What is the best way to mark a dark porcelain tile for cutting with a wet saw? A pencil is not dark enough.thx

Question

What is the best way to mark a dark porcelain tile for cutting with a wet saw? A pencil is not dark enough.thx

Answer 1

a grease pencil is the best method and also it repels the water and will be easier to see when cutting with the wet saw...

Answer 2

I used a sharpie but be sure to clean it with some rubbing alcohol after you finish cutting it or mark it on the waste side of the tile.

Answer 3

There are white grease pencils that could do that. They are like crayons with a peel-back paper covering.

The other easy solution is to put a piece of masking tape on the tile near where you will be cutting. Then take your exact measurement and make a mark with a pen or pencil on that piece of tape.

Answer 4

The corner of a dry bar of soap....

Answer 5

Use a white wax pencil or a white paint pen.

Answer 6

No offense to any answers but Rich Z offers a valid suggestion, IE; tape.

   I tile every day of my life, and I'm even more curious as to why you ask? Any wet saw I have, has a guide that locks to the table, allowing my measurement to be cut, in the same fashion as a table saw for wood allows that with it's "fence"

   If I had to make 100 perimeter cuts, knowing they'd all be the same, I'd lose time and money marking each tile. Beyond that, HOPEFULLY, you aren't using a wet saw and doing this freehand.

Answer 7

go with bammer's answer, grease pencil sometimes called a china pencil is best; and color should not matter usually.