Scuffed Up Cabinet Floor Molding

The finish is designed to match your kitchen decor.

Scuffed up cabinet floor molding.

Luckily you don t have to re paint to get your baseboard molding clean. 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. It can make your room seem tired and dingy. Alcohol won t harm most finishes but it will dissolve shellac.

You can count on enjoying your new hampton bay kitchen for years to come. 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. The hampton bay molding is designed to help the hampton bay molding is designed to help add a finished look to your kitchen cabinetry. Kitchen cabinet base molding runs around the base of the cabinets where they meet the floor.

Cut a piece of molding for each measurement. Yup we got a little trim. I used the same finishing nails i used on the floor. You can touch it up later photo 7.

Place the molding face up on the miter saw fence. Now that the floor is down you can add any trim molding that is needed. Use the long points of the miter. 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 will only work where the floor boards are parallel to the wall. Baseboard molding helps to dress up any room. I used 1 4 round shoe molding. 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.

Old marked up molding can have the opposite effect of clean molding however. This part also known as the toe kick is often shimmed up off the floor to level the cabinet. A rag dampened with denatured alcohol will remove most paint spatters photo 1. Don t worry if some of the finish comes off.

Whether you re into modern clean lines or sophisticated historical reproductions baseboard molding can be the icing on top of your delicious decor. Then i taped up the floor and painted the molding. This filled the gap between the rest of the molding and the wall. Cut up some spare pieces of flooring to fit in the gap.