We have a breakfast bar as part of the new kitchen so I'm fitting decor
panels to the backs of the cupboards. Because of the length I need to
have 3 panels side-by-side but the butt joints look pretty awful because
of the white lines.
I've taken off the edging but there's still a white line from the
remnants of the heat-sensitive adhesive that held the edging on.
How can I make these joints look OK?

The only thing I can think of is to route the edges but it'll be
difficult to get an absolutely straight edge - are there any H-section
trims that look acceptable?

Dave

On Sun, 18 Sep 2005 17:30:43 +0000 (UTC), Dave
scrawled:

The only thing I can think of is to route the edges but it'll be
difficult to get an absolutely straight edge

Not if you use a straight edge.
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Dave wrote:

|| The only thing I can think of is to route the edges but it'll be
|| difficult to get an absolutely straight edge -

Actually very simple. Use a bearing guided trimming cutter like this
http://www.axminster.co.uk/product.a...=20935&recno=4

Clamp a straight edge under the board so the bearing can run along that -
Robert is your fathers brother!

Dave

Dave wrote:
We have a breakfast bar as part of the new kitchen so I'm fitting decor
panels to the backs of the cupboards. Because of the length I need to
have 3 panels side-by-side but the butt joints look pretty awful because
of the white lines.
I've taken off the edging but there's still a white line from the
remnants of the heat-sensitive adhesive that held the edging on.
How can I make these joints look OK?

I don't think you can, they will still show up as a black
line eventually - can you make them into a feature with a
capping-piece of some sort?

Dave wrote:
We have a breakfast bar as part of the new kitchen so I'm fitting decor
panels to the backs of the cupboards. Because of the length I need to
have 3 panels side-by-side but the butt joints look pretty awful because
of the white lines.
I've taken off the edging but there's still a white line from the
remnants of the heat-sensitive adhesive that held the edging on.
How can I make these joints look OK?

Forget the decor panels and use a single piece of "wood". When my dad
did something similar back in the dark ages, he used a piece of ply.

Chris Bacon wrote:
Dave wrote:

We have a breakfast bar as part of the new kitchen so I'm fitting
decor panels to the backs of the cupboards. Because of the length I
need to have 3 panels side-by-side but the butt joints look pretty
awful because of the white lines.
I've taken off the edging but there's still a white line from the
remnants of the heat-sensitive adhesive that held the edging on.
How can I make these joints look OK?


I don't think you can, they will still show up as a black
line eventually - can you make them into a feature with a
capping-piece of some sort?

Any suggestions for a decent-looking H or T section moulding?

Dave