How To Fix Floor Molding

Apply wood filler with your putty knife apply wood filler.

How to fix floor molding. Wear safety glasses and use a putty knife to remove any molding or baseboards around the perimeter of the damaged area. It s better to apply too much than too little. Sink all nails with a nail set. Pry up the boards starting at the wall until you get to the damaged ones.

Fill all nail holes in both shoe molding and baseboard molding with plastic wood and let dry. Caulking the gaps in trim joints and the gap between flooring baseboards improve water impermeability of the floor. Lengths of scrap baseboard and put 45 degree angles on the ends. First remove all obstacles vacuum clean the area before applying the caulk and paint the skirting board mopboard floor molding or base molding.

Then apply construction adhesive at the top and bottom. If you see some cut a few braces from 4 to 6 in. When the filler dries you will be able to sand it even with the molding. First hold the base molding against the wall after you cut it to length and look for gaps.

Nail the shoe molding into place with 2 penny finishing nails driven through the molding into the floor. Make sure the floor is completely dry before you begin the repairs.