Cultured Marble Counter Top

ponch37300

i am installing a vanity in a bathroom with a cultured marble counter top that needs to be scribed to the wall. What is the best way to do this? can i use a belt sander? Thanks for any help on this one, i have never worked with this material before.

Tmrrptr

Sure, coarse belt on sander... or use a right angle grinder...
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send_it_all

It machines with regular woodworking tools. I cut cultured marble all the time with a carbide tipped blade in my circular saw.

ponch37300

thanks for the quick replies guys. i appreciate it.

Trimwerx

Its just like working with fibreglass products

troubleseeker

True, but he is probably safer to work to a scribe with a belt or disk sander, as there is less chance of the back edge of the blade causing a chip in the gel coat. If the wall is that bad that the thickness of the splash won't cover the gap, it is not going to be easy to make the splash look good against the wall without a big caulking gap somewhere, some mud work may be in order here.

ponch37300

just wanted to say thanks again guys. The counter top is in a corner that isn't perfectly square so i had to scribe the side of the countertop. Did it just like wood countertop, scribed line and used belt sander. Turned out perfect! Thanks again for sharing your knowledge with me on material i never used before.