Hello All,

I have some questions regarding the installation of vinyl cove molding
that I hope somebody might answer for me.

To be specific, I need to replace some old vinyl cove molding in a
bathroom that was very badly installed by some contractors about ten
years ago. It is easy to pull the old molding off of the wall but the
problem is that the guys who did the job used a very dark glue sticky
glue that seeped up over the top of the molding but never really held
very well. What is worse is that the plaster surface behind the molding
is very chipped and uneven in some places and they never even tried to
smooth it out. In other spots there are clumps of glue that make the
molding ripple. What a mess.

What I was planning to do is this: 1) pull off the old molding, 2)
scrape off the old glue with a putty knife, 3) spackle the damaged
sections and sand the other parts as necessary, 4) then install the new
molding.

Does that sound like a reasonable plan? Is there one particular glue
that would be best to use? Is there anything that I'm missing here?
Thanks in advance for any advice or suggestions as to a better way that
you might be able to offer. I truly do appreciate the help.

Regards,

Christopher

we have found the thin less expensive stuff on a roll is poor compared
to the thicker lengths and their related pieces.
see:
http://hdsupply.shoplocal.com/hdsupp...55%2D0 50215&

or search the hd supply virtual catalog for COVE BASE by armstrong

Great plan. Scrape, break the lumps. Skim with drywall compound
or equal. Install base cove.


Buy rubber base instead of vinyl.
I prefer using Henry's adhesives. Any of these will do:
http://www.wwhenry.com/products.htm#wall

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Hello All,

I have some questions regarding the installation of vinyl cove
molding
that I hope somebody might answer for me.

To be specific, I need to replace some old vinyl cove molding in
a
bathroom that was very badly installed by some contractors about
ten
years ago. It is easy to pull the old molding off of the wall
but the
problem is that the guys who did the job used a very dark glue
sticky
glue that seeped up over the top of the molding but never really
held
very well. What is worse is that the plaster surface behind the
molding
is very chipped and uneven in some places and they never even
tried to
smooth it out. In other spots there are clumps of glue that make
the
molding ripple. What a mess.

What I was planning to do is this: 1) pull off the old molding,
2)
scrape off the old glue with a putty knife, 3) spackle the
damaged
sections and sand the other parts as necessary, 4) then install
the new
molding.

Does that sound like a reasonable plan? Is there one particular
glue
that would be best to use? Is there anything that I'm missing
here?
Thanks in advance for any advice or suggestions as to a better
way that
you might be able to offer. I truly do appreciate the help.

Regards,

Christopher