how do you clean your tiling spacers

[bobbynz]

Stick them in a bucket of diluted spirits of salts for a day or two and the crap will just fall off. mind you i've had spacers last me years just by reusing them. Normally just crack and crumble any addy off whenever I come across one thats a bit narly. Or just chuck them. A small bucket of 5000 can last for ages.
Isn't it funny how a thread about some poxy spacers can really take off. We really need to get out a bit more ay fellas.:yikes:

 

[b30 villain]

spacers what are they:yikes:i use kitchen matches:lol: oh and the cardboard the tiles come in

 

[Muse2k8]

I get my missus to sit down infront of the soaps using one of them small dental brushes to scrub em clean. Shes allowed a 20 minute break for every 6 hours she works unless it's to make me a cuppa.

 

[Fliselege]

I'd forgotten about spacers, what a pain in the wotsit, save them, go to use one and it's got glue on it, ever dropped a brand new bod in a full bucket of glue? Not good. Now I use (directly translated) tile string. Comes in 1,2,3,4 & 5 mm, takes seconds to pull it out, run it through your hand as you wind it up and all the glue falls off, and when the string is in you can see easily if the tiles don't look 100% straight.

 

[Time's Ran Out]

You'll have to post a picture of this product or are we in April already!

 

[Fliselege]

You'll have to post a picture of this product or are we in April already!

Ha ha no I'm serious I'd never seen let alone used it while in UK, I'll take a pic tomorrow at work and attempt to post it. Or you could look at my wholesalers site (flisekompaniet.no) and type "flisesnør" in search box

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Is everything in Norway prefix'd with Flise...........:lol:
I'll definitely have a look.








Unfortunately my French isn't that good!

 

[Gazzer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qfUI4aFCzH8#t=7s<a href="http://www.flisekompaniet.no/privatkunde/filmer-hvordan-legge-fliser/hvordan-fuge-fliser" target="_blank">[video=youtube;qfUI4aFCzH8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=qfUI4aFCzH8#t=7s[/video]

 

[hillhead]

I know a few guys who use string regularly, especially on splashbacks.
Very quick and effective and yes, reusable.

 

[White Room]

The string keeps the joints clean...

 

[Fliselege]

Flis means tile so most things I say are prefixed with it timelessjohn!
And thanks to sir ramic for posting the video, I wasn't looking forward
to trying to upload a picture, not too hot with technology...

 

[Alan M]

do you still have to use normal spacers in between on the vertical edges

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Flis means tile so most things I say are prefixed with it!
Bonjour.

:lol::lol::lol: now I just need you to translate the other 300 pages.

 

[Fliselege]

No Alan I might space out the first row using the string but the rest is done by eye

 

[Muse2k8]

:lol::lol::lol: now I just need you to translate the other 300 pages.

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