How To Cut Nylon Wall Plates

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[@madjustmad3946]

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

[@stevekimlaw]

Great job, that's EXACTLY the video I needed! Now to wait until my wife leaves so I can use her favorite cutting board!!

[@sheabrooks2408]

Excellent work!! You just saved me big time!!! Thank you!!!

[@mistergee3604]

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

[@johnoconnell201]

In the middle of a DYI bathroom renovation I found my new vanity top splash guard covered a small section (bottom right corner) of my wall plate. This cutting method is exactly what I needed. Thank you.

[@markd.422]

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.

[@dnewman00]

Yep, like the other comment the box cutter on a 2023 nylon Leviton just scratched the surface. But, using the scratch as a guide for tin snips, it was a breeze and looked very clean.

[@Rehmster87]

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!

[@joanna0988]

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

[@rondj1965]

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

[@romeo2presley]

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

[@LSinclair]

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

[@shannonr7969]

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.

[@arelyteves5052]

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

[@allison9616]

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

[@taxcat1]

lol--loved that you used Andrea's fav cutting board w hile she was gone. Great video! For being an older home, you have the new modern switch covers! Now I see why you needed this-----how odd that it was right smack next to the door! Here I was picturing a stencil cutter,heat tool, woodburning tool...Great job!

[@beckyb8929]

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.

[@jasonshumaker3630]

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

[@jonshaffer5793]

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.

[@richardhastings367]

Thank you for this posting this amazingly simple solution!

[@juliesigmon5609]

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

[@1goblingreen404]

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.

[@igetlivestory6736]

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

[@peterlivesey9788]

Thanks a lot. This is exactly what I needed.

[@BigAlWillis]

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

[@sherrymilligan-turner2999]

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

[@csludw0]

Very helpful video, thanks for posting!

[@julieannsimms2244]

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

[@scupking]

Awesome. This is what I needed!

[@emmalee4146]

Worked perfectly fine! Thanks

[@badams1897]

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

[@jannamarinakoval6629]

Thank you very much!! The video I needed!

[@imfascine]

Thanks so much! Works like a charm!

[@emeff5786]

Thank you

[@JoeTheDIY]

How would you cut thick composite plastic switch plates?

[@tomaszpilat5840]

Really helpful, thank you.

[@JVegaTrio]

Excellent, well done, sir!

[@2440evan]

Thanks!

[@daijoubu4529]

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

[@paulo26593]

Very helpful 👏

[@ww-town7973]

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

[@speedy210276]

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

[@MiltRodgers]

I'd move the switch ... looks horrible

[@tootsiewhittier1081]

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