, and the same water extinguishes all possible dust. The tile cutter cuts along one clear, fixed path and minimizes human error such as hand shake, etc.

The tile cutter has two working positions. a straight cut and a cut at an angle of 45 ° (in fact, you can set any angle from 0 to 45 °, but this most often does not make sense).

Trimming (burr) under 45 degrees of mosaic

How to file (cut, trim) a mosaic at 45 degrees using an angle grinder?

You can find out about all the options for the mosaic at 45 degrees in this article.

Cutting tiles at 45 degrees: the best way to do it?

Tile cutting technology at 45 degrees allows you to aesthetically veneer any outside corner when decorating walls with ceramic finishing materials. At the same time, this allows you to get rid of the need for the purchase and subsequent use of special decorative corners, whose appearance can negatively affect the overall design of the room. Plastic and metal corners are not only not aesthetically pleasing and unfashionable, but also not practical. Given this fact, it is worthwhile to figure out how the tiles are trimmed at 45 degrees and what recommendations should be followed.

Facing and forming right angles with ceramic tiles and porcelain stoneware

It is important to understand that the grouting of porcelain stoneware at 45 degrees, as well as ceramic tiles, is carried out when the need arises for facing external right angles.

First, the first tile with the previously trimmed end is glued and set according to the level. In this case, the previously trimmed end will slightly protrude beyond the edge of the wall.

After that, on the other hand, a second tile is glued, serving as a counterpart of the formed corner from porcelain stoneware or ceramic tile. Until the glue is completely dry, the tiles need to be leveled and compared with each other so as to create a perfectly even and aesthetic angle.

So, the tile is laid gradually row by row upward.

Important: before starting to work on finishing the wall with tiles, you need to make sure that the wall is vertical. This is due to the fact that with an uneven wall it will be extremely problematic to ensure the possibility of matching the sharpened ends of the tile. At the same time, it will be extremely difficult to correct the resulting defects and only when using overhead plastic corners attached to a sealant.

Advantages of tile edge sharpening technology

The technology of sharpening the ends at 45 degrees eliminates the need for decorative corners when finishing outside corners. Thanks to this, it will be possible to create an aesthetic appearance of the wall. These corners have a neater and more stylish appearance than those with corners. Agree, this is much more interesting than imposed tiles on tiles or inserted plastic.

Electric tile cutter

The tile cutter is a machine for cutting tiles at 45 degrees, as well as for longitudinal and cross cutting. Such a device has a water cooling system. In addition, water helps to remove almost all the dust that occurs during the cutting of porcelain stoneware or ceramic tiles. The main advantage of the tile cutter is its accuracy. It cuts along one predetermined path. This eliminates the influence of factors such as shaking hands of the master. As a result, the drink turns out to be as smooth and accurate as possible.

Tile cutters can cut virtually any angle. True, often craftsmen cut tiles at an angle of 90 degrees or 45 degrees.

Recommendations for the correct trimming of tiles at an angle of 45 degrees

Cutting tiles at an angle of 45 degrees should be done in such a way that the disc of the angle grinder or tile cutter does not reach the glossy finish of the tile by about one millimeter. This means that only the clay itself should be cut. That is, only the clay is cut, which acts as the basis of this finishing material. This is due to the fact that this technology helps to make the cut more accurate. When cutting tiles at once to the full depth, the likelihood of damage to the glossy coating and the appearance of chipping on it increases. Such a defect will no longer be possible to fix, so you will have to throw away the tiles or put up with its not the most aesthetic appearance.

In some cases, trimming tiles at 45 degrees forces the craftsman to cut directly into the glaze. At the same time, experienced craftsmen know several ways to eliminate the likelihood of damage to the glossy coating of the tile.

First of all, it is recommended to simply cut the tiles exactly to the specified dimensions. After that, you can start sharpening the resulting edge at the desired angle. As a result, the resulting cut will be smooth, neat and beautiful. True, to do everything right, you need to fill your hand. Therefore, it is recommended to practice a little on broken or damaged tiles in order not to spoil a lot of finishing material later.

Additionally, the edges of the tiles can be processed using sandpaper to give them maximum smoothness and evenness.

Also, craftsmen use the method of corner trimming from the factory edge. At the same time, they hide all the undercuts made by an angle grinder or tile cutter under another tile.

In any case, taking into account the latest trends in bathroom and kitchen decoration, craftsmen and designers prefer the technology of trimming tiles at 45 degrees rather than corners. Therefore, if you strive to create a truly cozy and modern interior, then you will have to work a little in order to master the technology of cutting tiles at a certain angle.

What tools are used to sharpen the ends of tiles at 45 degrees?

Cutting porcelain stoneware at 45 degrees can often be called gash, sharpening, trimming, burr. In this case, the meaning in each case is one. The end of the tile is ground so that it changes its right angle to an angle of 45 degrees.

