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T-molding and rubber mallet
RTSDaddy2:
I'll second Minwah on that one though...I've used a towel and hit the stuff lightly and still have places where it looks "uneven." For now I've decided it just gives my cabinet "character" :D
NoOne=NBA=:
I used the towel method with a regular hammer, and mine looks great.
The two things to be careful of are banging too hard, and getting the molding in too deep.
I used VERY soft taps, and just kept tapping until it seated to the correct depth.
That way I didn't ding the molding in a particular spot by hitting too hard, and it didn't go too deep because it took more than one hit to get it where it needed to be.
AceTKK:
I haven't installed any t-molding yet, but I don't understand how it can go in too far? isn't the underside next to the spine flat? I would think that you would just push it in until it's flush, and it shouldn't go in any further. Is that not true?
javeryh:
That's how I did it. It's pretty flat right now but it looks very even. I can see how some people might want it a little more rounded though...
jmelan:
I used bubble wrap made for packaging glasses and dishes that i had lying around after a move with a regular hammer. The towel idea would seem to work the same way
I noticed very little denting of the t-molding, but obviously using a rubber mallet with the bubble wrap would have been optimal