Where did you get your base molding?

[HoneySuckle]

I've been to HD and Lowes but their selection is very limited, plus they were trying to sell me some fake wood for the molding.  I can't imagine that standing up to much wear and tear.

I want something that is clean looking (nothing fancy like Artist's work)[]

Any recommendations?

[Conan71]

Is there anyplace other than HD or Lowe's left? []

Maybe Southerlands or M & M on Mingo.  Does Mill Creek still do lumber?  

I bet Artist knows a good place for something better than common base trim but not too ostentatious.

[tulsa1603]

quote:Originally posted by HoneySuckle

I've been to HD and Lowes but their selection is very limited, plus they were trying to sell me some fake wood for the molding.  I can't imagine that standing up to much wear and tear.

I want something that is clean looking (nothing fancy like Artist's work)[]

Any recommendations?

Southern Millwork sells lots of trim.  Can be pricey but worth the difference.

[HoneySuckle]

quote:Originally posted by tulsa1603

quote:Originally posted by HoneySuckle

I've been to HD and Lowes but their selection is very limited, plus they were trying to sell me some fake wood for the molding.  I can't imagine that standing up to much wear and tear.

I want something that is clean looking (nothing fancy like Artist's work)[]

Any recommendations?

Southern Millwork sells lots of trim.  Can be pricey but worth the difference.

A trim guy came to see what I wanted done, and he said just for my kitchen area, powder room and laundry (365 sq ft total for tiles), would be about $600 unfinished[:O]  

Will check out the places you all mentioned.

[TheArtist]

I have used Fox's Trim off of Yale.


http://foxsarchitecturalspecialties.org/

[waterboy]

quote:Originally posted by TheArtist

I have used Fox's Trim off of Yale.


http://foxsarchitecturalspecialties.org/

Or Woodcraft at 41st & Hudson in the little shopping center across from Ricardo's. Haven't been there in a while but i remember they had specialty woods and trim.

[Conan71]

quote:Originally posted by HoneySuckle

quote:Originally posted by tulsa1603

quote:Originally posted by HoneySuckle

I've been to HD and Lowes but their selection is very limited, plus they were trying to sell me some fake wood for the molding.  I can't imagine that standing up to much wear and tear.

I want something that is clean looking (nothing fancy like Artist's work)[]

Any recommendations?

Southern Millwork sells lots of trim.  Can be pricey but worth the difference.

A trim guy came to see what I wanted done, and he said just for my kitchen area, powder room and laundry (365 sq ft total for tiles), would be about $600 unfinished[:O]  

Will check out the places you all mentioned.

Honestly, I don't think $600 is too bad to have it professionally done.  Are you talking about entire baseboard, or just new quarter-round where you've re-tiled.

I completely remodeled a rent house my mother owns last year.  As a part of that, I re-did the flooring in the kitchen and laundry.  Even with a great miter set-up, I still struggled to get the corners as perfect as I like and wound up having to use a little filler on a few of the joints.  No one else would notice, but it irritated the heck out of me.

The flooring went great, but if I had it to do over, I would have just paid someone else to do the trim work.  They could have probably done it in half the time it took me and the detail likely would have been a little nicer.

Yeah, rent house and she was selling it, but I'm just picky.[]

[HoneySuckle]

It's the unfinished part of the quote I didn't like, and he was only doing the parts that didn't have a wall of cabinets.

I am looking for plain base moulding, nothing fancy with scrolls or whatever designs they put on them.

I too would rather someone do this job, but I really want it stained and I can't do a good enough job.  

Will try some of the places you all mentioned.  Most trim guys don't want to stain.

[Goodpasture]

quote:Originally posted by Conan71

 Even with a great miter set-up, I still struggled to get the corners as perfect as I like and wound up having to use a little filler on a few of the joints.  No one else would notice, but it irritated the heck out of me.

It is important to remember........miter outside corners, cope inside corners.....

[Wrinkle]

quote:Originally posted by HoneySuckle

I've been to HD and Lowes but their selection is very limited, plus they were trying to sell me some fake wood for the molding.  I can't imagine that standing up to much wear and tear.

I want something that is clean looking (nothing fancy like Artist's work)[]

Any recommendations?

There used to be a small outfit called "S&S" in Bixby on South Memorial. Think it was called "S&S Custom Molding".

Has most the traditional shapes, plus the ability to produce matching or do custom if you pay for the shaper.

If it's not in stock, the first piece is expensive (setup), then pretty reasonable.

[Wrinkle]

quote:Originally posted by Goodpasture

quote:Originally posted by Conan71

 Even with a great miter set-up, I still struggled to get the corners as perfect as I like and wound up having to use a little filler on a few of the joints.  No one else would notice, but it irritated the heck out of me.

It is important to remember........miter outside corners, cope inside corners.....

I've never been able to get the coping down. But, I do have pretty good luck doing all miters if I lay out the corners first and infill between. Produces one more joint than is most desireable, but it works.

Do a few very short trial corner miters to get it set just right. That's a compound miter at something like 22.5-degs from vertical and 45-degs perpendicular. Turn the next piece to cut the other angle, don't change the saw. Lay the piece flat on the miter saw and cut, then set one corner, draw the lines along the top/bottom edges and set the rest of the corners. Straight 45-deg miter on the infill pieces to match the non-corner end of the corner parts.

Just my method, probably makes carpenters cringe.

[Wrinkle]

If your saw is big enough to handle it, you can set up a jig to hold the piece in an installed position and just cut 45-deg miters.