How to cut laminate tile.
Cutting vinyl floor with concave blade or straight blade.
Roberts vinyl flooring knife with curved blade is engineered for precision cutting of all types of vinyl flooring.
Wear goggles a dust mask and gloves.
Don t worry about cutting all the way through the plank.
Luxury vinyl plank or lvp flooring is certainly the easiest flooring material to cut and may even be the easiest of all building materials to cut.
Use a pencil or chalk to mark where the line you want to separate the board.
Like board flooring tile should be shaped in straight lines using the proper safety equipment.
It comes with 3 additional blades.
The bosch daredevil is a 10 inch saw blade for laminate flooring that is perfect for cutting laminate floors and countertops.
Place the tile on a stand or hold it steady with clamps.
Using the framing square to guide your blade begin cutting along the marked line at a 45 degree angle.
It is certainly the best saw blade to cut laminate flooring as it is durable and comes with a lifetime warranty.
Designed with a curved heavy gauge high carbon steel blade it ensures cuts without burrs or jagged edges plus superior durability.
With square edge personna blades.
Because it s relatively thin lay flat vinyl can be cut in a single pass with a straight concave or hook blade.
All it takes is a sharp utility knife and for most cuts a straightedge.
All you really is a sharp utility knife and a straight edge after marking where it needs cutting.
The most common tool used for cutting is the utility knife.
The concave blade is better for more precise cutting such as around door frames.
A curve cutting blade a metal cutting blade and a general purpose blade.
Of all flooring types out there today none is as easy to cut and trim as vinyl based flooring.
Be mindful that are some thicker vinyl based may require you to cut or score the line deeper than just one time.
A good example of this is the husky folding knife shown below.
The black decker 3 4 amp navigator combo set is an excellent option.
These may allow you to cut grooves under doorjambs and snugly place the planks underneath.
That s my go to vinyl knife.
Believe it or not that one little thing makes a big difference when you are tucking and cutting tight.
I used to have an old robert s that i loved because it would allow you to set the blade depth a bit shallower than these newer knives will.
You can use the straight blade for general cutting.
Its double edge blade delivers smooth quick perfect cuts.
Cutting luxury vinyl actually involves more breaking than cutting.
Check current prices bosch dcb1072 daredevil 10 inch 72 tooth circular saw blade.
It has a 4600 spm motor and can cut wood metal and plastic.
You should apply a moderate amount of pressure to cut roughly halfway through your vinyl plank.
