So far i ve had suggestions from a saw to a stanley knife.
Best saw for cutting plastic bath panel.
You can either use the saw blade in a gloved hand or rotate the hack saw fixings 9o degrees.
In both of these situations use a hacksaw instead.
Hello all has anyone ever cut a bath panel when tiling.
The best means of testing the panel for cutting is to take a scrap piece of the plastic wall panel and try the tin snips first.
These are used to create larger boards or sheets like for cabinets and signs.
Very easy use a fine tooth saw blade.
But sawing is the best method i think for you cut slowly have the panel supported you can spit on the blade or use parafin to stop it snagging.
One of the most important parts of the bath is the bath panel a rectangle piece of material that is used to hide the underside of the tub and pipes they come in all kinds of sizes and effects such as wood and ceramics depending on the style of the bathroom.
How about sticking some masking tape down the line you want to cut and cut through it with a jig saw.
It s important to know how to fit a wooden bath panel or how to fit a plastic bath panel depending on the material you have chosen.
We have used 3 inch x 2 inch timber in the picture above fig 3 as the larger sizes gives stability and plenty of timber to work with when screwing down to the bathroom floor.
Once the bath panel has been trimmed down use a router to cut a rebate in a strip of timber.
The circular saw is the best ally not only for carpenters but also for any handyman it helps you in the layout of your interior cutting concrete blocks cutting many types of plastics like plexiglass pvc or even polycarbonate sheets however the circular saw is nothing without quality blades.
If you have a metal straight edge you could score snap it.
If so cold some one please point me in the right direction as to what saw is best to use for cutting it.
What s the best way to cut a plastic bath panel down to size.
Fig 5 bath panel fitted to bath.
If it s too soft the plastic will stretch a little when cut with tin snips.
These blades can cut through melamine plywood aluminum plastic wood laminates and veneer.
I have a fein but dont think i will be able to get a nice straight line on the cut with that.
Cut a panel today with a brand new stanley blade and scored the panel lightly then bent off cut and it came off no probs got another one tomorrow except this one is contoured going to try the same thing mark the height of ply and tile and consider adhesive then mark panel and take it off and score hope i get the same result.