How to Avoid Chipping Laminate Flooring When Cutting. Secure a 30-teeth-per-inch jigsaw blade in a jigsaw. Cut along the lines of the notch that meet perpendicular to the edge of the plank with the jigsaw.

Turn the jigsaw slowly 90 degrees to cut along the line of the notch running parallel to the plank edge. Sand all cut edges with 200-grit sandpaper. Pull the low-tack tape off the face of the laminate plank.

REASONS TO CHOOSE LAMINATE Fastest Installation of Nearly All Types of Flooring Laminate is fast. You can install one room of laminate flooring in one day.

Laminate is like a puzzle. There is no mixing of grout or mortar, which also means no messy clean-up. It is fast to cut a laminate plank with a light-duty circular saw or even a hand saw.

Don safety glasses. Set the plank in the vise of a power miter box with the taped side sitting flat on the bottom of the vise. Align the cut mark with the blade of the power miter box. Turn the vise handle clockwise to lock the laminate plank in place.

Cut the plank to length, then loosen the vise of the miter box.Move the plank to a stable worktable with the taped side facing down. Slide the plank until the marked notch overhangs one of the table's edges. Secure the board with two C-clamps. Keep the clamps at least five inches away .