Bosch Professional 1x Diamond Cutting Disc Standard for Ceramic (for Stone, Tile, Ceramic, Ø 115 x 22,23 x 1,6 x 7 mm, Accessories for Angle Grinders)

Good brand plus good cut

The media could not be loaded. Our daughter has recently moved house and asked me if I fancied a bit of tiling in her kitchen. Normally, Duncurin would avoid this sort of task like the plague but ever since I bought my Victrex wet cutter from Amazon, my confidence has grown and I suggested to her that I’d be happy to give it a go. Then she had the tiles delivered and I found myself regretting my decision. The large hexagonal tiles seemed really tricky and way outside my comfort zone. Gulping heavily, I thought that it was perhaps time for a new blade for the cutter, just to give me a fighting chance.I must confess that I was a little disappointed with this blade when it arrived and I regretted that I’d not bought a higher quality one which was perhaps thinner and would give better cuts. Sadly, it was too late to back out and I fitted the blade, which was the perfect size, and away we went.Although the blade is a teeny bit thicker than I was anticipating, it still cut beautifully and the hexagonal tiles didn’t represent a problem. I had it in my mind’s eye how I was going to fix the tiles and of course I was going to position the flat straight edge down so that it ran along the worktop. My wife and daughter, however, had different ideas and suggested that the way to apply them was pointy side down. This, even before I began, took me way outside my comfort zone and of course changed all the cuts I was anticipating having to make.The Bosch blade rose magnificently to the challenge and I found that by measuring and marking very carefully and then checking and checking; it cut really well and at no time was the thickness of the blade a problem. Of course, the water goes everywhere and using a rain poncho and full-face visor is just about a must and even then, prepare to get drenched but of course it goes without saying; not to let the reservoir run dry. The other useful thing was a little retaining bracket I made in wood which held the pointy bit of the tile when I needed to cut through the tile perpendicular to the flat edge. I wasn’t sure that I could hold a straight line but by using the wooden former and then running along the fence, this worked really well and excellent cuts were obtained which were the correct size and had a straight side.I also found that by turning the tile face side down improved the edge/smoothness of the cut and most vitally on the triangular bits, that of course I now needed to cut to fill between the tiles, it is vital to really slow down as you get to the end and let the cutter take its time or you will end up by chipping the end of the pointy bit and it may look untidy ie not something that the grout will forgive.The electrical sockets were the next problem and of course they all had to come off so that I could tile behind them. This meant that I needed longer screws to re-fix them so make sure you have a supply of these or you’ll have live sockets hanging off your newly-tiled surface while you wait for them to be delivered.Also tiling behind the sockets meant that “L” shapes would need to be cut out of the tiles and once again the blade and the wet cutter did this beautifully. Because of the curve of the blade and the angle of the cut it makes, in order to get the most precise meet point in such an “L” shape you may need to turn the tile face up in order to minimise any overcut and once again this worked really well.Please see the little video attached and I am pleased with my efforts. Most importantly my wife thought so too (big relief) and our daughter was delighted.So, the blade is inexpensive enough to perhaps order a new one for each tiling project and maybe this is a better strategy than buying a more expensive one and running it for longer.

We were surprised by the relatively short life span of this good branded disk.

Cuts ceramic tiles really well with minimal chips

Brilliant price. Brilliant product

Cuts through floor tiles like butter.

The info suggests this is not suitable for wet tile cutting. I would like to impress that, so long as the disk is not left in standing water, it will not rust and deplete it's effectiveness. So, yes this is totally capable of being used in a wet tile cutter, just empty cutter of water after use.

Having used many different porcelain cutting discs, I was attracted by the price and so decided to give this a try. Used for 600 x 600 20mm exterior porcelain tiles by CTD. In short, the performance was pretty average and the only downsides being the slow rate of cut and the tendency of the disc to cause some chipping. The wear rate was similar to other discs. If you have a light coloured exterior porcelain slab to cut (where chips are more noticeable) then, in my experience, this is not the best choice - an Abracs disc is thinner and faster and, although more expensive, they will chip much less. If you are cutting bricks or concrete then a continuous edge disc like this is not the best choice either. All in all, good value for very much an average performance on thick large format tiles.