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   Guest_ | Jan 29, 2000 11:24am | #1

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   Mike, do a search [ in blue letters at the top of the page] for curved crown. This has been discussed at length.

   Good luck, Chuck

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   Guest_ | Jan 29, 2000 12:45pm | #2

   *Mike, most builder supply places sell the trim to go around your corner. You may have to special order but somebody will sell it, working with it is a different story. Make sure that the trim is a normal temp. perferrably (sic) warm, the base will not matter as much as the crown. Nail at least 1" from the edge or it will crack, expecially in the cold, I would suggest putting this trim flat in the sun or in front of your heater before install. If possible, glue it with the spray glue that should come with it, don't let CB or any other supply co. tell you that the trim doesn't come with the glue( an extra for supply co. employees evidently) as it's always been in my case. If you have to nail it keep the nails away from any edges, expecially if its cold like it is now! Nailing usually causes the trim to curve, or pucker in at the spot you nail, if it goes through an extreme temp. change. Hope this helps....

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   Guest_ | Jan 29, 2000 06:59pm | #3

   *Mike ,I assume you are talking about the radius edge being used on drywall corners. What I've done before on the type of installation you are describing is to find where the radius starts and stops, and for example on base moulding cut your long run of base where the radius of the corner starts at 22.5 degrees. Then cut a small piece 22.5 degrees on both ends that will be the same width as the rounded corner and then follow with a 22.5 degree cut to continue your run. Hope I didn't make this too confusing. If you need further understanding I can send a drawing. I've used this method several times and have even made up a jig to help with the cuts. The jig helps cut the piece at the radius the same width without having to do any measuring or lay out. You are actually making three sides of an octagon and the small space created where the moulding angles meet the radius are not noticed when caulked. MDM.

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   brisketbean_ | Jan 30, 2000 09:56am | #4

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   Mike;

   Do exactly like Mad Dog said, with the 3 piece corner, the 22 1/2 degree piece that makes the radius, can be precut to the right length, and then run through the table saw on an angled fence, to take the radius out of the back of the piece of moulding, and you won't need any extra caulk. This joint looks great, and is easy to do. I have seen cobblers treat the radiused corners like a 90 degree
   corner, and the results look like what we leave behind in the porta-privy.

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   Guest_ | Jan 30, 2000 08:09pm | #5

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   Hey Brisketbean, Thanks for adding the part about trimming the radiused piece on the table saw. Next time I run across radiused corners I'm gonna try that extra step. MDM.

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   vanselou | Jan 30, 2000 09:31pm | #6

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   Mike,
   When I lived in Southern California the trim installers used rubber trim around outside radius corners. Rubber trim is available to match Crown, baseboard, and chair rail trim. By the way, I have a cousin by the same name in Hemstead Md. You wouldn't happen to be that person?

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   Mike_Hoffman | Jan 30, 2000 09:31pm | #7

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   I'm looking for some help with
   installing trim
   around a radiused corner. I have to
   install baseboard and crown mouldin