I’ve had a job where Pergo flooring was installed as part of the work. In one section of the room there is a smooth curve in the wall where the radius goes outward from the room…kinda like an inside corner but instead is an inside curve. The curve isn’t all that big…end to end it measures prob 3 to 4 feet before the wall straightens out again.
I’m using the prefinished Pergo quarter round molding. It appears to be like MDF, perhaps it is I dunno. Is it possible to somehow bend the quarter round inward without breaking it?
I noticed the existing baseboard and on it they made a bunch of kerf cuts in the back of the baseboard about 1/8″ deep and that allowed the baseboard to bend smoothly along the curve, not sure if that can be done to Pergo quarter round.
What would you all do?
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Pyro
I would simply try bending it to whatever radius you have, if it breaks than you have to do something different. You dont say how tight the radius is?
You can probably, depending on the radius, cut away some of the back of the trim and hope that that makes it bend easier. Or kerf it like they did the base, should work.
Doug
Thanks, Doug...unfortunately, didn't work, snapped in two when I tried kerf cuts. I was wrong I said the bend was about 3 or 4 feet. It's more like a foot to 18 inches. It's enough of a sharp curve that it seems hard to get any kind of trim to bend except for base. Can regular wood qtr round be bent much easier than the Pergo round?
I would laminate up some real wood, not that difficult.
Just rip some thin strips, approx 1/8" and bend them. You can glue them up with the bend in it. Dont have to worry wheather or not the bend is the exact same as the radius, just close, you'll be able to bend it in place. After you glue it up you should be able to take a router and put a quarter profile on it very easily.
If you need more help just ask.
Doug