Scuffed Up Cabinet Floor Molding

A rag dampened with denatured alcohol will remove most paint spatters photo 1.

Scuffed up cabinet floor molding.

Luckily you don t have to re paint to get your baseboard molding clean. Don t worry if some of the finish comes off. 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. This filled the gap between the rest of the molding and the wall.

For example if the side of a cabinet measures 22 by 34 inches cut. Alcohol won t harm most finishes but it will dissolve shellac. The finish is designed to match your kitchen decor. Kitchen cabinet base molding runs around the base of the cabinets where they meet the floor.

You can count on enjoying your new hampton bay kitchen for years to come. Old marked up molding can have the opposite effect of clean molding however. You can touch it up later photo 7. This part also known as the toe kick is often shimmed up off the floor to level the cabinet.

Cut a piece of molding for each measurement. 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. Now that the floor is down you can add any trim molding that is needed. It can make your room seem tired and dingy.

Use the long points of the miter. Cut up some spare pieces of flooring to fit in the gap. Baseboard molding helps to dress up any room. If there s paint slopped onto the edges of your trim or spattered on the surface now s the time to clean it off.

This will only work where the floor boards are parallel to the wall. Whether you re into modern clean lines or sophisticated historical reproductions baseboard molding can be the icing on top of your delicious decor. Place the molding face up on the miter saw fence. Yup we got a little trim.

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. Then i taped up the floor and painted the molding. 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. I used 1 4 round shoe molding.