Not very impressed (unless I've done it wrong) - Tile Advice

[Beyond the blue]

I've never used tiling wedges before and bought some of these. I've only used 3 of them up to now and when I came to knock them out this is how they broke off, meaning I had to Stanley knife the remainder of the plastic out of the joint. I used standard setting adhesive and left them for 3 days before knocking them out, was this too long or should I have knocked them out earlier before the adhesive had set too hard around them? I left the actual wedges in place when I knocked them out.

 

[Boggs]

I find they (not these particular ones) break off better when you knock them along the grout line with the rubber handle of my hammer.

 

[Beyond the blue]

I find they (not these particular ones) break off better when you knock them along the grout line with the rubber handle of my hammer.

Yeah, that's how I did it.

 

[GoneGuy]

Some clips are made with inferior plastic that’s why they break at wrong place, sometimes adhesive builds up and prevents the clips breaking clean

 

[Spare Tool]

Could be excessive adhesive round the base and sides of the clip, always run the tip of a scraper down the edge of tile now.. Shouldn't really matter how long you leave them in for.. Never used those particular clips though, maybe they're not the best..

 

[J Sid]

get what u pay for, your choice, Lidl or Waitrose. I'm a Waitrose man myself and don't have them problems

 

[Dumbo]

Adhesive in the joints i reckon

 

[One Day]

Cheap clips I reckon.

 

[Beyond the blue]

Cheap clips I reckon.

You maybe right, I got them as they were recommended on this forum.

 

[Spare Tool]

Cheap clips I reckon.

Schmox are cheap as chips and one of the best ive tried..only downside is base thickness but apart from that they are really good clips..

 

[One Day]

The only 2 clips I reckon are break-free are PLM and the new Genesis copies of RLS clips.

 

[Dumbo]

Cheap clips I reckon.

They weren't cheap where I saw them

 

[J Sid]

They weren't cheap where I saw them

but probably not top quality.

 

[One Day]

They weren't cheap where I saw them

Wrong choice of words, sorry!

I mean low quality. Most Tile Rite stuff is pretty low-grade
(no offence intended)

 

[CJ]

Build up of adhesive around the clips cause this with most brands of levelling clips.