Cut tiles into one inch shapes. Not all the tiles have to be square. Bake the shrink plastic per manufacturer instructions. Press the baked tile immediately out of oven with a second piece of board. Heat tile and cut with regular scissors.
Coat tiles with a non-acrylic matte sealer.
Use several coats. Leave some chips uncoated until you fit the entire design together. This will enable you to heat and cut odd-shaped tiles to fill in the spaces without ruining the sealer. Gluing tiles Assemble table then mark the area where the table top and base form an arch. Don 't fill in tiles in this area.