How to cut
1 Inch Glass Tile
How To Cut Glass Tile
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welcome to this glass tile cutting video
today I'm going to show you the easiest
way to cut glass tiles
the question about how to cut glass
tiles comes up because glass tiles have
a tendency to shatter more easily than
ceramic or stone tiles but you can
easily cut glass tiles using a carbide
blade on a bar tile cutter this is a two
bar tile cutter with a carbide blade on
it you can rent or buy one of these
cutters from your local home or
equipment rental store it has a carbide
wheel that rolls on and scores the top
of your glass tile
to cut a tile you set the
up against the guide and align the
cutting wheel with your cut mark on the
tile set the carbide wheel on the
starting edge of the tile where you want
to make the cut push down on the handle
hard enough to allow the carbide wheel
to score the top of the tile and roll it
from edge to edge across the tile now
lift the handle up and move the cutter
so that the pressure foot hanging down
to the rear of the cutter head can rest
flat on top of the tile push down on the
handle again and the tile should break
cleanly down the score line this type of
cut can leave minimal chipping on the
surface of the tile if there are small
bumps of glass that you need to remove
you can use a rubbing stone to soften
the edge mosaic glass tiles are cut in
the same way as individual tiles
you set the sheet of tiles on your
cutter and line it up where you want the
cut and then push the blade into the
surface of the tile and roll it across
each of the tiles you will need to hold
onto the first tile to keep all the
tiles from trying to move with the blade
after scoring each of the tiles you will
use the pressure foot to break each of
the individual cut tiles on the score
line
now flip the tile over and use a utility
knife to cut the backing material so
that the tiles are fully separated
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