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Rant: stretched a bedroom in a rush and nipped the baseboard corner in Lincoln Park
Was power stretching a 12x14 bedroom on a Friday afternoon in Lincoln Park and the knee kicker slipped right into the baseboard, cracking about 3 inches of the miter. I filled it with wood putty and touched it up with a stain pen so it passed the walkthrough, but the homeowner noticed two days later anyway. How do you all keep the kicker from walking into trim on tight walls?
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wyatta3015h ago
Running the kicker at an angle (like 30 degrees off the wall) instead of flat gets you power without the pad digging in and skating. I also tape a scrap of 1/4 inch ply or a piece of underlayment against the base as a backstop, so if the head slips it hits wood instead of paint. Takes an extra minute to set up but saves you a callback and a stain pen cover-up. The putty trick works for a walkthrough but it shrinks after a few days, which is probably how the homeowner spotted it.
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