I used a 60 tooth Diablo blade on my circular saw with good clean cuts. I cut the planks upside down. I also wore a dust mask and face shield.


Retired guy from Southern Manitoba, Canada.

 

Probably what's considered a crosscut blade - 60 tooth for 10"; 40 or so for a 7-1/4" (I haven't bought a 7-1/4" blade for so long, I forget the typical tooth counts).



Don't bother with an expensive blade, though. You'll be throwing it away when you're done. It seems the plastic coating melts onto the blade or something, but after doing my kitchen of about the same size, the blade I used was smoking through 1x4s.

 

I had to count mine. It’s a 7 1/4” blade. I bought to cut LP Smartside panelling for a total house renovation two years ago. Had no issue with melting on the blade from cutting laminate. I guess this depends on laminate construction. I still use this blade to this day. Still cuts great.


Retired guy from Southern Manitoba, Canada.

 

I heard high tooth count was good, so I bought a 120 tooth plywood blade for my 4 1/2 mini-circular saw. I'll see if I can't test it out today; gotta get husband or kidlet to move all the wood piled on every possible work surface in the garage atm lol

 

More teeth gives you smoother cuts, but blades with less teeth cut faster. That's why the 40 tooth 10" blades are labeled as either construction or rip blades, while 60 is combination or crosscut, and 80 or 100 is fine finish. 120 and above are generally known as plywood blades, because they are supposed to be able to cut cabinet grade plywood without chipping the veneer (doesn't work -always use masking tape for that).

 

I used mostly my table saw, with a combination blade (about 50 tooth). Cuts looked fine.

 

My choice is whatever blade I already have that's already close to wrecked.

 

All of the cut ends will be hidden, so just use a regular framing blade.

 

I use a jig saw so I don't make a cloud of dust. Bosch has some thick blades that don't wobble and also use a blade with teeth pointing down to minimize cut splinters. And just cut from face up without any scratches. Bosch laminate cutting blade is very good for smooth/relatively splinter free cuts. Circular saw if cutting rips along long pieces. Also cut face up. I use about 40 tooth blades and plastic laminates don't chip much. Wood laminates also because of the grain direction.