The time I used a pizza cutter to fix a vinyl plank edge

I was doing a small laundry room in a 1950s house, and the last plank needed to be trimmed to fit this weird, curved bump-out by the plumbing. My utility knife blade was toast, and the homeowner was breathing down my neck because her washing machine delivery was in an hour. In a panic, I spotted a cheap pizza cutter on her kitchen counter. I figured, what's the worst that could happen? I cleaned it off, put down a straight edge as a guide, and just rolled it hard along the plank. To my shock, it scored the vinyl perfectly and gave me a clean break line. I finished the cut with the knife and it snapped right off. The homeowner just stared and said, 'Well, that's a new one.' Has anyone else ever used a completely wrong tool in a pinch that actually did the job?

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joel5362mo ago

Wait, isn't that basically just a rolling blade? I've used those for vinyl before, so maybe it wasn't that far off. Still, using a kitchen tool is pretty clever in a pinch.

the_diana2mo ago

Why do so many good fixes, like @joel536 said, come from using the wrong tool for the job?

kim.hannah1mo ago

One time I used a butter knife to pry off a stubborn baseboard because my pry bar was in the truck and I was too lazy to walk back out. It bent a little but actually worked better than the real tool since it was thinner and didn't dent the drywall. My buddy still makes fun of me for it, but that baseboard is still holding strong two years later.