polished porcelain

[charlie1]

Hi all, having used polished porcelain in the past from tile giant, CTD, other smaller shops, what's your favorite to use? Jakarta from tile giant where good and CTD eagle range have also tried ones manufactured in united Arab emirates but can't quite recal what the name of them where.... Anyway, what's your preference and why?

 

[DHTiling]

Eagle is good, as no sealing lol lol ..

 

[charlie1]

Also the porcelainosa ones where calibrated very well but the where soo britle they where very hard to cut!

 

[White Room]

Also the porcelainosa ones where calibrated very well but the where soo britle they where very hard to cut!

Get a sigma then

 

[DHTiling]

Never thought i would say this, but ye!!!.. Sigma all the way.

 

[charlie1]

It was my sigma that was struggling to cut it! My sigma cuts anything as you will all be aware but it really did strugle with them

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Although I don't really have a preference with the make of a tile ( Eagle are okay) the surface of the tile can often make it fun to cut!
We have just done a little kitchen floor with a tile supplied by the customer from Homebase. On inspection there were 9 mts of tiles made on 10th Nov 2011 and 7 mts of tiles made on 14th Nov. As the area contained a passage and wc. it was agreed to blend the mix into the smaller areas. However the smaller quantity of tiles were much harder to cut with the dry wheel manual cutter (no brand provided to save debate) and it was definitely the surface, which looked almost identical, that caused the necessity for the angle grinder to be used.

 

[White Room]

It was my sigma that was struggling to cut it! My sigma cuts anything as you will all be aware but it really did strugle with them

Did you have the Max version....

 

[charlie1]

Got one, its my sigma that was struggling with it! I've cut much thicker porcs easily with my sigma, I don't know why reason it did not like the ones from porcelainosa! Was breaking off line about 3 inch from end of tile... Tried everything! My old genesis cut them though.... Very strange!

 

[Rizzle from the Portizzle]

Eagle is good, as no sealing lol lol ..

eagle is a good mid range chinenes brand but i would still test to see if needs sealing

 

[DHTiling]

eagle is a good mid range chinenes brand but i would still test to see if needs sealing

Used it loads , no sealing required

 

[DHTiling]

Although I don't really have a preference with the make of a tile ( Eagle are okay) the surface of the tile can often make it fun to cut!
We have just done a little kitchen floor with a tile supplied by the customer from Homebase. On inspection there were 9 mts of tiles made on 10th Nov 2011 and 7 mts of tiles made on 14th Nov. As the area contained a passage and wc. it was agreed to blend the mix into the smaller areas. However the smaller quantity of tiles were much harder to cut with the dry wheel manual cutter (no brand provided to save debate) and it was definitely the surface, which looked almost identical, that caused the necessity for the angle grinder to be used.

I know her, Rubi is a good lass. 🙂.

 

[Rizzle from the Portizzle]

Also the porcelainosa ones where calibrated very well but the where soo britle they where very hard to cut!

when fireing porcs the tempreture has to be spot on if the tiles are brittle they where fired to fast not allowing the the fusing just before they turn to glass this is critcal to long glass to little brittle if doing l cuts core out 40mm hole first takes out the tension in the tile

 

[Rizzle from the Portizzle]

Used it loads , no sealing required

well i had problems with eagle tiles so stopped buying

 

[DHTiling]

well i had problems with eagle tiles so stopped buying

Spill the beans Ray. Would like to hear why , all info is good.

Might just save an error for others.

 

[Rizzle from the Portizzle]

Spill the beans Ray. Would like to hear why , all info is good.

Might just save an error for others.

diffrent batches same box there tiles where good but quailty control depended on the day .just could not be sure. moved on to a better surpliers had no probs since

 

[afright]

Did a job for a customer who purchased 600x600 polished porcelain from B & Q at £10 per pack they where a nightmare to cut.I found the Eagle range ok.