Miters and putty

Jay Pique

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Mar 15, 2004, 1:24:40 PM3/15/04

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When you glue up miters for trim or molding, what adhesive do you use?
It seems to me that if you used a putty type glue you could put just a
little extra on the 45s so that it squeezed out enough to fill any gap
that may be present. Then you could sand off the excess when it dries
and not have to worry about puttying it. Anyone do this? Or do you
all have *perfect* miters every time?

JP

Bay Area Dave

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Mar 15, 2004, 2:03:13 PM3/15/04

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cope the joints properly and you won't have to resort to putty. putty
will only fill in gaps for a shrink/expand cycle or two anyway, before
the gaps show. putty is a lousy way to cover up mistakes. even if you
think the end result looks good, come back in 2 years and see what a POS
job you did.

dave

Bob S.

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Mar 15, 2004, 2:05:38 PM3/15/04

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perfect miters....

putty....?

Bob S.

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Swingman

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Mar 15, 2004, 4:58:05 PM3/15/04

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"Bay Area Dave" wrote in message

> cope the joints properly and you won't have to resort to putty. putty
> will only fill in gaps for a shrink/expand cycle or two anyway, before
> the gaps show. putty is a lousy way to cover up mistakes. even if you
> think the end result looks good, come back in 2 years and see what a POS
> job you did.

Sign of the times. As I've said a couple hundred times before ... Builders
_used_ to say:

"Oh don't worry it, the trim carpenter will take care of that gap".

Now they say:

"Oh, don't worry about that gap left by the trim carpenter, the painter will
take care of it".

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Tom Kohlman

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Mar 15, 2004, 4:58:40 PM3/15/04

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try as you might, if you are going to stain the pieces there is no way that
it will look good with glue or anything else on the visible corner, so
tight miter is critical...if you're going to paint it then get it close and
caulk away (I lived in the UK a few years ago and almost puked with the OOHS
and AHHS over what the real estate people thought was expert finish
carpentry...1/8 gaps everywhere but caulk fills the gaps)...

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Bridger

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Mar 15, 2004, 5:39:30 PM3/15/04

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On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 13:24:40 -0500, Jay Pique <JayP...@hotmail.com>
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"putty type glue"?

Jay Pique

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Mar 15, 2004, 8:18:38 PM3/15/04

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Hmmph. If they *don't* make a putty type glue like I'm referring to,
they ought to.

JP
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Charlie Self

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Mar 16, 2004, 6:00:50 AM3/16/04

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Bridger asks:

>"putty type glue"?

Plumber's Goop?

Charlie Self
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James D. Kountz

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Mar 16, 2004, 8:13:00 AM3/16/04

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Well Dave once again we agree on something! See its all good. Careful
though, there was a major discussion here not too long ago about coping
versus just miter cutting inside corners and I got alot of grief when I
exclaimed that coping was the only real way to go. Glad to see most here are
on the same page with this subject though!

Jim

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George Eversole Jr.

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Mar 16, 2004, 9:28:57 AM3/16/04

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>
> Hmmph. If they *don't* make a putty type glue like I'm referring to,
> they ought to.
>

would constuction adhesive do the trick?
-ghe

Bay Area Dave

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Mar 16, 2004, 9:31:56 AM3/16/04

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James, only slackers avoid coped joints! :)

dave

Silvan

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Mar 16, 2004, 1:47:37 AM3/16/04

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Jay Pique wrote:

> and not have to worry about puttying it. Anyone do this? Or do you
> all have *perfect* miters every time?

Perfect miters. You can have perfect miters too as soon as you build a
miter sled. They work wonders.

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Jay Pique

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Mar 16, 2004, 1:17:27 PM3/16/04

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On 16 Mar 2004 06:28:57 -0800, geve...@vt.edu (George Eversole Jr.)
wrote:

>>
>> Hmmph. If they *don't* make a putty type glue like I'm referring to,
>> they ought to.
>>
>would constuction adhesive do the trick?

It might. That stuff is seriously strong. In fact, I think I'll
bring a tube over to my sisters when I miter her crown molding with a
rusty hatchet.

JP

Bay Area Dave

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Mar 16, 2004, 1:23:55 PM3/16/04

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Jay, why finesse it? That will just slow you down. Take up Karate and
just whack the crap out of the molding after measuring by walking off
the length with long strides. Much quicker!

dave