What do you use to mark your tiles for cuts...

[DHTiling]

What do you use to mark your tiles with for cuts etc...do you use felt tips....lead pencils...china pencils.....what do you find best..??????

do you use different on mat and glossy tiles...etc etc.....

 

[bencurtis]

all different depends on tile, but my sons crayon style pencils are good for wet cuts.:yes:

 

[Ric]

i use lead pencil then score line with dry cutter, wet saw follows line nicely, but would like to know if there is anything better to use.

 

[GazTech]

marking out..tile face

If snapping glazed tiles.ohp pens permanent, rub the mark off the tile if it is still visible after the cut....If the tile is satin face...pencil..(2 tiny marks top and bottom of tile)....Gaz

 

[wivers]

pencil, pen, blood, crayon anything i can lay me hands on.

 

[brummie tiler]

i use pencil and felt although felt is rubbish when you go to put it on the wet cutter!

 

[ged]

i ran out of marker pens on a job, but i bought a tipex pen from sweet shop and it worked great never lost the line in the wet cutter. Easy to buy when your miles away from a tile shop
ged

 

[grumpygrouter]

i ran out of marker pens on a job, but i bought a tipex pen from sweet shop and it worked great never lost the line in the wet cutter. Easy to buy when your miles away from a tile shop
ged

Good tip that, bit hard on white tiles though!!

Grumpy

 

[penno]

I always just use a pencil, even on dark tiles. Can always see it even if you use a wet cutter because it gives off that shine (providing you keep your water clean)

 

[brian c]

Pencil Or Felt Tip ,then Score,wet Cut Smallcut And Snap Big Cuts.

 

[cowboy]

We use pretty much the same things herr in the states as you folks do over there.

I use pencil mostly & use the pencil/score trick as mentioned as well but the best thing I use for wet cuts on dark tile & most stone is a "White-Out pen" as found in office supply houses for covering up mistakes on paper? . Not sure what they may be called in the UK but Presto Ball point makes a version & I believe Bic too?

 

[penno]

do you mean a tippex pen Cowboy? (what we call them here)

[DLMURL]http://www.paperstone.co.uk/cat_553-579-582_Correction-Pen-Inc-Tippex.aspx[/DLMURL]

Wipe off the tiles ok?

 

[cowboy]

Yes Thats the same !

 

[Varley]

I use ceramic markers from non other than Topps Tiles, they mark all types of tiles and don't come off in the wet cutter.

 

[wivers]

You on commisson vars?

 

[woodie]

All depends on what tiles i'm using, stone and matt tiles i use pencil, on porcelain or glossy tiles i use felts, i'll have to look in to that ceramic marker from topps and give it a try..Mike:yes:

 

[DHTiling]

China pencils..no body use them.?..they dont wash off on the wet cutter...

 

[Varley]

Thats what I was talking about Dave.
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You on commisson vars?

I think I should be.......................GAZ?

 

[Leatherface]

I usually use pencils !!

BEWARE - pencil marks can be almost IMPOSSIBLE to remove from some light coloured polished porcelain tiles !!!!!

 

[vivaro]

china pencil i use as well dave h

 

[Rad2474]

China pencil but as wivers said blood will do, expelled a bit of that recently ripped bathroom out cheek to the wife etc...

 

[DHTiling]

it's those darn felt tips you have to be careful with......:furious3:

 

[Raja]

balck berol non permanant felt tips

12 for £4.69 off ebay and carridge £1.99

 

[strongboes]

corrector pens from tesco 4 for a quid, last ages really fine tip.

 

[grumpygrouter]

corrector pens from tesco 4 for a quid, last ages really fine tip.

Good tip, I'll try them. Trying to use a chinagraph pencil at present, doesn't seem to like damp tiles though!

Grumpy

 

[ryanbrown]

For wet saws i draw a line and stick insulation tape alongside it. Sometimes you forget which end of tape is the line though lol.

If your cutting a straight line all the way through a tile with no angle, then you you dont even need to draw a line - just a dot on one end - put that dot under the saw and get the guide snapped on.

 

[Home Tiler]

I've used a 6" nail ....(when i've lost my pencil)...and to be honest i think i prefer the nail now!!

Steve

 

[hillhead]

2H,3H and 4H pencils,for glazed i use china markers which are fab even running through my sigma 10M water saw.

 

[hillhead]

i do dave,just like that one in pic,brilliant,gave some to some tiler mates too,they were very impressed.i bought then online with aload of other pencils last year

 

[penno]

Good tip, I'll try them. Trying to use a chinagraph pencil at present, doesn't seem to like damp tiles though!

Grumpy

Chinagraph's are a pain in the arse. One bit of wet and forget it, tiles have to be dryer than a dry thing on a dry day for chinas to work.

 

[guy1976]

pencils i steal from screwfix or ikea

 

[DHTiling]

Staedtler pencils.. use these all the time now over any other pencil.. and white china marker for dark tiles and grey china for polished stuff...

 

[suave]

jam off me sandwich :lol::lol::lol::lol:

 

[kilty55]

staedler pencils for me,i must get more china markers too

im off to tt

 

[Stewart]

Pencils, china markers and sharpies....

 

[DHTiling]

Never used Sharpies.. are they permanent.?

 

[user123]

Only dealing with stained glass sheets right now - old eyeliner pencils they stay on better than a tile marker, ask your wife or girlfriend if she has some old ones lying about and try it.

 

[Mike]

pencil, chinagraph marker or felt tip depending on what tile or wether wet or dry cutting

 

[DHTiling]

mmm .. i feel a wifey make up bag raid..:lol:

 

[user123]

mmm .. i feel a wifey make up bag raid..:lol:

yep, even lipstick has its place - I don't like wearing it so don't mind sacrificing some age old lippy :lol: really handy when you need a bright mark :lol:

Another really good thing I discovered lately, if I have a really complicated shape on stained glass, I draw or trace the shape with marker pen onto some tracing paper (greaseproof paper will do), spread copydex on the back of it, glue it down on the tile and use my very wet ringsaw, what a beauty that is the saw cuts no problem along my marker lines, the paper and copydex can cope with the wet, and the copydex just pulls off easily afterwards, the glass is unmarked, an absolute doddle if you have a complicated shape