Clean up outside corners with sandpaper. For paint-grade installations, squeeze caulk into the inside corners and any other gaps between the moldings and the drywall surfaces. Fill nail holes with drywall compound or lightweight spackle, not caulk, which tends to shrink when it cures.Wat...
Smooth the joint.Once the caulk is in place, smooth down the caulk with an appropriate tool or rag. Do not use your finger as that might contaminate the caulk, reducing its lifespan. For latex caulk, you can just use the tool/rag and water. For silicone, you may want to use alcohol...
and plan to finish the rest this weekend. The toughest part about installing any molding (baseboard, shoe molding, chair rail, crown molding) is getting all those corners to line up nicely. It’s common to find walls out of square making it ...
You can use a variety of techniques to mask any gaps along the wall where the cabinet ends are visible. Brian applies a bead of paintable caulk at wall/cabinet joints. Another easy method is to add a strip of scribe molding along the edge where the wall meets the cabinet. After these f...
Failing to account for humidity to avoid gaps in your floor The number one mistake homeowners make when installing wood flooring is the failure to account for humidity. The gaps you see in the winter are because your wood is growing and shrinking depending on the humidity levels. A foolproof ...
Once everything is hung, you’ll want to caulk the seams, gaps, and holes before you point. We used white paintable Dap caulk. Use a caulk gun in the following places: Where the crown meets the ceiling Where the crown meets the wall ...
There are three things I did to refinish the ugly formica cabinet: 1) paint, 2) add trim to the doors, and 3) add crown molding. Let’s start with the paint. For my paint, I needed something that was going to really stick. I had read about how chalk paint can be used on any ...
If any caulk got into the gaps, I gently pulled it out with the screwdriver. It was slow-going but not as bad as you might expect. Click here for all of my tips on using caulk! After you’ve caulked and filled the holes and everything is dry, it’s time to sand! This is ...
As you probably read on Green Advisor, three coats of acrylic paint make a pretty good interior moisture barrier and vinyl wallpaper is even better, and it is advisable to insulate wall sockets and light switches and caulk on the inside around windows and baseboards. That old tar paper under...
Board and Batten Step 5: Patch the nail holes and caulk all the seams Patch the nail holes and caulk between the boards and the wall to fill the gaps. Board and Batten Step 6: Paint We chose Sherwin WilliamsHigh Reflective White, and, oh, the difference the paint makes! Make sure to...