Liquid nails should only used in very limited circumstances. Like attaching
a small piece of molding to a masonry wall.

The reason is that you would have to come up with some sort of brace to hold
up the molding until the glue set.

An 18 gauge that can handle 2.25" nails should be long enough and the holes
are very small.


"mikeytag" wrote in message
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Greg,
I have the same type of plaster in my house and actually just finished a
base, wainscot, and crown molding project. We used a finish nailer and
everything worked out fine. I wonder if you could use some kind of
adhesive like liquid nails though. It would probably make putting the
molding on easier as you won't have to fill any nail holes, but it might
be an absolute pain in the butt if you have to take it off. I was mainly
thinking of the adhesive route as I spent hours filling in all the nail
holes with compound.
I've never tried using a brad nailer for this type of job, but as a combo
with adhesive it might do the job. Maybe someone else in the group has
used one for molding.

Mike