they are white wooden moldings...would like to avoid nail plugs as it is quite difficult to get it right...want to have the moldings flush against the floor and then you need to apply some pressure on them...drilling at the same time becomes difficult....but maybe it's the best solution or?
I typically use PL600, then it's possible to remove the moldings if needed. That and a few brads usually solve the problems.
/Kent
/Kent
Well, you can use it to hold the trim while the glue dries, the small nail obviously won't go into the concrete, but sometimes you can get it just enough so that the trim doesn't shift during the drying time. PL600 grabs pretty quickly but achieves full strength after a day or so.
/Kent
/Kent
Does not really help TS, but these are great! They work well in lightweight concrete at least
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It's really exciting when, as here, you have mixed materials in the walls. In some places lightweight concrete, and in others real concrete. The temporarily installed molding in the hallway is held with a mixture of those molding nails and screws and plugs. Molding nails are convenient where they work, but screws and plugs actually work quite well too. You just have to plan a bit to avoid drilling too many times.Alfredo said:
I have installed baseboards and moldings with baseboard nails. Works well as long as you drive the nail where the molding is flat and not in the middle of a profile, which you can easily do with finish nails. It's quite difficult to get enough force to countersink the nail with a nail set.
However, with baseboard nails, just like with nail plugs, you need to drill while holding the molding, which TS didn't want (even though I didn't personally find that to be a problem), but he should have gotten the moldings in place by now, so I'll leave this for others with the same question to read. I probably would have used nail plugs if I were to reinstall the moldings; mainly because it's easier to countersink since the nail plug has a screw head.
However, with baseboard nails, just like with nail plugs, you need to drill while holding the molding, which TS didn't want (even though I didn't personally find that to be a problem), but he should have gotten the moldings in place by now, so I'll leave this for others with the same question to read. I probably would have used nail plugs if I were to reinstall the moldings; mainly because it's easier to countersink since the nail plug has a screw head.