How To Fix Baseboard With BIG GAPS Or Doesn't Meet Up! Tips And Tricks Tutorial DIY For Beginners!

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On This episode I'll be showing you how to fix baseboard with BIG GAPS or just doesn’t meet up! Also this is great repair tips and tricks if a part of your baseboard gets damage and you just need a portion of the baseboard trim to be replaced. Stay tuned and I’ll show you my method and how I do it!

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[delmarhobkirk]

Time is money! It the amount of time it takes to do all what you did, I could have bought a new piece and replace the entire short piece in a 10th of the time and moved on to another project. Yes, if it was a special order piece or something and all you have is a piece of left over scrap, this would work. As mentioned in other comments, use bondo, not wood filler. You showed in the first example how the wood filler shrinks and cracks out, yet you used wood filler again on the second fix….again, time is money! The more you do to have to fill cracks, wait to dry, sand, maybe have to fill again, sand….you’re wasting your money by spending too much time. By a new board, make a good measurement, cut, install, get paid. Now, on a good note though, I do like your idea of thinking out of the box on doing a splice like that. Well done, final product looked great!

[Mjauuuu]

So instead of having one gap you created two? :P

[maik]

I am a painter and if you use the correct woodfiller and aply it the correct way, you would fixed it without all that replacing work😉

[mrlariata]

You had the right idea in the beginning but instead of wood putty you need to use Bondo 3M all purpose puty. Mix bondo and a little hardener fill in the gaps add a second coat if needed sand paint or prime and paint depending on your situation or preference. It works for me.

[Abdul-kvsz]

Wow I genuinely thought you would have had two gaps. That looks very nice. Thank you for sharing this

[YouTube]

with my luck... i would create two gaps 😅

[joelhargrave]

I like the idea here. The only question I have is wouldn't it be easier to cut the angles the opposite way? You can pry it off without bothering the rest of the baseboard, and just push the new piece in to stick them together. Plus the surface will be exposed for the glue as opposed to trying to glue it from the inside. It seems like the timing of the activator would be less of an issue.

[paulthephysicaltherapist]

Loved the part about nailing a piece in front to guide the oscillating saw.

[zhifangwang]

Wow Bro that's what I have been looking for! Thanks heaps!

[ramirez]

This guy……..what an amazing talent individual

[tonygoshive]

Great technique but if you used 2 part filler to fill the initial crack it would have not cracked again

[akenedy]

Just use Sherwin Williams spackle, which is one of the best and is so easy that anyone can do it. It dries in a few hours, bonds well, won't crack or shrink when dry, can easily be applied with something like an old credit card or gift card, and it won't damage or discolor the surrounding area. Any excess also cleans up easily with water before setting so that there's no excuse for any sloppy over-application. But if necessary, it can be easily sanded flush by hand with just a few strokes. A thin layer of touch-up paint over top of the cured spackle and it's done. Total time, less than 10 minutes and nobody will notice the repair afterward.

[slickruler]

If you’re going to fill it use drywall patch or bondo. The correct and Easiest way to fix it would be just to pull that whole loose piece and cut the next one right.

[thechosenone]

Interesting technique. Thank you for taking the time to show us alternative ways to repairing gaps without condeming the entire piece.

I had previously installed baseboards in my basement but instead of just brad nailing them on I used pl adhesive on the back, then nailed them in. I regret ever doing that cause now I have to cut a section of baseboard out to make a small notch in the drywall to run a second subwoofer cable for my hometheater in between wall studs. I think this method just saved me from having to spend 30$ on new boards.

[-carlos-danger]

The answer to filling a crack is never to make 2 cracks. If this is a high end job, you would fix the fundamental issue, which is the work itself. Replace the piece of trim. If its not as important, bondo. If it's community housing, just caulk and run.

[levelseven]

One good habit is to fill all your cracks with caulk before you fill it with wood filler.

Big or small. Don't have to wait on the caulk to dry

[yutubl]

@2:42 Consider the blades thickness of the cutting multitool, to avoid a gap between the new piece and the existing baseboards. Maybe shifting the new piece by blade thickness before cutting the 2nd side of the existing baseboard or first cutting 45° gap into existing baseboards and then second measuring & cutting the new piece according to this new gap.

[oo-mqus]

Nice sealer works well when fitting skirtings and just water and sponge to finish off smoothly.

[jkucukov]

I've filled gaps by cutting a piece of 45 shim for tighter fit, it worked perfect.

[liveandlearn]

I carve into the the crack from both sides to create a flare and I fill it using either bondo or mh ready patch to fill it in, 2 coats, sand, prime and paint