Coving Question? How do you cut the stuff?

Question

How do you cut polystirene coving without bits crimbling?

Answer 1

also put a strip of masking tape over where your going to cut with blade

Answer 2

Cutting Coving

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Answer 4

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Use the plaster stuff. Get one of those mitre blocks with the saw built in,( they are only about 15 quid now). Use ready mixed cove adheshive in a tub. Try and use a piece long enough to do a full wall with out a joint. If you have to make a joint cut back the surface of both pieces to makea 'v' and fill the gap with cove adhesive so you cant see the join. When you have your piece ready to go up put plenty of adhesive on you coving and with the help of an assistant push into place. Tack in a couple of nails under the cove untill it dries. You will find that if the wall is not flat you will get a gap. Dont worry you can fill this with adhesive of decorators filler. The hardest bit is your corner joints so try to be accurate and take your time. If you are slightly out with your cut you can bodge it slightly with adhesive. Wipe excess adhesive of with a damp cloth before it dries. Good luck. Ps when I say the plaster type, I mean the the sort that is like plaster board. It Is covered with paper, not the plaster like a fire surround. You should get from B and Q or Wicks in packs of 5.

Answer 5

How To Cut Polystyrene Coving

Answer 6

You cant do it without the proper tools so go to a good DIY shop ask them and get the right tools i.e. a mitre and cutter.

Then think very hard about which direction the mitres need to be in.

Be very careful not to leave finger marks on the coving - ideally dont use polystirene use gypsum coving it doesn't damage so easily and always looks better.

Answer 7

hi ya allen may i just say has your polystyrene coving got the paper covering on like the plaster type coving has if not dont put it up it is a load of rubbish . take it back and get the paper covered coving as the polystyrene coving without the paper cover on is very easily marked when you are pressing it up tothe ceiling you get little dints in it where you have pressed your fingers on it . and as for cutting it go to b&q and get a cove easy mitre block they are about a tenner and are very good . you will have to lighly sand the cuts you make no matter what coving you get .. i know this from past experience... hope this helps

Answer 8

from experience a utillity/stanley knife with a new blade will do the trick. mark where you want to cut with a pencil and cut the coving on a flat surface, one half, then turning so you are always cutting with the blade to the flat surface(use a board you dont want to be cutting slices into your floor!) good luck.

Answer 9

Oh My I can't believe I'm gonna say this. Misuse of my husbands tools!
Anyway, I use the hubby's metal cutters, you know those things that almost look like scissors and are for cutting sheet metal. Well they go through cove molding like butter.

Answer 10

get yourself a coving angle at a good diy store and use a saw to cut the coving

Answer 11

depends what sort you get if you get preshaped plaster board type then you need to use the adhesive that is for that type. if you use proper plaster moulding the best sort of adhesive is casting plaster but you would have to work quick as is sets rapid you will also need to scratch the ceiling and wall where the moulding is going to go to give it a key for the adhesive to bond to also you may need to paint the wall and ceiling with pva if the plaster is not painted. it is also handy to have a few nails and hammer handy and some one to give you a hand . hope this is of some help