Cutting Mosaic Tile For Your Floor

Mosaic nippers are a great tool to use if you want your mosaic to consist of small irregularly shaped pieces of glass tile.

Cutting mosaic tile for your floor.

Follow dremel s instructions for using their bit. Impressively this compact tile tool has 12 amps of power and can cut material up to 1 16 inches thick at a 90 degree angle. For glass tiles use nippers that have carbide wheels attached to the ends these allow you to apply enough pressure to cut the glass without cracking or damaging it. When you get near the wall your grinder will be too big.

Keep all electrical cords away from the water. If it is a small tile cut only 1 inch in from the edge. Your dremel isn t design for wet applications. They look like pliers with a sharp clamp tip.

If you re cutting a narrow piece of tile use a wooden guide to hold the tile from the other side. If you re looking for a portable tile cutting tool that still packs plenty of power the ryobi 4 inch tile saw is a popular option. Use your dremel s tile cutting bit to cut in the narrow spaces. Today s mosaic tile comes in sheets of small individual tiles adhered to a flexible mesh backing.

Push the tile into the saw blade approximately 1 or 2 inches depending on the size of the tile then back the tile out and turn off the saw. If the layout is such that the individual small tiles need to be cut you can use any of the standard methods you would use with individual tiles of the same material. Keep the vacuum going but not the water. The absolute best way to cut any tile including mosaic is using a wet tile saw.

A wet tile saw works by slowly grinding not cutting away the tile while spraying water on the surface. Start from the side of your mark that hasn t been cut yet. When installing the tiles it is often necessary to cut the sheets to. Once the tile is cut turn your saw off before removing the tile from your work surface.

Slowly push the tile forward to feed it through the saw. Mosaic tiles commonly come on a sheet of plastic mesh that holds the small tiles in place to promote a simpler installation. Quick tutorial video about cutting glass mosaic tiles.