Can You Cut Glass Tile With a Wet Tile Saw?

Q:  Can you cut glass tile with a wet tile saw or do you need to use a different kind of tool? Thanks.

A:  True, some people say that you can’t cut glass tile with a wet tile saw.  Glass behaves differently than ceramic, porcelain, or natural stone under the blade of a wet tile saw.

But which blade?  Certainly not the same blade.

In discussing cutting glass tile, About Glass Tile mentions that, if you do want to use a wet tile saw, you need to use a diamond electroplated glass tile blade.

So, yes.  You can run glass tiles through a tile saw.

Or…a Glass Tile Nipper

Alternatively, the cheap way to go about it is to buy a glass tile nipper.  You can get these at your local hardware store and typically cost less than fifteen bucks.  These are a little different from your usual ceramic tile nippers, which have metal blades.  The glass tile nippers use wheels that are reminiscent of a tin can opener.

Usually, you can only cut 1/4″ thick tiles.  But your tiles probably won’t even be that thick, so it doesn’t matter.  And of course, they are only good for mosaic glass tiles.