How To Make Trim Cover Up Floor Gaps

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How to make trim cover up floor gaps.

About the author specializing in hardwood furniture trim carpentry cabinets home improvement and architectural millwork wade. Trim the pieces to length and fill in gaps with paintable silicone caulk. Use it primarily for finished wood trim as a finishing touch to cover gaps or shortcomings up to about 1 8 inch wide. It is available in colors to match almost any stain.

You can quickly cut the trim down to size by making a square cut with a miter saw. Putty crayon quickly camouflages a bad joint. The overlapping edges on the ends of the t molding cover the gaps. When you first install baseboards and quarter rounds there will likely be some gaps that will ruin th.

Use the 0 degree setting on the miter to slice through the ends of the trim opposite of the miter cuts.