Blade For Cutting Glass Tile

Carefully align the marked line with the cutting guide on the bar cutter.

Blade for cutting glass tile.

However when cutting glass any of these tools should have a carbide blade or cutting wheel which is more effective than other materials at cutting and scoring glass. Glass tile blades have finer and softer diamonds that make for a smoother cut. As the blade rotates some of the soft metal wears off and exposes the cutting diamond surface. Coarser material like ceramic or granite can be cut with fewer larger.

This blade is specifically engineered for cutting glass tile but it may also be used for cutting tile flooring materials such as ceramic porcelain mosaic and most natural stone products. They sell many different types depending on the type of tile you are working with. You can use all of the same tools that work for standard tile including a wet saw a bar cutter and score and snap tile pliers. A regular porcelain tile saw blade will cut glass tile and some even do a pretty nice job with it.

Wet saw blades for cutting glass tile are much like blades for cutting ceramic tiles. This blade features a 7 mm continuous rim with a diamond coated cutting edge for clean cuts in glass tile with minimal chipping. They are made with tiny chips of synthetic diamond embedded into a soft metal base. I did purchase 2 7 inch tile blades because when cutting glass tile you need a very sharp blade.

Use a tile wet saw fitted with a glass cutting blade to cut any glass tiles including thick tiles and those that have a painted color backing. Be sure to purchase a blade for glass tile. However my personal experience is that a glass tile diamond blade does a nicer job than a regular tile saw blade. Use a specific glass blade to cut glass tiles that is high quality and is made with a very fine and uniform diamond grain 2.

Use this blade on 7 in. Designed for wet cutting. Thoroughly clean the surface of the electric tile saw on which the glass tile or glass mosaic will be placed even a small grain of sand or piece of glass might be enough to prevent the diamond blade from operating correctly. Ridgid glass tile diamond blades are engineered to cut glass tile glass mosaic tile and multi finish mosaic tile.

Measure the glass tile and mark the desired cut lines then position the tile on the cutting pad of the bar cutter. For a wet saw you can also use a diamond blade. Wet tile saws that have a 5 8 in.