Scuffed Up Cabinet Floor Molding

Alcohol won t harm most finishes but it will dissolve shellac.

Scuffed up cabinet floor molding.

Baseboard molding helps to dress up any room. For example if the side of a cabinet measures 22 by 34 inches cut. Use the long points of the miter. I used the same finishing nails i used on the floor.

Old marked up molding can have the opposite effect of clean molding however. Yup we got a little trim. Now that the floor is down you can add any trim molding that is needed. This part also known as the toe kick is often shimmed up off the floor to level the cabinet.

The finish is designed to match your kitchen decor. As you read in last week s day in the life post we recently tackled the add trim to the hooter and the hotter office desk project the basic game plan was to add some simple baseboard or molding to the bottom of our cabinets so they looked more like built ins. Kitchen cabinet base molding runs around the base of the cabinets where they meet the floor. You can touch it up later photo 7.

Using a starter or riser molding in conjunction with a crown molding also provides the ability to better disguise an uneven ceiling as one end of the crown molding may be mounted. This filled the gap between the rest of the molding and the wall. A starter or riser molding is mounted to the cabinet top in order to simulate an extension of the cabinet box allowing the crown molding to be installed higher. Cut a piece of molding for each measurement.

Place the molding face up on the miter saw fence. If there s paint slopped onto the edges of your trim or spattered on the surface now s the time to clean it off. Don t worry if some of the finish comes off. Although baseboard molding is an essential component of a truly polished look most people don t give it a second thought that is until the baseboard gets scuffed or the paint starts to chip.

I used 1 4 round shoe molding. This will only work where the floor boards are parallel to the wall. Then i taped up the floor and painted the molding. Instead you could remove the base molding install the new floor then reattach the base molding or install new molding on top of the new floor.

Cut up some spare pieces of flooring to fit in the gap. A rag dampened with denatured alcohol will remove most paint spatters photo 1. It can make your room seem tired and dingy. Whether you re into modern clean lines or sophisticated historical reproductions baseboard molding can be the icing on top of your delicious decor.