How To Cut Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic Textured Wall Paneling

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How to cut fiberglass reinforced plastic textured wall paneling.

Transfer this measurement to a sheet of fiberglass wall paneling and. You can use a jigsaw to cut the fiberglass paneling if you use a blade made for cutting metal. Leave a 1 4 inch expansion joint at the top and bottom of each panel and a 1 8 inch expansion joint. Sometimes referred to as a skill saw the circular saw works well if you re cutting a straight line and if you re using a blade with fine teeth.

A drill and hammer are required for installing rivets. Moldings can be cut with aviation snips or a miter saw. Put a swivel head shear blade into the hole and cut the opening out. Put on your safety glasses and dust mask to protect your eyes and lungs while you work.

Lay panels next to one another on the wall. Use handheld electric shears to trim or cut thin panels. How to cut a fiberglass wall covering for bathroom paneling. The jigsaw will work better than some other saws if you need to saw curves in the panel.

Draw the opening on the panel with a pencil and mark the center with an x. Place the sharp edge of the utility against the cut edge of the frp tilt the blade on a 15 degree angle and drag the knife along the cut to remove any burr remaining from the cutting process. Cut the panels to fit the space with a fine toothed saw or a pair of shears for small areas. Do not push the blade along the cut this will damage the frp panel.

Don t try to cut the frp all the way through. Try swivel head shears sheet metal shears or table shears. Scribe and snap in a pinch you can just slice into the panel with a good sharp knife and then fold back and forth along the slice. Fiberglass is hard and will quickly dull any wood cutting blade.

Frp looks like it should be really easy to cut but the fiberglass component makes it much harder. Panel adhesive can be applied with a notched trowel included with some adhesives or a homemade notched trowel cut from a scrap of frp. You will need to cut a rectangular hole in any panel that needs a light switch plumbing pipe or other opening. Whether you want to trim off the end of a panel or create a cutout in the middle use electric shears when working with thin pieces of frp.

Drill a hole into the x.