Glass tiles -- How to cut & smooth the edges

What little experience I have with tiling has taught me to lay out the project so that cut edges fall in corners or are covered by outlet covers, etc. Grout covers a multitude of mistakes.....

you can't get back to a smooth and rounded edge without putting them in a kiln.

you can minimize chipping on cut edges by using a good blade that's designed for cutting glass (a lot of tile blades aren't). putting a section of newspaper under the tile when you're cutting it on a tile saw will minimize chipping on the bottom edge. go slowly, and the top surface chipping can be minimized somewhat.

you can polish the edges using a wet belt sander. a window glass shop may have one and do this for you, or try to find a glass kiln worker in your area who may have one.

Most of our cut edges will be hidden this way.

But there are 4 cuts that I can't hide.

I have a huge wet belt sander that would do the trick. Maybe you have a local glass shop that can do it for you?

The wet sander will do much more. But if all you want to do is make it so the cut edge is not sharp, you can do it by hand with a carborundum stone.

John Bassett