Cutting a Rubber Stall Mat?

[gigem95]

Anyone ever do this before? Can I just use a circular saw with a standard wood cutting blade? Thanks.


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[Bayouboy]

Razor knife is what I use.

[STX_Shooter]

I used a 6 piece rubber gym puzzle mat I ordered from Amazon, it’s a 4x6 I had to trim the edges a bit and I used razor blade knife. The mat was less than $19 and knife I got it at harbor freight for a few bucks awhile back. It’s held up pretty good so far.

[Trapper76]

If you fold it over, the bent side cuts like butter with a sharp knife.

[Burnadell]

Razor knife.

[gigem95]

Here’s what I’m trying to do. Our warehouse floor has a pretty big lip at top of ramp and I’m afraid it will destroy our forklift tires going in and out. Thinking a strip of 3/4” stall mat might solve the problem.




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[BrandonA]

How are you going to hold strip in place

[Codie]

razor knife will cut it as accurately as the operator of the razor knife can cut. I drew lines on the mat with a paint marker and cut down the line with a razor knife and it worked great. You will want to sink some screws through the mats with rubber washers to keep the mat from moving around on you.

[dclifton]

We go over stuff way worse than that on our forklift every day. We have several transition and a aspahlt holey driveway we go through daily. We have hard surface tires and they have help up fine on 2 forklifts for the last 10 or so years. Now that being said its rough!

[cricman]

I used a jigsaw and a coarse blade (I think it was 6 or 8 TPI) to cut stall mats for bedliners. Worked great. Set the saw's orbital action for an aggressive stroke. You could also try a Bosch rubber cutting jigsaw blade.


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[44mAG]

just use a box cutter. Once you get the initial score in place, it will only take 2 or 3 passes to cut through. Makes a precise clean edge.

[gigem95]

How are you going to hold strip in place

Good question. Was hoping it would be heavy enough to stay put.


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[Codie]

Good question. Was hoping it would be heavy enough to stay put.


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It wont be heavy enough to stay put. You will need to sink a few masonry screws through it to keep it from moving on you. OR you can cut your strip and then counter sink masonry screws through a strip of curved wood edging to hold it tight against the lip of the concrete.

[Mojo]

utility knife after chalk marks...basically you score it several time and bend it at the score and keep on cutting...did it with a horse mat for my pickup bed mat

[gigem95]

Thanks all!


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