Covering Nail Holes On Floor Molding

These might be pencil lead size holes caused by finish nails or tiny pinprick holes caused by power brad or finish nailers.

Covering nail holes on floor molding. Bob schmidt shows you how to fill nail holes and caulk your wood trim molding before preparing to paint in your home remodeling project caulking. Trimming to make a custom height. Filling nail holes in trim molding with white wood filler all posts door and window casings painting remodeling 101 last week while filling all the nail holes in the plank ceiling crown molding baseboards and window casings and all the trim moulding i ve been installing i ran out of wood filler and when i went to pick some up i found. You don t want.

You ll just have the nail holes to paint. Nail gun the baseboard or trim to the wall. Cut the baseboard or trim piece to height length. Video demonstrating how to fill nail holes in wood trim molding with painter s putty.

Sometimes nail holes in trim can form a raised edge. It s important to get rid of these edges on the trim or they ll show after you fill the holes scrape the putty knife across the surface of the nail hole a few times to smooth out the area around the hole. Use a putty knife to scrape off any raised fragments around the holes. You won t have paint the baseboard where it meets the floor.

Installing door or window trim baseboards or crown molding always results in nail holes in trim that need filling.