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[handyman]

it says its easy to cut with a stanley knife, then it just snaps..........does it fook!

I have used a jiggy to cut them using up the cheapy SFD blade pack. They blunt quickly (partly cos there pish). Is there a special blade for cutting backer board, or another way of cutting it?

[panlid]

i use a stanly knife unless it is a narrow strip, then i use my cordless circular saw.
for a stanly lightly score it along your straight edge. then remove the straight edge and score again but heavier. then snap.

[dewaltdisney]

On Aquapanel you have to cut both sides through the fibreglass mesh. I use a good heavy duty utility knife and score hard to cut through. It then snaps easily but if it is a thin section you have to nibble it back with pincers.

DWD

[Only-Me]

You can get a tungston carbide tipped thingy from Topps Tiles.

Never used them myself............

Used a tile saw blade in a jiggy.........that lasted a bit longer than ordinary blades.

[handyman]

just ordered some carbide jiggy blades.

Will try a circular saw on it as well.

Thanks for info

[Only-Me]

Turn the circular saw blade around. Heard it works better running the wrong way.

Only on hardibacker kind of stuff mind

[tim'll fix it]

i cut aquapanel with an old hand saw

[bathstyle]

Hardibacker say that you need to score three times before snapping, similar to Aquapanel

[handyman]

i know, thats what I did, and it isnt a nice 'snap', it sort of tears, so isnt a sharp cut

[bathstyle]

You'll never get a perfect cut when you score and snap, where are you using hardibacker anyway?

[jason123]

I used an old handsaw on AP, its concrete based and as others have said the mesh needs to be cut or it gets messy. All the edges looked a bit ragged, but then its not PB is it.

[handyman]

[sjohnstone]

I recently installed Wedi board (cement backer similar to Marmox) in my shower enclosure.

To cut it I stuck masking tape down to mark where I wanted to cut, then simply used a handsaw (with hack saw blade) - I reckoned the smaller the teeth, the less chance the blade would rip the cement face.

...worked a treat.

[bathstyle]

Wedi and Hardibacker are very different products, Wedi is extremely easy to cut in comparison

[handyman]

is the wedi board very light weight?