I have some curved walls in my new house. I need to apply baseboards. I have two areas: painted and stained/wood finish. The radius outside is like about 14″; inside about 10″. The profile is simple 1×6 trim. I’d like comments on the best approach. On the painted, I can probably wet bend 1/4″ plywood in a jig and glue it.
What is your opinion, comments, experience? The stained wood is my biggest concern. Only have two wall sections to do, and they are short (90 deg wall intersections using this curved radius). I know this has to be simple. The drywall was a piece of cake …. smooth as butter … I hope I haven’t painted my self in a corner (that’s why I made curve walls … no corner). thanks in advance.
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I've done this by using bendable ply and then veneering over it. You could equally well kerf bend the substrate and veneer over it.
David Ring
http://www.touchwood.co.il/?id=1&lang=e
veneer the top edge as well? In one piece or would you do it in small increments?
Yes, veneer the top edge as well. The width of your veneer will
limit how much you can do in one piece but keep the joints to a minimun.David Ring
http://www.touchwood.co.il/?id=1&lang=e
Thanks for the notes. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something obvious (not that I would do that ... right). I'll cogitate (did I spell that right?) on this more and go forth ... all that can happen is I screw up 4-5 ft of material, have to do it again, and then (god forbid), I might learn something.
Built two houses recently ... got one to show for it. Seems like I'm doing a lot of things twice (i.e. over). Such as it is. I still consider myself a lucky man ... and I have a beautiful wife.
I've done that using bent lamination to get the basic curve correct. Then I used two router bits to cut the profile at the top. I selected the profile so it would be amenable to this process, and cut all of the straight baseboard with the bits.
I second Mr. Ring's method. Bending ply is available in 3/8 thickness. Glue two layers together in place in the bend, and the curve shape is locked in, then veneer over the outside and top, stain and finish like your solid base, done deal. I've done the same with complex curves , base, case, and top, with artsey commercial reception desks and the like.
Dear Clew,
As to the painted area, perhaps I can offer an alternative. Plaster. A friend of mine, who is far more skilled than I, took a piece of 3/16" aluminum and ground the profile of the baseboard into it and then formed the moulding in place with wet plaster, using the aluminum to create the profile.
Just something that I saw work.
Best,
John
Now if I could just do that w/ a little liquid wood, too ... I'd be set! :) That's a great option, really. Fairly straight forward.
Since my baseboard is simple rectangle in profile ... I wonder if I could do the plaster trick and then glue laminate a wood veneer onto it .... thinking ... you got me thinking ... that's usually a good way to get creative and solve problems. I'd have a problem having the eased edge, though, maybe.
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