Tile Nippers For Marble

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

Tile nippers for marble.

Make your mark and keep score. 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. Durable premium tungsten carbide nipper tips for accurate and fast cutting.

Wheeled glass tile nippers stained glass mosaic backsplash diy tile working tool with two tungsten carbide scoring wheels 7 8 inch ceramic tile cutting shapping plier tile mosaic nippers. Carbide tips are strong and make cutting easier. For example nippers can be used to cut a notch in the edge of a tile to fit around a pipe or other obstruction. However the tile nipper should not be used for glass tile because it crushes and splinters more glass than it cuts.

If you don t have a wet saw available you can cut stone tile with a manual hacksaw. Using a wet tile saw helps to ensure that you don t shatter the stone or marble tile. 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. The qep compound nipper has twice the power of conventional carbide tipped nippers but with less effort.

Scoring your tile will help the tile snap off on your mark rather than past it. Tilers usually these everyday and are a mainstay tool of any professional. It helps you fit into irregular spaces or around curved objects like pipes or sinks. 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. 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. As with ceramic tiles you can use a tile nipper tile cutter or electric wet saw to cut stone tiles. The modern compound mechanism enables twice the breaking strength of regular tile nippers making these qep tile nippers a great investment.

Get it as soon as fri sep 18. Make quick and easy work of shaping tile with the exclusive hdx tile nipper. For cutting glass mosaic tile you should use a mosaic glass cutter which has wheel shaped blades and cuts more cleanly. 4 2 out of 5 stars 47.

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. The qep compound porcelain tile nippers are great all round tile nippers designed for nipping ceramic mosaic and porcelain tiles. Ergonomic comfort grip handles. Makes irregular cuts on all tile or stone.

Great for taking chunks out of tiles and breaking plates apart for mosaic and craft work.