How to Use a Handheld Tile Cutter for Mosaic Projects

Part of the Video Series How to Make Tile Mosaics & Patterns

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Learn how to cut tile using a hand held tile cutter for mosaic projects in this free video on making tile mosaics.

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How to Use a Handheld Tile Cutter for Mosaic Projects
Hi, I’m Faith and I’m here at Flat Fork Studio, and I’m going to show you how to cut a tile using a handheld tile cutter. Basically, what you do is you lay your tile out- say if I want to cut this tile in half- I’ll lay my tile, good, comfortable position. And the tile cutter has got two components to it. There’s a wheel with a little point on it, and that’s what we use to roll across to score the tile. And then you place the tile in between these two on this flat surface here and you squeeze, and that will break the tile. So first you decide where you’re going to cut your tile. You put your wheel on, and you apply pretty firm pressure because you’re trying to score the tile. You hear that? When you hear that noise, you know you have a successful score. So here we have a score line. It’s not real straight, but it’ll do. And then, from here, you take and place it in between- you kind of put it towards the edge, because it’s a little bit easier to break towards the edge. Firm grasp…and you have your tile is cut. And that is how you use the handheld tile cutter to cut tile.

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Expert: Faith Schexnayder is an Austin based Artist, Designer and Sculptor. Read More