steve9999

are the ruby porcelain nippers good for acurate nipping of porcalain around toilets etc. and do they work on all porcalain tiles.

Dave

I've never used them steve so can't comment......i just use standard rubi nippers and they work fine...

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paulmsd

are you on about the ones that look like metal cutters

steve9999

yes they are metal and orange in colour

paulmsd

i brought some of those about 2 years ago
found them rubbish
still sitting in the bottom of my tool bag waiting to find some use for them

sWe

Regular nippers work just fine on porcelain if you use the correct technique. You're supposed to just grip the tile lightly with the nippers, and then break away small pieces with a flick of the wrist. Far more accurate than the scissoring action I've seen many use, and it carries less risk of damaging the tile. Cleaner break as well.

If you need to break away a thinner piece than your cutter can handle, just score the tile with the cutter and use the nipper wrist-action I described. With a little practise, you can break away really long, thin pieces in just one movement which takes only seconds.

I almost only use scissor action nippers on mosaics.

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steve9999

ok do they not work well or do you just use general purpose rubi nippers for porcalain floors and do the standard ones work for cutting around toilets??

Dave

Standard nippers will be fine steve.....

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steve9999

ok thanks for the advice

whitebeam

Same as

"Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes"

sWe

It's easy to damage the tile with the scissor action nippers. The do have uses, but that nieche is quite slim. General purpose nippers are almost always better. And the finish with certainly be neater.

I tend to prefer nippers with an offset jaw. They allow for more control in my opinion.

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dptiling

the springs broke on my pair.
as well as nippering tiles , i often nipp my hands . happy days