DAP DryDex, 8 oz I like this DAP spackling more than any other brand I’ve used. That’s because there is very little shrinkage when it dries, which is important when you’re filling the many nail holes on your new moldings.
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Ken
DAP Alex Plus Painter’s Caulk The caulk I use more than any other to fill the small gaps on and around my molding installations is regular ol’ DAP painter’s caulk. I use it on everything from crown moldings to wainscoting.
Half Bathroom Renovation: Crown Molding Design Change
December 30, 2012
Covering My Mistake with This New (and Better!) Design [This is part of Our Molding Makeover series and my How to Install Crown Molding Series.] Find Inspiration in Your Furniture, Lamps and Other Decor A good place to find design inspiration for…
Excellent Architectural Subordination in Three Parts When readers send us pictures of their work they say we helped inspire, it makes all the time we spend creating content for The Joy of Moldings worthwhile. Dave has been a very earnest…
220, 150 Grain I can hardly imagine sanding a room full of moldings without my inventory of sanding sponges. I have a box full of them. Literally. They help you make quick work of sanding flat-stock moldings and especially moldings…
Federal Style A finial return is an excellent way to terminate a crown molding in a room with vaulted ceilings and an open floor plan. In this expample I used it to terminate a flying crown molding, but you can…
Quick Tip: Vacuum Sanding Dust Right Away
December 18, 2012
Or Else! [This is part of our How to Paint Moldings series.] I learned this quick tip the hard way.
How to Shape Spackling in Difficult Molding Corners [This is part of our How to Paint Moldings series.] The eye is naturally drawn to the intersections of moldings in corners, and so doing a really good job prepping them is…
1/4″ Thick Pre-Cut 2′ X 4′ Sheet When you only need a small piece of 1/4″ thick mdf board for a molding project, you can go to Home Depot and buy one of their pre-cut boards. You pay a premium…
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