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Pro tip: a finisher in Dayton got me to stop cutting tack strip with a dull blade
I used to just push through with whatever blade was in the knife, but a guy on a 900 sq ft job in Dayton told me I was crushing the pins and making the strip sit proud. Swapped to a fresh blade every other room and my stretch lines got way cleaner, though I know some folks would say that's overkill. What's your go-to for tack strip, or do you just run it till it quits?
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evancarter5d ago
Crushing the pins and making the strip sit proud" sounds like a good story but I've run plenty of strip with a blade that was well past its prime and never saw that happen. A dull blade tears up the strip more than anything, it doesn't magically bend the pins. A fresh blade every other room on a 900 sq ft job is a lot of blades for not much payoff. Swapping when it actually starts dragging makes more sense than some fixed schedule.
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