T Molding Slot cut a little too big

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So Ive been building a cabinet to practice some much needed wood working skills so that I would be more at ease on the next cabinet I get to restore. It's a scaled down Ms Pacman...simply because I only had enough wood on hand to build one that size, and it fit the 15 inch monitor I had to go in it. Anyway, I have it completely finished, painted, everything and tonight I start to install the tmolding and see that the slot is the wrong size. I dont know why, I used the right bit...maybe it was wobbling a little or something? This also made it a little off center....What should I do?

I am thinking hot melt glue the crap out of it and hope for the best since I dont really care that much about this cab...but on the other hand, it looks pretty good so far and it would be a waste to not finish it up and throw some boards in there and play it. So will the hot melt glue hold it in even though it basically falls out of the slot...or should I fill it and recut it (even though its already painted)....this is for practice also, so I think that what would be best on a real restore would help me more when I run into it later on so that I might be prepared for it.
 
Though I've never tried it myself, I've been told that the hot melt trick works fine if you work quickly. Otherwise, yeah, bondo it and re-do it.
 
i use a hot glue gun on inside bends/corners,and it works great. also if the slot is a little loose the glue locks it in tight.hope this helps
 
i use a hot glue gun on inside bends/corners,and it works great. also if the slot is a little loose the glue locks it in tight.hope this helps

Run You a Bead Of Hot Melt Glue in the groove as you install the T-molding..by the time you get to the end the glue should cure and hold the t-molding in place..then use a rubber mallet for those hard to control corners :)

and also use a hairdryer to soften up the t-molding to make it set if it gets to be a PITA :)


Good Luck !


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Daniel.
 
In my experience, hot glue made a mess. I then had to dig hot glue out..

Use a wood filler, bondo, or make your own mix of sawdust and glue and fill the slot. Recut the slot. We often have to redo things as part of the learning curve, no biggie.
 
Thanks for the input guys.

I was leaning toward the bondo thing but the wood filler sounds like it would allow me to work with it a little slower and not be rushed. Will the filler be hard enough to recut and then hold the tmolding in place once it sets up hard? Bondo sets up pretty fast so I would have to work with 5 or 6 inches at a time to get the slot completely filled which means mixing a LOT of small batches...
 
Glue sticks

Just a last minute add on. If you do use the glue sticks, (I have and they work well) use the long sticks, I didn't know the difference until I went to use them and found out that I go thru a crapload of short sticks and usually right in the middle of curve or something.
 
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