How to nail Trim Molding
USING TRIM NAILS
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hi i'm bob schmidt with
homeremodelworkshop so you decided
you're going to put up a little bit of
trim there's some basic information you
need to know about nailing via toe mold
baseboard chair rail or door casing
this is the profile of a typical
baseboard and door casing what you want
to use is you want to use a six penny
nail for driving the baseboard in and
driving the thick side of the door
casing in because you're going to have
to go through drywall or plaster which
that has no holding power you want the
nail to be long enough to go into the
wood stud but you don't you don't want
to nail anything bigger than what you
have to on a door casing where this side
of the casing actually comes against the
door and you're nailing right into wood
you want to use a smaller nail this is a
four and you want to use that for the
smaller side and it'll be less chance of
this splitting out also you're also
going to need the proper hammer this is
a framing hammer it has a jagged edge on
it it's heavy you don't want to use this
for trim what you want is a lightweight
hammer with a smooth surface on it on
occasion you miss and this will do less
damage to the wood contrary to popular
belief this is not a trim hammer even
though it has a little flat edge on it
don't improvise get the right tool
you're also going to need a nail set I
prefer to like the thin tip one I don't
like anything bigger than the head on my
nails that way the hole that you have to
fill in is as small as possible this is
the typical type of damage you're going
to see if you try to use a nail that's
too big for the area that you're nailing
through when working with real thin
edges you need to use a smaller nail
this this should have taken a four I
drove a six in here just to show you
what would happen one way to keep this
splitting from happening while working
with a thin edge is to take a very small
drill bit
drilling only through the thin side of
the board just the depth of the casing
drill you a little pilot hole then go
ahead and take your finish now and then
stick it into the hole and that will
give you a nice start hands-free for
nailing using the pilot hole once you've
drove the nail down till there's about
an eighth of an inch take your nail set
and drive your finish nail down until
it's just below the finish surface of
the wood when working with the thick
side of the casing it's not necessary to
drill a pilot hole although if you're
not used to doing this drilling a pilot
hole will help hold the nail so that
your fingers have to don't have to be so
close and maybe it'll save you some
bruised fingers so there you go
the ABCs of how to put on trim nails use
the proper size nail right type of
hammer nail set and you should be able
to save any abuse to your trim or to
your fingers if you use a drill bit as a
pilot we're going to be doing many other
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