Depends on the type of molding to be used. Its its
a 4" colonial base, not a problem at all.

Otherwise a nice fat flat knife can apply the extra mud
needed to level it out. Its more work than necessary in
my own opinion, but to each his own.

# Fred # wrote:
On new installation do you level out the bottom 4" of the sheetrock flat to
match with the rest of the surface for the new base molding?