Cutting Plastic Laminate Sheets

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Cutting plastic laminate sheets.

Find laminate sheets at lowe s today. Choose surface designs like stone look patterns abstract and wood laminate sheets. The formica should break off and leave a good cut. Then grip the wasted area of formica and lift it up slightly.

You can use several tools to cut laminates including a. Plastic laminate is surprisingly easy to cut. Cutting an assembled laminate countertop is a little trickier and this is best done with power tools and great care. Place identical pieces next to each other and allow pieces that are close in size to share edges as well cutting them a little larger if needed to make the fewest cuts possible.

Use your straightedge and utility knife to cut along the line as accurately as possible. Sheets are typically 1 16 inch thick and are usually installed on a substrate of plywood or medium density fiberboard with contact cement. Cutting plastic laminate sheets plastic laminate can chip or peel over time particularly along the edges of a countertop. Laminate sheets come in every color and pattern imaginable.

Cutting a sheet laminate by itself is best done with tin snips or aviation snips provided you re cutting it oversize and will trim it later. Cutting away this piece of laminate countertop and replacing it with a new. Shift the score line to the table edge and break the laminate again. To cut formica with a circular saw start by measuring the area you want to laminate with a tape measure and mark the cutting line on the formica with a pencil.

Then put masking tape on the cutting line lay the formica on a flat surface and cut along the lines. You can do it with a circular saw a jigsaw a router or even some hand tools. Turn the laminate one quarter turn and align the square along the next cut line. Use the utility knife first as it will provide a good clean cut.

You can really get the look you want solids metallics multicolored even soft pinks and bright reds. Repeat for any additional cuts. Step 4 cut the sheet. Sketch out your laminate sheet on paper and draw in the pieces you intend to cut from a single sheet.

Draw all pieces at least inch larger in all directions than is actually needed. Cutting 96x34 or any size sheets of pfl with a straight edge and a trim router.