cdg wrote in message . ..
I've done it both ways. Scarfing always looks better. There is more of a
fudge factor for walls and ceilings that are not quite straight and
level.

I kicked myself every time I used a butt joint on trim.

Yeah, and I like the fact that you can set it up so the scarf is
perpendicular to line of site for main traffic patterns. This makes
the joints nearly invisible from the places where people usually view
them.

-Mike