How To Cut Ceramic Tile

Tile Cutting

There are many ways to cut tile. In this video, I will show you how to use a wet saw and a dry saw. There are also many little tricks. Wet saws are great, but they require more setup time and a dirty place to work....

OK, first, lets talk about the scoring blade type of tile saw.  They work great on some tile.  Just a long as the tile has a smoother finish you will be fine.  For something like a bathroom wall tile where you have a smooth surface.  But, when you have a rougher finish as most tiles used today have, this kind of saw may not be the best choice.

This is when a wet saw would be the better choice.  With a wet saw, you can make smaller cuts and more acurately.  Not to mention fancy cuts, like an L shaped cut.  Or say you cut a tile and you made it just a little too big.  Well, with a wet saw you can just trim a little more off.

Now a wet saw is called a wet saw because it uses water to cool the blade, not to mention it keeps the the dust down.  But the water can make a big mess.  I like to mark as many tiles as I can to be cut, then go outside where I have the saw set up.  Yes, it can be very time consuming to keep going outside, but its messy!  I also keep the dry saw right next to me, it helps make the job go alot faster.  Most of the time I have both on the job.  For the straight cuts, I go with the dry saw and the more involved cuts and fancier cuts, I go outside and use the wet saw.