What do you use to mark your tiles for cuts... - Tile Advice

[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.