Monday, February 27, 2012

The time for chines tile cutter is finishing

Hi guys, some years ago I remember that everybody used cheaper and bad quality tile cutters produced in China.
At that time it was easy and it was possible to do that because the tiles were very soft and very small so, also a simple and not professional tile cutter was able to cut that tiles.
Now the situation is exactly the opposite. Tiles are becoming hard, long and with difficult surfaces and it is not possible at all to cut them with simple tile cutter made in China.

I’ll give you an example just to understand what is the problem.
I’m now working inside a Hospital, a new area dedicated for the research. The architect decided to use a new crazy tile! 3 meter for 1,5 meter per 4 mm thickness.
I tried to cut it with a standard cutter but it was not possible because with 4 mm tiles it is not possible to use the same system used for cutting the 3 m x 1 m x 3 mm Kerlite tiles because these tiles are very very hard.


The only solution that I found was to cut it manually with an angle grinder and a small diamond blade for gres porcelain and hard ceramic. The result isn’t so beautiful but it was and in USA it is the only available solution now.
By the way, I’ll inform you as soon as I’ll find another solution by myself or on the market.
Have a nice day

Thursday, February 16, 2012

The cheapest tile cutter for cutting big tiles!

What is in this moment the cheapest professional tile cutter for cutting very large tiles with dimension 100, 120, 150 cm?
Surfing in internet I found some tile big cutters produced by Rubi, Montolit and Sigma. Analyzing the machines and asking to my friends (tilers around the world), I discovered that in this moment, in their mind, the best tile cutter for cutting large tiles is Montolit tile cutter ,
followed by Rubi tile cutter and after by Sigma tile cutters. As you know Sigma normally produce pull tile cutters but in this case, for cutting big sizes, also Sigma decided use the best push system for cutting tiles. As you know it is not good to cut tiles pulling due to the body problemt that it creates.


Also the Rubi long tile cutter is not so bad but a little expensive compared with the performance. No other professional and long tile cutters are available on the market.