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Offline vinemaplebows

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Porcelain tile point
« on: March 16, 2015, 09:40:01 pm »
Always wondered how well these tiles would knap, and I like it! :D This is some sharp stuff!
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« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2015, 10:14:19 pm »
Looks good to me....
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« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2015, 11:09:06 pm »
Nice point, Brian. And it's cheap at HDepot.
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« Reply #3 on: March 16, 2015, 11:10:09 pm »
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Re: Porcelain tile point
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2015, 12:43:48 am »
This is not the darker stuff Eddie, I will make one from that next ;)
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Offline Chippintuff

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« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2015, 10:07:54 am »
That looks good. I have chipped some tile, and it was fun to knapp. It's flaking characteristics are consistent through and through. I select a very hard type that is not glazed on the surface.

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« Reply #6 on: March 17, 2015, 01:22:53 pm »
I am going to have to take a look next time I am in the store. I didn't know they had tiles that were not glazed. What size are the tiles?
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« Reply #7 on: March 17, 2015, 01:23:20 pm »
Oh yea... nice points!
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Offline Dalton Knapper

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Re: Porcelain tile point
« Reply #8 on: March 17, 2015, 01:39:44 pm »
First, nice point there and looks great!

I think we're banned from linking to anything for sale here, but I recently had my floors tiled with some Home Depot tile and it was porcelain. The stuff was so hard that we had to cut it with a saw - it wouldn't follow a wheel type tile cutter line. Anyway, there is a glaze on the tile that removes easily and it knaps well - look for "Montagna Dapple Gray Porcelain Floor and Wall Tile." It's a 6" X 24" plank tile and cost the whopping sum of $2.39 ea AND you can buy them individually. I think any color in this tile series would be the same. It is indeed porcelain and will not absorb water - so it is well vitrified in the mfg. process, which makes for good chippin'.
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Offline vinemaplebows

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« Reply #9 on: March 17, 2015, 02:26:33 pm »
Quote from: Dalton Knapper on March 17, 2015, 01:39:44 pm
First, nice point there and looks great!

I think we're banned from linking to anything for sale here, but I recently had my floors tiled with some Home Depot tile and it was porcelain. The stuff was so hard that we had to cut it with a saw - it wouldn't follow a wheel type tile cutter line. Anyway, there is a glaze on the tile that removes easily and it knaps well - look for "Montagna Dapple Gray Porcelain Floor and Wall Tile." It's a 6" X 24" plank tile and cost the whopping sum of $2.39 ea AND you can buy them individually. I think any color in this tile series would be the same. It is indeed porcelain and will not absorb water - so it is well vitrified in the mfg. process, which makes for good chippin'.

Interesting....I have found the darker the Porcelain the better it knaps. I also found that by throwing it in a oven for about 4 hours @400 it tends to knap a bit better. I can't figure out why as they are cooked at 2100 degrees or hotter, yet I did notice a difference....any clue as to why?? I assumed it was moisture from the back side, and removing it with heat helped. Maybe it's just in my mind? :)
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Re: Porcelain tile point
« Reply #10 on: March 17, 2015, 10:09:12 pm »
Quote from: StevenT on March 17, 2015, 01:22:53 pm
I am going to have to take a look next time I am in the store. I didn't know they had tiles that were not glazed. What size are the tiles?


This was glazed... :)
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« Reply #11 on: March 17, 2015, 11:32:32 pm »
Dalton Knapper; not banned from talking about just don't post a link to it. Anyway, there are no rock sellers as Sponsors in the Magazine I know of.
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