What do I use for floor molding?
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Glen Stanley
I have right angle and round corners in a small bathroom, with a new floor. What can I use for molding that can bend around the round corners and normal corners. I would guess that if the 2 round corners were a circle it would have about a 5 inch diameter.
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You could consider tile, or there is a commercial rolled molding that goes around corners n things. Think of the molding in every office you've ever been in. That might work.
Glen,
You would use the technique of making kerf cuts in the back of the molding you want to use to get the wood to bend. The other technique is to steam the wood to soften it and then bend it, but that is a lot of work and you need the right equipment. Research kerf cuts. If you have a circular saw or miter saw it is fairly easy to do. The difficult part is figuring out how many cuts to make, how far apart they should be, and how deep. Practice on a piece of scrap until you figure out the right ratio of cuts and depth.
are you talking about like baseboard;vinyl or rubber molding it's pliable here's examples https://www.floorcity.com/collections/wall-base-molding can get online or hardware stores maybe even Habitsat for Humanity resale stores places to buy https://www.google.com/search?q=rubber+vinyl+molding+for+baseboards&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS750US750&oq=rubber+vinyl+molding+for+baseboards&aqs=chrome..69i57.18819j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8