Pros suspended ceiling and drywall use their tape measure utility knife and hands as a cut guide.
Cutting suspended ceiling tiles.
Push out the center of the hole.
Hold your ceiling tile still and line up your ruler along the marked edges.
Place the tile in its spot in the ceiling and cut the edge.
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Press down firmly on the waste to snap the tile along the scored line.
Run your utility knife along the marked line to cut the tile place your cut edges to one side.
Repeat this process with any remaining tiles.
They extend the blade to whatever the measurement is then with the other hand hold the tape on the edge of the tile.
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Tilt up the tile on its edge then cut through the back paper of the tile along.
Complete the cut move the tile so the scored line is aligned with the edge of the work surface and the waste is overhanging the edge.
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With the tile in its position take your knife and make a light incision along the border of the grid.
Use a step ladder to climb up and place the cut section of tile in its spot on the ceiling grid.
Saw slowly to prevent cracking.
In other words this is how we really cut suspended ceiling tiles.