What can I cut rubber mats with?

[holeymoley]

I know some people have used Stanley knives for cutting their matting but I doubt it would go through mine. I have the old heavy stuff that takes two people to move a 6x4! Thinking about halving to make them 3x2 which would be much more manageable. What would get through it? A jigsaw?

 

[sport horse]

I think when mine were fitted they used a stanley knife. I guess you score down the line then bend and keep cutting into the crack? Job for two strong people!!

 

[Follysmum]

I have some of the really heavy black mats 18mm and hubby managed to trim mine with a Stanley knife. They are really heavy and need two people to move them

 

[HappyHollyDays]

I cut my heavy mats with a Stanley knife. Work out where you need to cut, curl the mat over so the bottom side is showing and start cutting, hopefully in a straight line. The pressure of having the mat curled over makes it much easier.

 

[paddy555]

I know some people have used Stanley knives for cutting their matting but I doubt it would go through mine. I have the old heavy stuff that takes two people to move a 6x4! Thinking about halving to make them 3x2 which would be much more manageable. What would get through it? A jigsaw?

a jigsaw. We have moved them easily by attaching welding clamps or carpentry G clamps to the edges and then they are easy to drag. If you don't have those then something similar may help to provide "handles" to move them with. I would not see any problem with drilling a hole in each corner and then threading thin rope through to make a "handle"

 

[dogatemysalad]

Stanley knife here too. Ours are thick and nearly 20 years old.

 

[scats]

Stanley knife. My dad comes to do mine as I am not good with sharp objects (ended up in A&E once when I nearly cut my thumb off).

 

[Keith_Beef]

The thicker, heavy duty Stanley knife blades N°1992 should do it.

So would a jigsaw, but you'd need to lift your panels onto a table or workbench of some kind, or slide some thick planks under the sheet to raise it off the floow by a bit more than the length of the blade. Use a slow speed, to start, so that friction against the blade doesn't melt the rubber (I don't know what temperature this material can stand).

 

[holeymoley]

Great thanks guys, wouldn’t have thought a Stanley knife could do it but I’ll give it a go x

 

[Louby]

Ive got the old thick heavy ones too and have used a stanley knife but the blade wasnt sharp last time we did it so we tried a saw and it was fab!! It wasnt a big long one, it was a shorter chunkier one, infact it was old and rusty lol but did the job great

 

[cobgoblin]

My mats are 45mm thick.. I used a Stanley knife. Cutting was no problem but you'll need plenty of spare blades.

 

[vmac66]

Another one for a Stanley knife

 

[PurBee]

Try the curved carpet fitters stanley hook blades rather than straight blades....theyre extremely effective!

https://www.screwfix.com/p/hooked-utility-knife-blades-10-pack/3410v?_requestid=307906

Im using them for cutting side walls off rubber tyres for a project. Can do 20 tyres before the blade needs changing.