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Default Purpose of Relief Cut on Back of Baseboard Molding

On Nov 25, 9:07*pm, -MIKE- wrote:


Thanks.

I really hate caulking trim. *To me, nothing says, "No one involved took
any pride in their work," like caulking the seems between wall and trim.



In a perfect world walls are flat, baseboard is straight... in a
perfect world.
That is why I use 3M hotmelt and silicon to attach baseboard. A good
push and it follows the wall (mostly) and no nail holes to fill.
Then, as small a bead as possible because I think a filled gap looks
better than a gap unfilled. G
Make sure the fill gets painted the same colour as the wall.