mosaic cutting

[grahil]

Hi All.
I'm presently retiling my kitchen with glass 25mmx25mm glass mosaics and having trouble cutting them i have a small plasplug electric cutter(wet with a diamond cutting wheel) which cuts the tiles easily but takes shards of glass of the face of the tile leaving an uneven chipped edge.
any ideas/words of advice would be greatfully received.


cheers Graham

[pjtiler]

Hi All.
I'm presently retiling my kitchen with glass 25mmx25mm glass mosaics and having trouble cutting them i have a small plasplug electric cutter(wet with a diamond cutting wheel) which cuts the tiles easily but takes shards of glass of the face of the tile leaving an uneven chipped edge.
any ideas/words of advice would be greatfully received.


cheers Graham

try some mosaic nippers
i think the tile trader sell um

[MrSpoon]

try feeding them through nice and slowly without any pressure? plasplugs sell a glass cutting disc, might be worth a try?

[Dave]

You could try swapping your cutting blade for a blade suitable for fully vitrified materials....rubi do a blade called a CVG and especially designed for cutting glass tiles.........

If the wrong type of blade is used you will get the finish you are getting....if they are thin glass mosaics then the cutters pjtiler mentioned will be fine but if they are thicker then an electric cutter with the correct type of blade is needed......

[woodie]

try cutting them backside up and feed them to the cutter slowly should have the rough side on the back then

[chrisroe]

masking tape on the face and cut tother way up

[MICK the Tiler]

I try and cut mosaics on the sheet, Place the sheet on the dry cutter line it up so it's square and score and snap even works on the thick buggers

[tilertraining]

The Montolit is a very decent mosaic cutter when used with the mosaic mat. And the Rubi Porcelain nippers (Wheel nippers) are also very good on mosaic.

[grahil]

Hi guys thanks for all your advice will let you no how i get on.

cheers Graham.

[johno]

I use a montolite cutter and a mosaic mat does the trick for me