Porcelain tile with a wet saw is a trap if you dont slow down

I was doing a 5000 square foot retail buildout in Raleigh last month and kept chipping tile edges on the wet saw. Tried everything like new blades and slower feeds but still got blowout. Finally switched to a manual snap cutter for the straight cuts and it was night and day. Not a single chip on the last 200 tiles I cut. Anyone else ditched their wet saw for porcelain?

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piper_flores6912d ago

Wet saws need water in the right spot, not just at the blade.

the_susan12d ago

Water placement on a wet saw is way overblown. Just dump it on the blade and you're good. I've been running a cheap 7" saw for years with a garden hose barely hitting the blade and never had a single blade issue or cut problem. Puddles on the tile just make a mess anyway. The real secret is using a sharp blade and steady feed rate. Water is just there to keep dust down, not some science experiment.