Scuffed Up Cabinet Floor Molding

Kitchen cabinet base molding runs around the base of the cabinets where they meet the floor.

Scuffed up cabinet floor molding.

This part also known as the toe kick is often shimmed up off the floor to level the cabinet. You can count on enjoying your new hampton bay kitchen for years to come. If there s paint slopped onto the edges of your trim or spattered on the surface now s the time to clean it off. Luckily you don t have to re paint to get your baseboard molding clean.

Instead you could remove the base molding install the new floor then reattach the base molding or install new molding on top of the new floor. For example if the side of a cabinet measures 22 by 34 inches cut. Whether you re into modern clean lines or sophisticated historical reproductions baseboard molding can be the icing on top of your delicious decor. You can touch it up later photo 7.

I used the same finishing nails i used on the floor. This will only work where the floor boards are parallel to the wall. Yup we got a little trim. Then i taped up the floor and painted the molding.

I used 1 4 round shoe molding. This filled the gap between the rest of the molding and the wall. Using a starter or riser molding in conjunction with a crown molding also provides the ability to better disguise an uneven ceiling as one end of the crown molding may be mounted. The finish is designed to match your kitchen decor.

Place the molding face up on the miter saw fence. Cut up some spare pieces of flooring to fit in the gap. A starter or riser molding is mounted to the cabinet top in order to simulate an extension of the cabinet box allowing the crown molding to be installed higher. Cut a piece of molding for each measurement.

It can make your room seem tired and dingy. Use the long points of the miter. Alcohol won t harm most finishes but it will dissolve shellac. Baseboard molding helps to dress up any room.

Although baseboard molding is an essential component of a truly polished look most people don t give it a second thought that is until the baseboard gets scuffed or the paint starts to chip. As you read in last week s day in the life post we recently tackled the add trim to the hooter and the hotter office desk project the basic game plan was to add some simple baseboard or molding to the bottom of our cabinets so they looked more like built ins. The hampton bay molding is designed to help the hampton bay molding is designed to help add a finished look to your kitchen cabinetry. Don t worry if some of the finish comes off.