I just cut one with a miter saw. It grabbed halfway through, shattered and a piece shot across the room and stuck into the drywall. Be careful if your trying to saw it.

Thank you for this posting this amazingly simple solution!

Awesome. This is what I needed!

Leviton actually makes faceplates with slimmer sides. Amazon has them.

How would you cut thick composite plastic switch plates?

Thank you

Christ! I planned on doing this today, I didn't think of "lead" paint. More sh*t to buy now

Thank you!!! Had no idea how this could be done (changing out our color). Yay!

Thanks, made my own version today ! Others like Blowsome (expensive) en UKpro wetsuite dryer you can not use 'off grid'. This one you can, battery operated.

This guy is super slow and way too talky. Go to 2:38, watch him score the unbreakable nylon wall plate several times, and cut with scissors. My version takes 15 seconds not 5 hours like his

Very helpful video, thanks for posting!

Thanks!

Omg..this is exactly the video I was looking for...thank you so much!

Thank you very much!! The video I needed!

Thank you for saving me more frustration, blood and time! Best to you.

Couple more passes with the knife you would have been done.

Don’t call the pencil a “marking utensil” lol

After watching this I ran right out to Home Depot and bought a Nylon switch plate cover. Tried and tried to cut with kitchen scissors - no dice! Plus it was super hard to score - even more so than an old plastic one. Surface was slipperier and hard to dig in. Your nylon cover looks much more flexible than the one I bought from Home Depot. I will try the hack saw method. ... UPDATE: Can't cut this sucker with a hacksaw. It's hard as a rock. The old plastic cover cuts easier. This nylonone I bought is now all scratched up with its super slick surface. So if you're going to try this, check out the material and see if it looks cuttable/bendable. The one I got at Home Depot not good for this method.

Great video, thank you! One suggestion: Use Yellow (straight) tin snips ... it made it even easier for me. I only scored the polyester to get a line, then cut with snips. I literally took about 1-2 minutes per plate/cover. Your suggestion made it extremely easy and I finished with a quick sanding to smooth out some very minor rough edges. For the $0.05-$0.10 difference, it's well worth it.

THANK YOU! I have been trying to figure out how to custom make a cover and have bought so many expensive wood plates not knowing there is metal on the back it's driving me insane. Don't think you're simple how to do this did not piss me off lol.

This is the only video on how to do this and I am so glad to have found it! Thanks handMAKEmyday for posting.

This worked perfectly...and no mess. Thank you!

Thanks a lot. This is exactly what I needed.

Nice work. As an electrician, I only buy nylon plates now. It is practically impossible to cut those brittle ass plastic plates perfectly.

Very helpful 👏

Worked perfectly fine! Thanks

Thanks so much! Works like a charm!

That glass cutting board is the worst thing for a knife ever. Good video though.

How fast does it dry like this? How many hours?

Thanks. I never would have turned to shears to cut this. I did use a Dremel to get through the thicker end pieces though for a cleaner cut.

Thank you!!! Can’t believe I never thought of this before.

Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks homie!!!

This is awesome - i needed this in my son's nursery. The light switch bumps really close up to the molding. I made the mistake of buying the plastic type. The nylon works PERFECT. Thanks man!

Hi. If you want to build it yourself just google for 'woodprix' . I know you'll find good solutions for your idea.

Ditto, Wally Gee!😂 I need help cutting a wooden outlet cover to butt up against a brick planter. I may use Nylon instead

neat trick & I've had situations where this would have been useful. sometimes with older homes its opening a can of worms if you tinker with the wiring or try to move a box. can get expensive

This is a very good product! I am using it on our staircase in our historic home. It is less toxic and smells like oranges very strong. DO however always wear a respirator! And if in a confined or small area only use with windows open and fans as well.

You can use woodprix, it has the best handbooks and ready instructions. You can learn much from them and make it yourself.

Love the "wife's not home so I'm using her favorite cutting board."

I know that you can get solutions for that on woodprix website. just google 'woodprix' :)))

Excellent, well done, sir!

This just save me from trying to move over my switch, thanks a lot, I broke like 5 of the cheaper overs trying to cut them, thanks again for your video, the nylon covers are the way to go

I'd move the switch ... looks horrible

Really helpful, thank you.

Personally, the hard plastic ones looks better, the nylon/unbreakable ones, being flexible and glossy looks cheap and filmsy even through it's actually the opposite. I suppose for switches, I'll stick to the better looking, breakable ones, and for receptacles, the unbreakable ones

yeh you cant' smell it but after your done an hour or two later you realize you have been poisoned, i worked with citristrip for a short time thinking it wasn't toxis, but later on i felt like i was going to die, stabbing pain in my liver areas nausea headache this is hit IS HIGHLY TOXIC, don't let the label fool you i don't know how many years i have taken off my life or what damage i have done to my liver just hire foreigners to do it it's not worth it, your health is not worth the money

Perfect!

Great video, exactly what I needed. Now I'm gonna have my husband do this to my son's room. Thanks.

Why did you not just move the switch over man. That looks like ugly shit now!!!

I really like this clip. When will you be uploading more videos?