A similar operation can be performed using various instruments. But the best result and the highest quality of sharpening of the ends is achieved with the help of an electric tile cutter, which is a special device for cutting and sharpening the ends of tiles. In extreme cases, it is allowed to use an angle grinder with a special wheel for cutting tiles. True, in this case, the master must have sufficient experience and skills in order to do the job efficiently.

In any case, it is worth getting to know each of the methods for cutting porcelain stoneware and tiles at 45 degrees.

Disadvantages of Trimming Tiles for Forming Outside Corners

When using the technology of sharpening the edge of a tile or porcelain stoneware at an angle of 45 degrees, the edge of the finishing material becomes thinner. As a result, its edge becomes very fragile and subject to destruction by external physical influences. Therefore, the use of this technology is not allowed when finishing steps and external walls in places with high traffic. In such cases, it is recommended to use special decorative plastic or metal corners.

How to trim?

Beveling in the language of professionals can be called differently: washed down, burr, Kremlin corner, tile cutting at 45 degrees. To perform high-quality cladding, it is necessary to perform the described operation with tools that will make it possible to make a smooth cut without chips. An ordinary construction angle grinder, electric tile cutter or glass cutter can cope with this task. Each type of application has its own advantages and disadvantages. It makes sense to get acquainted with the technology of each tool.

How an acute angle is formed?

It is not enough to make a saw cut on a tile at an angle of 45 degrees, it is important to be able to properly lay and form a right angle. The operation to create it consists of several stages:

  • First, the first tile is planted on the glue, it is leveled using a building level. Aligns so that the trimmed edge “flies out” slightly beyond the plane of the corner of the base.
  • After that, the second tile is glued to the wall, on the other side of the corner. Glue is used to fix the tile. Each type of glue has its own fixing time. While it is there, you can easily adjust the position of two touching modules. Using this scheme, all subsequent rows are laid out.

Note! In order for the right angle to turn out to be even, it is necessary to make sure that the vertical of the walls is maintained before facing. If the walls have even a slight difference in height, the angle at the top will no longer converge. Disguise such a defect or distract attention from it with nothing, then it will not be possible.

Right angles cannot be formed everywhere. Due to the narrowed edge of the tile, they become fragile, which is why experienced craftsmen never use the described technique when finishing steps. Where there is heavy pedestrian traffic, the trimmed tiles will quickly break or break.

The docking corner of the steps on the stairs is best sheathed with a metal corner or overlapping tiles, leading the upper element onto the end wall.

tiles, degrees

It is not necessary to form a corner by cutting the tile where there is a possibility of touching the wall and knocking it down under the pressure of the weight. Since plastic corners today are bad manners, they can be replaced with aluminum strips. This solution looks quite impressive.

Why trim a tile at a 45 degree angle?

Why do you need to trim tiles at 45 degrees? Such an operation becomes in demand in two cases:

  • When it becomes necessary to join the outer and inner corners of rectangular elements, when it is necessary to make a bevel for the edge, which helps to form a beautiful even corner. This operation allows you to abandon the use of cheap plastic corners.
  • When a diagonal tile layout is selected for cladding. In this case, it is necessary to cut the tile itself at an angle of 45 degrees.

Epic 45 degree tile cut. Perfect outer corners.

You can accomplish a similar task with different tools.

Cutting tiles at a 45 degree angle

There are many ways to lay out ceramic tiles. Some of them involve additional processing of the tile. For example, in order to assemble a herringbone on the floor or to make a right angle when facing niches, ventilation or engineering ducts, you will definitely need to cut tiles at an angle of 45 degrees. It allows you to form a fairly neat right angle from two separate modules. A story about how to do this, what tools may be needed to perform such work is the subject of this article.

Construction angle grinder

A construction angle grinder is available in many homes. You can, if necessary, solve the problem with the help of it, although it will be quite difficult to do this at home. To cut tiles, a diamond disc must be installed. The tile is installed under the edge, glazed side down. Then the angle grinder is turned on and the back of the tile is grinded off at an angle of 45 degrees. It will not be possible to get an even cut the first time, therefore, after forming the corner, it is necessary to walk again with a diamond disk over the surface of the edge being processed. In this case, you get a clean and even corner.

Note! In order to form the desired angle, it is necessary to use an angle grinder that has a speed control function. It is important to start work at minimum speed, otherwise the tile (its processed edge will melt, burn, but not be sanded).

How to make a burr without a tile cutter and an angle grinder?

Sometimes it is difficult to find a professional construction tool at home. But in this case, you can also make a tile burr manually. It is necessary to act in this case as follows:

  • On the front side of the tile, a line is drawn directly on the glaze with a glass cutter.
  • Then the tile is turned over and the angle grinder makes a groove in the place of the future cut, similar to the English letter “V”. The groove is cut to the full width of the tile.
  • After that, it remains to gently break the cut and finish it with sandpaper.

