Tile Nippers For Marble

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Tile nippers for marble.

Engineered to stay sharp and provide accurate cutting making your job easier. Make quick and easy work of shaping tile with the exclusive hdx tile nipper. Carbide tips are strong and make cutting easier. Tilers usually these everyday and are a mainstay tool of any professional.

Makes irregular cuts on all tile or stone. However there are two other methods you may choose for this material. The mosaic tile nipper is our recommended hand tool for cutting glazed ceramic tile up to 3 8 inch thick and can also be used for cutting most varieties of stone porcelain and dinnerware. Cuts irregular shapes in tile up to 1 4 in.

It helps you fit into irregular spaces or around curved objects like pipes or sinks. In most cases you ll be able to make a couple of angled cuts with your wet tile saw to get close to your circular mark then nip off the rest with the ever handy tile nippers. Using a wet tile saw helps to ensure that you don t shatter the stone or marble tile. Use a wax pencil to trace your mark and then score that mark with a glass cutter.

The qep compound nipper has twice the power of conventional carbide tipped nippers but with less effort. For cutting glass mosaic tile you should use a mosaic glass cutter which has wheel shaped blades and cuts more cleanly. As with any tile cutting tool tile nippers can cause small sharp pieces of tile to fly so make sure to wear proper eye protection. For problematic varieties of stone you can use the fine side of a marble file to file a piece down to size instead of cutting it.

Simple tile nippers serve as an effective tool for cutting the edges of stone tile. Of course you may need to make an initial cut with a tile nipper to get the stone to a manageable starting point before using the file. However the tile nipper should not be used for glass tile because it crushes and splinters more glass than it cuts. For example nippers can be used to cut a notch in the edge of a tile to fit around a pipe or other obstruction.

Make your mark and keep score. The modern compound mechanism enables twice the breaking strength of regular tile nippers making these qep tile nippers a great investment. Scoring your tile will help the tile snap off on your mark rather than past it. Ergonomic comfort grip handles.

Great for taking chunks out of tiles and breaking plates apart for mosaic and craft work. As with ceramic tiles you can use a tile nipper tile cutter or electric wet saw to cut stone tiles. Durable premium tungsten carbide nipper tips for accurate and fast cutting. The qep compound porcelain tile nippers are great all round tile nippers designed for nipping ceramic mosaic and porcelain tiles.

With practice though tile nippers can work quite well on all tiles except for natural stone like marble or granite.