cutting a high gloss door - possible or not?

I would'nt do it myself!! High gloss mmm, I would put the door upside down and use a circular saw with a nice sharp blade. Ow and good luck

 

Yes it cuts fine with a fine toothed circular saw, cut face down, its just a question of how you are going to finish the cut edge.

 

would cut it close with saw, then finish the last few mm with a router to get a nice clean line.

 

hiyer a plunge saw still cut it face down no need to router the last bit, then edge it with edging tape to match even if it is going up high!

 

Either use a router or clamp it between two pieces of mdf and cut through all three, the mdf on both sides (if clamped nice and tight) will protect the door from breakout. Whatever people say about plunge saws it's still hard to get a really clean cut unless you know what you're doing, and even then a router will give a far better finish.

 

I have cut down white high gloss end panels before. As others have said, cut upside down and use a fine sharp blade in a circular saw.

 

why can't you take it to B&Q ?

personally i'ld router it, seal with PVA then edging strip

 

ive only ever cut 1 on a built in vanity
i used a plunge saw and cut it upside down and it still left some fine chipping so as said above i would recommend finishing off with a router, you would have to plunge through the right hand side working from the face of the door to avoid it breaking out

 

Use a twin flute router bit, doors are only mdf 18mm or 22mm so it will whizz through. As for the size of the bit...i fit kitchens and i know a 12.7mm will be ok but not sure how small you can go. It's up to you if you trim it first, but a staright cut with the router should suffice. Don't cut the full depth in one go...rule of thunb..one cut for half the diameter of the router bit.

 

rule of thunb..one cut for half the diameter
of the router bit.

that only realy applied for a 12.7mm

i.e you could not remove 12.5mm in one pass with a 25mm bit
and you could remove more than 3mm with a 6mm bit

 

They are suggesting routing to tidy the cut, if you go down that road don`t forget to nick the exit edge to avoid breakout.

 

Depends whether its a paint spray finish or the cheaper plastic film type. As long as you are aware of the finish you can cut and edge accordingly.

 

Being as the OP has bought it from B&Q then, It's the standard high gloss white slab doors, plastic coated...
How would he cut it accordingly if it were one or the other??

 

JUst cut it with a circular saw! Easy ! Job done!

 

use a festool plunge saw with guide rail newblade and splinter guard and away you go, pukka finish!

 

As before Sen, just get a fine blade for your circular saw. If there's any chipping, you could either sand using sandpaper and a sanding block or you could even run a block plane across the cut edge.
I usually mark the line the saw's going to take with a stanley knife then cut from the other side. Don't forget if your using the circular saw, to set the blade depth so it's just about 5mm or so through the door.