Any tips on cutting PVC sheeting..

[Stitch]

Just about finished the refit on the van, with the last job being to line the bathroom and shower with pvc sheeting. Everything I've read is to use a stanly knife and change the blade regularly. Hmm 3 blades to cut just a foot.. at this rate I'll never get it finished.

Any tips on cutting..?

 

[izwozral]

I have used an electric jigsaw with a tile cutting blade, it doesn't chip the edge.

 

[andyjanet]

Dremel or cheap Homebase one with good disc blade don't forget you goggles

 

[rugbyken]

fine jigsaw blade tape the sheet draw line on tape and cut through tape practise on offcut first

 

[Looser cruiser]

Grinder with a fine stainless steel cutting blade cheap from BQ

 

[witzend]

What ever power tool you use proceed slowly as it easily melts I prefer a good fine tooth hand saw

 

[Deleted member 951]

I used a multitool for the same job after a tip from Streetsleeper.

Worked a treat.

 

[mistericeman]

Guys we regularly work with (covering lab walls with whiteroc sheeting etc) use a circular saw with a fine blade .....

 

[time4t]

I have used a jig saw with a blade that cuts both ways, with the jig on it's fastest speed with no oscillation .

Phill

 

[Stitch]

I have used a jig saw with a blade that cuts both ways, with the jig on it's fastest speed with no oscillation .

Phill

Thanks Phill,

I picked up some Bosch T102H clean cut PVC blades for the jigsaw.. The job has gone from difficult to easy, well apart from the curves....

 

[mistericeman]

Thanks Phill,

I picked up some Bosch T102H clean cut PVC blades for the jigsaw.. The job has gone from difficult to easy, well apart from the curves....

Make sure you take care that the sole plate on the saw is protected from marking the sheet you are cutting (or cut on the back side)....
Nowt more gutting to make a nice cut then find you have damaged the surface in doing so ...ask me how I know .

 

[n brown]

i use a reverse [downward]cutting jigsaw blade with zero pendulum and support the sheet with 6mm ply so i cut through both. for straight lines i use a plunge saw

 

[Stitch]

Turned out to be very easy to cut in the end. Straight lines were not a problem. The bathroom is all curved so not many to cut. One thing I found is if you heat it with a blow gun its very easy to bend, then holds its shape.

 

[rockape]

I used a multitool for the same job after a tip from Streetsleeper.

Worked a treat.

would doesn't like a multi tool