T-molding installation

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what do you guys use for the best/easiest way to replace t-molding? when i install new molding i cut inside on curves which is easy but my problem is making it look smooth with a mallet hammer.

it seems using a mallet it still kinda makes molding bumpy if i do not hit every 1/2 inch of molding down.

is there an easier way?
 
I use a rolling pin and roll it down from one end to the other.

That's just friggin brilliant. So if a person throws a towel over the top and uses the rolling pin you wouldn't have the scuffs and you wouldn't have the possible denting/dimple caused by a hammer.
 
i use the same idea
i use my rubber mallet wraped in a towl to install the moulding
then take a heavy laminate floorign roller and use it to smooth out the bumps

i never have had to cut out the t for corners tho i have had a few cabs come in like that and where the t has been cut the molding always looks odd or is off center or just plain cracked and missing
 
i use the same idea
i use my rubber mallet wraped in a towl to install the moulding
then take a heavy laminate floorign roller and use it to smooth out the bumps

i never have had to cut out the t for corners tho i have had a few cabs come in like that and where the t has been cut the molding always looks odd or is off center or just plain cracked and missing

i just assumed you were suppose to cut out a piece of the T...otherwise it doesn't seem to fit with the T bunching up!

am i the only one cutting a "V" out of the "T"?
 
i just assumed you were suppose to cut out a piece of the T...otherwise it doesn't seem to fit with the T bunching up!

am i the only one cutting a "V" out of the "T"?

Nope. I always snip little "v's" off the inside if it needs to bend inwards. If it's bending outwards, I just cut slits into the inside part. Hope that makes sense. I can draw a pic if needed. It makes for much smoother curves.
 
Nope. I always snip little "v's" off the inside if it needs to bend inwards. If it's bending outwards, I just cut slits into the inside part. Hope that makes sense. I can draw a pic if needed. It makes for much smoother curves.

exactly what i do as well!
 
Nope. I always snip little "v's" off the inside if it needs to bend inwards. If it's bending outwards, I just cut slits into the inside part. Hope that makes sense. I can draw a pic if needed. It makes for much smoother curves.

exactly what i do as well!

That is the only way to get it to do what you want.

ken
 
the real question is, what do you do if the wood is split where the T-molding goes in?

I had this on a MK4 control panel I bought on ebay, just tried to pop the T-mold back in as always, and then blasted the wood with gobs of wood glue and then clamped it for a day.

my grandpa kinda messed up having someone paint over the T-mold, but it was black anyway, so didn't matter a whole lot. :)

just thought I'd throw out some random tidbits of my experiences.

I too cut V's around corners, never had to go the other way though, but I think that's what I would do too, cutting slits. I had a couple games I had to redo sections of T-mold on, not a whole lot though.
 
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