sorry for all the post but got pic tell me what u think

Doing half a brick is awkward at best, as it goes along a gradient of "completely expanded" to "completely solid" with the halfway point still needing water.

If you have as many inverts as my fiancee and I do, it's easier just to throw a three-pack in a bucket and save it for the next time you need it.

*Connie* wrote:

Wow...I have to say. cutting though it with a bread knife is hard! we did that for the cavimanus "semi home" and it took ages!
I never thought to do the whole brick and just put into bags...well its all been used up now with rehoming tonight
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That's exactly what I did, too! LOL

It is hard!!! I ended up smackin myself with the brick on my arm and left some ugly brush burn. I'm using Eddie's method from now on

would a bread knife happen to be a butter knife if so wow you guys got some energy lol

Nope. It's designed for cutting bread

a bread knife has big teeth basicaslly lol

Yes and looks like waves you would draw in 1st grade

O ive never herd of a bread knife i was thinking thats what they called a butter knife in england dont know why

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=bread+knife&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2

lol all of this over a bread knife.

yeaah u cnt really cut anything with a butter knife.... well except butter

U WOULD BE surprised what you can cut with a butter knife lol

Wow, you guys . . . I bet my advice is sounding better and better, huh?

The first time Lori tried cutting a brick, she used a table saw. Yes, a table saw. Apparently it's a LOT easier if you cut it with the grain (i.e., lengthwise), as you'll note that's the direction it flakes when you add water.

ok so I didnt look to see there the grain was hahahaha.
I wont ever do it again...

Anyhoo....

I just smacked mine against the concrete stops and it broke right into. Nothing like brute force to do the trick.