Prefab wainscot HDF

[rsutoratosu]

So i got talked into putting these in at the house. Looks easy but how do you cut it ?

Its HDF.. I never cut those before. Will it split when I use a table saw ? Ideally I like to make clean cut so table saw would be the best. I figure like other material, I put the blue tape around where Im cutting ?


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[Greenman]

Table saw will cut it. Honestly though, the stuff is 5/16" thick, it's going to look fake and cheesy. I'd just paint before I'd nail that crap to my walls.
Real wainscot isn't that tough to do, a skill saw and a decent chop saw will make short work of it.

 

[olds]

What blade on the table saw?

 

[rsutoratosu]

it actually looks pretty good.. im not gonna waste time putting real ones on, this is just temporary till i get my new kitchen put in.. better than the old crap that was on there..

not sure blade, its a 10" craftsman saw I borrow.. probably not a "fine" blade.. I should swap that out eh

 

[olds]

it actually looks pretty good.. im not gonna waste time putting real ones on, this is just temporary till i get my new kitchen put in.. better than the old crap that was on there..

not sure blade, its a 10" craftsman saw I borrow.. probably not a "fine" blade.. I should swap that out eh

Put a good, new blade on it and place the material finished side up when you cut it.

 

[rsutoratosu]

Ok will do... hopefully it cuts clean

 

[VulgarDisplay]

I was a trim carpenter/framer for about 10 years. Cut that with a skil saw. Use other trim to hide your cuts. Adding additional bullshit wood in looks high end!!!

All depends on if your'e skilled with the skil saw though.

 

[Meghan54]

I was a trim carpenter/framer for about 10 years. Cut that with a skil saw. Use other trim to hide your cuts. Adding additional bullshit wood in looks high end!!!

All depends on if your'e skilled with the skil saw though.

We were cutting some wall board made of the same stuff when we were rehabbing the kennel up on the Cape a couple of years ago. Did what you suggested, used a Skil saw after having no luck with a table saw, but used a reverse tooth blade (?) with great success. Left a very clean cut.

 

[olds]

With a circular saw, the finished side goes down.

 

[Rage187]

I used a tile saw. it looks really good.

 

[marvdmartian]

Just remember, any time you're cutting something like that, and care about NOT chipping up the finish, cut it with a fine tooth plywood blade, finish side up. That's how I did my laminate flooring, and the cuts looked clean as a whistle after I was done.

 

[Markbnj]

Well, regardless of which way the finish faces, there is some chance of chipping it, even with a fine-tooth blade, and even if you tape the line. However, with the pre-fab wainscotting it doesn't matter that much as long as it's minimal. Usually the top horizontal line is covered by a chair rail piece, the bottom horizontal line fits into a slotted baseboard piece. That leaves the two vertical edges. If you're using a full piece then they slot mail-to-female. When you get to a corner and have to trim width, you trim on the edge in the corner and will cover that with a piece of strip molding. So if done properly you never see the cuts anyway.

 

[DrPizza]

I believe they make a special saw blade for HDF. And, cut it outdoors - it's dusty.

 

[Doppel]

I believe they make a special saw blade for HDF. And, cut it outdoors - it's dusty.

I'd use a mask, too. Too many people cut things without masks and that dust is not good from pretty much anything.

 

[rsutoratosu]

yeah I got a bunch of 3m full face masks..

Ill google this reverse tooth blade