Help with T-Molding inside corners

[AMDman13]

I decided to T-mold 360 around the entire machine. Everything went pretty well, however I can't get the t-molding to snug into the inside corner (where the CP backs into place). I cut the spine down pretty darn good too, but there is still a small gap in the very corner. Now my CP box does not set flush against the cab. 
Anyone have any ideas on how to get this to lay flat?

Anyway, glad to be done sanding and paiting.

Thanks

[leapinlew]

A picture please!

Otherwise - I suggest beating the hell out of it. Or some glue plus beating the crap out of it.

[ahofle]

If the CP is backing into it will you even see it?  I'd make a cut right in the corners if that's the case.

[AMDman13]

A picture please!

I would, but I leant the dang digital camera to my mother and she's in VA for a month!

If the CP is backing into it will you even see it

Ahh! Me!

I know I would not be happy with it unless it's perfect. That's just the way I am. Thats why I must have sanded and repainted untill I was blue in the face.

Cutting it was the first thing I thought of and almost did it, but something told me to ask first. I find it hard to bang it since it is the inside bend (can't get to it with a mallet.

[Fozzy The Bear]

Cutting it was the first thing I thought of and almost did it, but something told me to ask first. I find it hard to bang it since it is the inside bend (can't get to it with a mallet.

First thing to note is that with T-Molding, all inside and outside corners should have a radius to them and not be a very sharp corner. If they're a very sharp corner then it's always best to cut to the corner and start again from there with the next section.

If you do have a radius to the corner....Put hot melt glue in the routed slot... stick a broom handle into the corner, against the T-Molding, and bang the hell out of the broom handle with a big hammer or rubber mallet.  Always works for me.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

[AMDman13]

Thanks Fozzy,

Maybe I will just pull up the T-molding and cut it. Of coarse I will need to use glue now anyway since I have cut away a good chunk of the spine.. Dang! Something told me cut it in the first place... Maybe I will try to live with the gap... Although it's already nagging at me to fix it!!

When I was painting I was having trouble perfecting one of the cabinet's sides and I kept sanding and re-doing it.. My friend said, "Why don't you just put that side up against the wall?"

Oh if I could only have that mentality!!

[Maverick]

I have 0 experience with T- molding but I have worked with vinyl products. I would try heating up the area being bent with a heatgun or blowdryer to soften it enough to take it out of its natural state causing it to bend easier. When it cools it wont try to pop out of the groove.

[AMDman13]

Okay guys just an update.. I think I have decided to just leave it. Today I installed  T-molding to the CPT and it also has T-molding 360 around to the back.... As it turns out the back of the CPT's t-molding sets flush with the cabinet's inside corner's T-molding. So, now it's just the box that doesn't set flush...

[danny_galaga]

for future reference, what i did for tight inside radii is to not cut the rib off the t- molding but rather make lots of cuts the full depth of the rib so that when you bend the t-molding, the rib fans out. im sure theres a single word to describe what i have just described but hopefully you know what i mean! then i used 5 minute epoxy in the slot and just held the t-molding in place by hand until the glue had set. the epoxy wont really stick to the t-molding as such but of course sticks amazingly well to wood and mdf. thus it will lock the rib into the slot...

[releasedtruth]

Absolutely, cut slits for inside, cut pie slices for outside radi.

[MovingTarget]

...im sure theres a single word to describe what i have just described...

Ghetto?

 

Sorry, I couldn't resist!  Actually, that's what I did as well and it actually helps prevent  that little gap. 

I would also second the advise to heat the T-molding to make it bend to your will.

[StormGiant]

I wish I would have put more of a curve in my inside corners instead of an angled cuts.  I too had a very slight but noticeable gap to my inside corner T-molding.  Since my cab is painted black, I went to Menards and bought some black caulk.  Worked great.

When I was leaving to go to Menards, my wife asked me what I was up to.  My unassuming reply:

"I'm going out to get some black caulk."

She was still laughing when I pulled out of the driveway.

[ahofle]

 

There was a great 'crank yankers' episode about a guy calling the hardware store asking about all the different kinds (sizes, colors) of caulk.

[AMDman13]

Huh... When I got to the second side instead of a pie cut I decided to feather with many slits and it didn't seem to help any... I think I just wasn't patient enough with it as I couldn't get to it with the mallet in the far corner. I still might try and fix it by pounding with a broom stick handle or something similar. I'll keep you posted! Thanks guys.