2006-09-23 04:48:56 · 5 answers · asked by Eric T R 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
If you want a near perfect connection in the corners of a room, you almost have to cope your molding. Go ahead and cut your molding at the 45 degree angle that is necessary, right or left, then with a pencil point edge, mark the outer edge of the outside of the molding, the part you will see. Then you get a coping saw, a smallish fine cut bow saw. and cut along that line, removing the edge that has been sawed off without removing the edge that you want to match. I suggest you look at a book or something, it is harder to explain than it is to do.
2006-09-23 09:29:34 · answer #1 · answered by Polyhistor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I assume you meant 'copy' crown molding. It depends on the kind of molding. In the old days, and especially on the east coast of the US, molding is mostly made from plaster of Paris, applied by highly skilled artisans with trowels that have the cross section of the desired molding cut into them. It is a -very- difficult skill to learn, and sadly, not many plasterers are left to help you out. The one exception is the film industry, which uses plaster for the creation of movie set details (look at the credits of a movie and you will probably see the term 'plasterer' in them. These folks make all sorts of needed details in a set, from moldings like yours to rocks, to details on space ships. Plaster is cheap and versitile)
If the molding in question is made from wood, you should try to get a sample of the molding you need copied and visit a very good lumberyard with a 'mill'. Mills can reproduce most molding patterns from tooling they already have in stock. A few even have sophisticated computerized routers that can reproduce any molding design from a sample. Before you try that, try to find a standard molding at a builders supply or lumberyard and buy that. Custom milling is horribly expensive.
2006-09-23 05:01:32 · answer #2 · answered by john s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eric, coping is difficult to explain. Cut your moulding with the same vertical cut as normal. However, the horizontal cut is reversed to provide a patter to cut by. Then cut down the vertical cut but on a 45 degree angle in the opposit direction. If you don't understand go to Lowes or Home Depot and look at a manual.
2006-09-23 06:09:48 · answer #3 · answered by Roger R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i exploit a jigsaw. yet in a pinch i might try a rotozip. yet you bigger be sturdy at it. Do a prepare piece first that is clamped down. Watch those arms. the final gadget for the final activity. A rotozip has its place.
2016-10-17 12:20:23 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get some wood putty to fill in the cracks and holes, then paint it. If it is too bad, you can replace it.
2006-09-23 04:59:13 · answer #5 · answered by BMac 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