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- From: fredch@phx.mcd.mot.com (Fred Christiansen)
- Subject: Re: Insulation cutting tool?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.165700.1101@phx.mcd.mot.com>
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- References: <1hnrc6INNal0@usenet.pa.dec.com> <1992Dec29.131127.23572@nrtpa038.bnr.ca>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 16:57:00 GMT
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- In article <1hnrc6INNal0@usenet.pa.dec.com> skk@gsg.pa.dec.com (Stuart
- Kreitman) writes:
- >What's a good,cheap tool for cutting insulation?
-
- In article <1992Dec29.131127.23572@nrtpa038.bnr.ca> Sparky responds:
- >I use a razor knife -- not scraper, but knife ($3.00). Turn the insulation
- >paper-side up on a scrap board. Compress the insulation as you cut it.
-
- Having just insulated all exterior walls and a bunch of interior walls
- for my new DIY house, I can concur with the razor/utility knife
- recommendation. However, I found that the kraft facing tore when I
- cut R-19 batts face up. So, I cut 'em face down, fuzz up on a scrap
- board; worked 1st cut, every cut, no problem.
-
- FYI, some folk have recommend a ginsu knife instead of a utility knife.
- --
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