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Rachele

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 12:57 am    Post Subject:
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...Please help. Need to cut some mirror tiles to fit round a plug socket ....have tried glass tile cutters and keep breaking the tiles! hundreds of years bad luck! any advice?....or do you know who will cut them for me? (Birmingham area) icon_sad.gif
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score the line with the cutter then ninnle the waste out with a pair of pliers SLOWLY and in small peices

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When you cut it seal the ends, else dampness will take the backing off.
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Cutter wheel not blunt is it?

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