Beauty is always in the eye of the beholder,
However if you want your work to be somewhat trouble free then scarfing is
the only tryed and proven method, and more so for crown that anything else.

Good Luck
George

"Bay Area Dave" wrote in message
m...
Stephen Nuding writing for Fine Homebuilding prefers a butt joint for
joining pieces on a wall longer than the stock. He says it looks better
IF the pieces shrink, as opposed to a scarf joint. Can someone explain
why a glued scarf joint wouldn't stay together better? I just installed
baseboard today, and as usual, made scarf joints using nails and glue.
Seems to work fine on baseboard. So is there something a bit different
about crown that the joint would look better as a butt joint?

dave