How To Cut Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic Textured Wall Paneling

Moldings can be cut with aviation snips or a miter saw.

How to cut fiberglass reinforced plastic textured wall paneling.

Fiberglass is hard and will quickly dull any wood cutting blade. Try swivel head shears sheet metal shears or table shears. Put on your safety glasses and dust mask to protect your eyes and lungs while you work. Do not push the blade along the cut this will damage the frp panel.

Leave a 1 4 inch expansion joint at the top and bottom of each panel and a 1 8 inch expansion joint. 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. Lay panels next to one another on the wall. 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.

Frp looks like it should be really easy to cut but the fiberglass component makes it much harder. Don t try to cut the frp all the way through. Transfer this measurement to a sheet of fiberglass wall paneling and. An electric stapler speeds the installation of molding on drywall.

Use handheld electric shears to trim or cut thin panels. Draw the opening on the panel with a pencil and mark the center with an x. 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 can use a jigsaw to cut the fiberglass paneling if you use a blade made for cutting metal.

Put a swivel head shear blade into the hole and cut the opening out. Aline the jaws of the blades so they can bite down on the edge of the frp. For a better cut use a clamp to hold the panel in place. Cut the panels to fit the space with a fine toothed saw or a pair of shears for small areas.

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. The jigsaw will work better than some other saws if you need to saw curves in the panel. Drill a hole into the x. You will need to cut a rectangular hole in any panel that needs a light switch plumbing pipe or other opening.

A drill and hammer are required for installing rivets.