Electric tile cutter

Any professional team will prefer to solve the problem with an electric tile cutter. This device works in two modes: one allows you to make a straight cut, the other. a cut at an angle of 45 degrees. Using the second function, it is easy to make any cutting angle from 0 to 45 degrees. The main thing is to set the desired notch on the settings panel.

To get the job done, you may need the following tools:

  • Masking tape.
  • Pencil.
  • Ruler.
  • The machine itself with a swivel bed.
  • angle grinder, which has a speed control mode.

Dry tile cut at 45 degree. Сухая резка края плитки под 45 градусов.

The operation algorithm is as follows:

  • Masking tape is glued to the tile in place of the saw cut.
  • A pencil and a ruler are taken in hand. They are used to markup.
  • The tiles are laid out on the tile cutter platform at an angle of 45 degrees.
  • The operating principle of an electric tile cutter is the same as that of a conventional circular saw. The sawing is done with a diamond tape so that the tile does not melt during the operation, water is supplied to the cutting site. She immediately washes away dust and debris.
  • The saw cut turns out to be beautiful if with the help of a tile cutter it is possible to obtain a beveled corner without damaging the glaze layer (it is important to cut only the clay). If the disc touches a layer of glaze, the corner will have torn, chipped edges. After finishing the cladding, the two connecting elements will look sloppy and ugly.
  • Only an experienced tiler is able to cut the glaze and still smooth the edge. And all because he knows certain professional secrets.

To do this, first, using a tile cutter, you need to make an even cut, and only then try to form the desired angle from the back side. The touched layer of glaze is then simply processed with sandpaper. After that, the tiles will look neat.

How to cut tiles to get a perfect cut without chips

The best way to cut tiles: 4 proven ways

Let’s buy an expensive tile. rejoice! We start to work with a tile cutter. we get problems: it cuts poorly and gives chips. One of two things: either the video is dull, or you are doing something wrong.

How to cut tiles with a mechanical (machine) tile cutter

The machine tile cutter easily “takes” even floor products of medium thickness (6 mm). Due to the large diameter of the cutting wheel, the groove is deeper and the cut breaks more easily. You can quickly cut pieces of the desired size with minimal scrap.

Advantage of a machine cut: the harder the tile structure, the easier it is to cut a narrow strip.

How to work with the machine tool:

  • mark a segment on the front surface and place it on the plane of the tool so that the cutting wheel coincides with the marking;
  • walk along the mowing line by operating the lever;
  • fix the tiles on both sides of the cut border;
  • lift the opposite edge of the tile (ceramics) and press the cutter handle;
  • she will split.

Life hack. How to cut porcelain stoneware or tiles that are constantly chipping
– Insert into the machine, make a cut;
– Mark the boundaries of the cut and line the back side (a level or ruler is for help);
– Cut the angle grinder along the marked border, making a depression. From the inside, it will become thinner, and from the outside it is marked with a tile cutter;
– Cut on a lathe. There will be no chipping or chipping on the cut. You don’t even have to grind.

Watch a video review of the advantages of the Makita GA9010 and Makita GA9020 angle grinder

How to cut tiles with a manual tile cutter or glass cutter

The handheld cutter for thin to medium hard ceramics and tiles is very easy to use:

  • mark the tile surface and cut forcefully towards you. Keep the glass or tile cutter strictly at right angles. There should be a visible continuous strip on the front side;
  • take your time, click and break along that mowing line like chocolate.

Soak a hot (hard) tile in water for half an hour or an hour. It will cut exactly along the intended cut and adhere well to the wall when laying.

There are two ways to break tiles.

  • Align the notch with the edge of the table and press down on the overhang. Will break on the cut line.
  • Place the already cut tiles on a glazing bead or nail. Press down on both sides of the cut edge. Will break where it’s supposed to.

Life hack. How to cut a tile that “does not fit” into the machine
Cut non-standard tiles (more than 60 cm) with a hand cutter or glass cutter. The ruler will be the same tile cut.
– Line up and mark the edges of the cut.
– Cut off this section (you get a barely noticeable track).
– Place the tile vertically on your knee, grab the top edges and break. There will be perfectly smooth edges of the halves.

How to cut a tile without chipping with an electric tile cutter

The feature of the water-cooled electric cutter is a powerful diamond blade and water supply to the cutting site. With no dust and no special effort on your part, the tool makes cuts with smooth edges, even for porcelain stoneware with a thickness of up to 60 mm. In a matter of minutes, you can cut a lot and the desired size without spoiling a single one. Just remember to wear safety glasses to protect your eyes from flying debris.