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My uncle saw me using a regular hammer on a tile job and said 'you're gonna crack every one of those.'
I was putting up a kitchen backsplash in my condo and just grabbed my old claw hammer to tap the tiles into place. He came over, took one look, and handed me his rubber mallet instead. I switched tools right away and didn't have a single tile break. Has anyone else had a simple tip save a whole project like that?
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mark36121d ago
Yeah, that "weird kind of creativity" line is spot on. I read a whole article once about how using the wrong tool can actually teach you more about the material you're working with, like how much force it can take. But for something like tile, where a crack ruins the whole piece, that lesson gets expensive real fast.
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xena_fox3921d ago
Oh man, that's the kind of mistake I'd make. I once tried to use a butter knife as a screwdriver, and let's just say the screw and I both lost that fight. A rubber mallet is a total game changer for tiles, your uncle was spot on. It's wild how the right dumb little tool makes all the difference.
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park.abby21d ago
Okay but sometimes the wrong tool is half the fun though (or at least a good story). That butter knife fight probably taught you more about screw heads than a real screwdriver would have. I get the whole "right tool" thing for serious jobs, but for quick fixes, using whatever's nearby feels like a weird kind of creativity.
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