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**martinw** · 29-01-2008

had one of those days today!!

our center ran out of spacers for the first time and i quicky ran down local shop to get some before delivery arrived. anyway on dinner me and the 5 assessors were laughing at what they had used if they had ever ran out of spacers on a job before and one assessor (who will remain nameless) actually used 22pence spaggety from supermarket and claimed for the size job that he done he would have saved a good £30 quid. others popular answers were string.

after thinking that they were all crazy i though that i would see if any of you guys had and strange objects that they have used for spacers when ever caught short?

**Dave** · 29-01-2008

hi martin..do you mean rob..i think i remember him mentioning it...
i have used...cardboard......matches.......not spaggetti..lol lol...

**pjc** · 29-01-2008

nails, rivets, i use model making matches anyway they are better than the plastic spacers most guys use

**martinw** · 29-01-2008

well that confirms things 100%, your all blinking mad

**brian c** · 29-01-2008

cardboardfrom tile box.if im caught short with spacers i have cut them in half before.

**whitebeam** · 29-01-2008

I found an old window blind being thrown out on a job it was made up of very thin strip's of wood slats took it apart and used full strips into tile joint's worked a treat

**IvegotsTILE** · 30-01-2008

Cardboard box stripped,matches,rivets anything when you've just run out.

**Fekin** · 30-01-2008

Yep, tile boxes torn up, nails and broken shards of tile glaze when the nails ran out, which was a bit tricky

dptiling · 30-01-2008

i have heard of that before .but it was quite damp on the job and the
spaghetti swelled up and the fella spent ages trying to get it all out

ryanbrown · 30-01-2008

You can get little rubbers that are designed to sit on the end of a pencil.
The taper off like a wedge and these work well for edges.
Better than rubi wedges - because there made of rubber they stay fast even in corners with nothing to support it underneath.

**rob hutchinson** · 30-01-2008

I've also used pallet strapping cut into small pieces - ideal if you are looking for very tight joints when using rectified / calibrated square edge tiles..............................oh and by the way Martin, the spagetti was 23p...Lol

**pjc** · 31-01-2008

used harboard for larger joints before now run timber through a saw and cut it up as well