Hi
While highly rating the Laserline autocross should have also mentioned
one of the bathrooms was 39sm2 of very highly glazed,dark,metre long porcelanosa tiles.
On a pre test had difficulty marking these tiles visibly so purchased numerous pencils from places.
Out of the pencils bought only the special RED tile pencil from tt was reliable and worked on this tile surface.
Easy to forget something like a pencil can be differance to having a good or bad start to a job.
Kev

Try chinagraph pencil. Used to use these when I was a chemist for writing on glass jars and the like. I got several still which I use for marking up metal before cutting it. They write on pretty anything smooth where a pencil wont work - use nail polish remover to remove the line when you finished cutting..

Tradetiler!

As above, use when doing wet cuts

use them for wet cutting also

Originally Posted by david campbell

use them for wet cutting also

You really can't beat them 3 weeks of doing it another way has taught me, espeacially when blind as a bat

Can these china pencils fit into a pencil sharpener so you can get a nice fine point?
Sure i had one a while ago and it was more of an oval shape and quite thick.
Cheers

Originally Posted by kaharrison9

Can these china pencils fit into a pencil sharpener so you can get a nice fine point?
Sure i had one a while ago and it was more of an oval shape and quite thick.
Cheers

The ones from Tradetiler can be sharpened as normal pencils can..

Special Tile Pencil - Red


This pencil will even mark damp tiles.

Bright red colour is easy to see against nearly all colours of tile, especially dark tiles where the graphite pencil is not so visible

Will easily rub off after use

Can be sharpened in the normal way but is a softer lead than the graphite pencil

Special Tile Pencil - Graphite



Special Tile Pencil - White

Did a job a few weeks back sort of bamboo effect ceramic, chinagraph was hopeless ( its what I normally use ) got a squeezy tipex pen from tesco which worked ,a treat really fine point and bright white which showed up well on these tiles. This was a relief as cust. wanted me to cut round WC and I could not see either the red or blue chinagraph and I got clubcard points too boot.