Using a wet saw, so won't see pencil marking, nor will white chalk work
- water from saw will wash chalk off. Only other thing I could think of was perhaps a tippex pen, though seems an expensive alternative??
Marking tiles would be no issue it they were all straight cuts, but some will need curves cut, i.e. using saw to 'nibble' tile to the curve (if that makes sense).
Any ideas?
many thanks
Irwin
I've always used a chinagraph pencil. I guess it's a bit like a crayon.
=============================== A CD marking pen might work. It will write on the tile and won't wash off too easily.
Cic.
Stick masking tape on the tile and mark that. I do that with wood panels when I don't want to mark the wood.
Chinagraph pencil or wax crayon.
Many thanks gents, certainly less expensive solutions than a tippex pen, bloodly tiles cost me a fortune anyway - that's what you get for letting the missus pick them!
chinagrah pencil - what was used before permanent pens came about. I had those handing around from Army map days .... but if you are stuck use a yellow wax crayon.
I've used a reed felt tip pen, or sometimes a blue one, on slate.
Use one of those yellow marker pens
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WH Smiths used to sell chinagraphs. I used them as lot as a driving instructor - had diagrams in plastic display book and scribbled all over them as needed. Just don't leave them in the sun inside the car or the insides all run out.
Funnily enough I went to WH Smiths, couldn't find chinagraphs, nor crayons, but did find a semi-permanent liquid chalk pen!
Chinagraph pencils are the answer but they are hard to find. I buy online.
My local small stationary shop had them last time I looked. Luckily I've got a stock from tape editing days. ;-) Including a super propelling one - but can't get re-fills.
Regular ones are used for marking out cancers on X-rays, so are eminently available.
DG
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