On Feb 7, 11:45 am, Ike wrote:
Q1: The crown molding we purchased has a very decorative pattern. It
is very similar to the third molding shown on this site:

http://www.invitinghome.com/Crown_Mo...lding_List.htm

While it is possible to match the pattern when making a scarf or butt
joint, it is not possible in the corners. What is the best way to
handle the inside and outside corners? Just make the cut and match the
best you can? Use some caulk to feather in the mismatched contours?
Show guests your new crown molding with the lights dimmed?

It probably IS possible to match the patterns just not very easy.
Splitting the corner may make it easier, see he
http://www.askthebuilder.com/555_Ins..._Corners.shtml
or
http://tinyurl.com/2oyhuu

Best is probably the blocks as already suggested.

On 7 Feb 2007 10:10:04 -0800, "RayV" wrote:

On Feb 7, 11:45 am, Ike wrote:
Q1: The crown molding we purchased has a very decorative pattern. It
is very similar to the third molding shown on this site:

http://www.invitinghome.com/Crown_Mo...lding_List.htm

While it is possible to match the pattern when making a scarf or butt
joint, it is not possible in the corners. What is the best way to
handle the inside and outside corners? Just make the cut and match the
best you can? Use some caulk to feather in the mismatched contours?
Show guests your new crown molding with the lights dimmed?

It probably IS possible to match the patterns just not very easy.
Splitting the corner may make it easier, see he
http://www.askthebuilder.com/555_Ins..._Corners.shtml
or
http://tinyurl.com/2oyhuu

You can get the two peices coming out of the corner to
match each other if and only if the pattern at the join
has left/right symmetry.(*) With the top one,
you'd have to be really careful to place the molding so that
the grape clusters don't appear on the corner at either
end.

(*) Umm.. I don't precisely mean symmetry, but I don't
know how to say what I DID mean.. SOmething like:
you have to be able to find a section of the
pattern that is a reflection of the the part that
feeds into the corner...