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Title: T-Molding Question
Post by: Jabba on February 25, 2004, 01:42:51 pm

Hi all,

Anyone have any ideas on how to install T-Molding around a 90 degree angle? When I try to install it, the molding binds up (i.e., the part that goes in the slot).

Thanks,

Garry

Title: Re:T-Molding Question
Post by: PacManFan on February 25, 2004, 01:47:07 pm

What you will have to do it make cuts every 1/4" to 1/8" in the back spine of the T-Moulding with an x-acto knife so it will follow a curve. This is what I did for my cab and control panel, and It works great.
You may also consider filling the grove with a little hot-glue right before you put the t-moulding in, that way it'll stay in better.

Hope this helps,

-PacManFan

Title: Re:T-Molding Question
Post by: Jabba on February 25, 2004, 02:10:01 pm

Quote from: PacManFan on February 25, 2004, 01:47:07 pm

What you will have to do it make cuts every 1/4" to 1/8" in the back spine of the T-Moulding with an x-acto knife so it will follow a curve. This is what I did for my cab and control panel, and It works great.
You may also consider filling the grove with a little hot-glue right before you put the t-moulding in, that way it'll stay in better.

Hope this helps,

-PacManFan

Do I just make a simple cut or do I need to cut out a notch (i.e., 1/8", 1/4", etc). Do you have any pictures?

Thanks,

Garry

Title: Re:T-Molding Question
Post by: flampoo on February 25, 2004, 02:56:16 pm

Cut a notch. Take the molding and bend it at a 90 degree angle. If you cut you're notch big enough it won't bunch up or give you any problems. Really simple.

Title: Re:T-Molding Question
Post by: FractalWalk on February 25, 2004, 05:16:30 pm

FYI: For right angles I cut about 1 inch of the spine out and it worked great.

Title: Re:T-Molding Question
Post by: NoOne=NBA= on February 25, 2004, 06:54:33 pm

I assume you are meaning that you are turning it around a square corner?

If so, the best way to do that is to cut a 90 degree V out of the spine of it, with the point of the V centered on the corner.
That allows the spine part to meet perfectly inside the groove on the corner.

I agree with PacManFan about gluing the joint.
If it's going to be in a "high traffic area" like the edges of a CP or something, I wouldn't use hot glue though, I'd use epoxy.
Hot glue doesn't really stick to anything (especially plastics and vinyls), and will let it pull back out too easily.
If you get the 90 second setting epoxy, you can hold the pieces in place by hand.
The 5-minute kind gives you a little more working time, but you'll probably want to hold the pieces in place with a bar clamp until they set.