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Discuss The little things...... in the Tiling Forum at TilersForums; What's your favourite thing that just makes things a little easier? For years I would have said my washboy...... but now I just love those wedge shaped spacers. Really I ...
          
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    What's your favourite thing that just makes things a little easier?
    For years I would have said my washboy...... but now I just love those wedge shaped spacers.
    Really I started this thread hoping to discover something handy that I'd never thought about before!

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    A set of 365 drills for me, i cant imagine working without them now.
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    a washboy and wedge shaped spacers for me too

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    How about this for a weird one.... A stanley putty knife.oh boy never away from me tiling.scraping around tiles.pushing more addy in at corners.lifting tiles.brilliant and well made.good stuff stanley.
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    I think my Flex is the most important bit of equipment I have, without it I would be lost. Life is made so easy these days with modern little toys

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    flex?

    said it before,those wedges are a god send.

    rubi sponges..love them.
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    365 drills for me
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    And whats little about a washboy lads? Lol
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    yes,the 365 drills aswell.

    Fein Multimaster is a good tool but bits are rather pricey imo.
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    my burta grout cleaning machine, it saves my knees,and it's therapeutic just going up and down ,getting cleaner and cleaner

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    not the most important tool but I am so glad I brought a pack of 100 'stanley knife blades', (fiver from trade Tiler) kept me going for a couple of years now and still good for a couple more

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    Quote Originally Posted by faithhealer View Post
    not the most important tool but I am so glad I brought a pack of 100 'stanley knife blades', (fiver from trade Tiler) kept me going for a couple of years now and still good for a couple more
    Lol i am still using blades from Tradetiler which i bought a while back...and i have lots of Stanley knives
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    same here, to me the stanly blade is a major tool for my mosaic cutting i use load's of blades in a year,i buy mine off the sunday marcket

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    Quote Originally Posted by brian c View Post
    flex?

    said it before,those wedges are a god send.

    rubi sponges..love them.

    Angle Grinder with a Turbo diamond cutting blade. Flex is what we call them this side of the water.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gooner59 View Post
    same here, to me the stanly blade is a major tool for my mosaic cutting i use load's of blades in a year,i buy mine off the sunday marcket
    You really mean the car boot
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    ye i know, thats why i go through so many mate!!

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    Default Re: The little things......

    sexy little wedges and flexi gorilla tubs....cheap enough to replace if you're in too much of a hurry to clean 'em

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    yes i forgot grilla tubs only £4 in wicks

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    another handy gadget, that I've never heard mentioned on TF is a "small tool" (calm down Wivs) often called a craft tool, great for flicking out those spacers that snap off when you're trying to take them out, scraping addy that's oozed through joints, getting grout into those really awkward paces

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    Default Re: The little things......

    I got a dewalt vacume this year DC500 it good for getting the dust up before tiling and at the end of the day.It runs well on my drill batts the lead could do with being a bit longer but i would not be without it now

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    300mm steel rule ,also use it to clean addy away from edges/excess inbetween tiles

    my 24ltr washboy ,with tradetiler semented floaty spongy

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    my variable grinder, and my flex polisher

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    A diamond file is a gem on porcelain tiles. Forgive the pun

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    my micro fibre glove mitts for washing down and polishing.

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    Fein Multimaster. I can't be without it on flooring jobs for cutting the architraves and door stops
    I feel the need, the need for speed!

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    May get away without other bits of kit, but could anyone live without their trowels ?

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    a bottle of whisky !!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by bootle20 View Post
    where do you find these machines
    Trimline sell them listed at around the £2000 mark
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    PTB not having to butter them backs

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