hello /diy/, this is the crown moulding right next to a bathtub. improper shower curtain usage let water soak into it and damaged the fuck out of it. how would you guys remedy this situation given that I have no experience doing this kind of work?
>>2870751You need like a screwdriver and knife to pry it out and double check the size with a tape measure. It looks like a quarter round. Just go to the hardware store and buy one and some white silicone caulk and a coping saw.
>>2870751take a razor blade and cut the outline where they caulked the trim wood.use a small pry bar or something to pry the wood away from the tub and floor. there may be more caulk to cut. it's fine if it breaks, don't hurt the tub or floor though.take the piece you pry out to home depot and either ask them for a similar piece of trim, PVC board if that works (it won't rot), or something similar that will close the same space of the piece you pried out.measure the space at the tub.cut your new piece to the same size.use silicone on the back of the trim and seat it (glue it) to replace the piece you removed.once dry get a spray bottle, dawn dish soap and water mixture, white mildew resistant caulk and a rag.spray the outline of where you will caulk (where the board meets the tub and where the board meets the floor). caulk the best you can, run your finger down the caulk line to make it a finish and use the rag to wipe your hand.spray your hands with the soap. the soap is exclusively to help you not get caulk everywhere.let it dry.paint.it looks like 2 pieces. a piece of trim and a piece of quarter round. you could probably just replace the quarter round but then you got a new piece of quarter round and a gross old trim board.it's such a small space I'd replace it all. the caulk with cost you more than anything.
there is damage to the trim. replace it all or wood fill the trim before replacing the quarter round.you'd typically nail the quarter round but you probably don't have a nailer and I worry about you damaging the tile le bathtub.glue it.it looks like a landlord special anyway. you try really hard and you can't do worse. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=onMhedp9kiU&pp=ygUVSW5zdGFsbCBxdWFydGVyIHJvdW5k
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>>2870751crown molding is on ceilings. this is baseboard or trim.
>>2870751op please update when you get a chance
>>2870751Replace it with PVC quarter round.
>>2873099> pvcThis. You can get PVC in most standard moulding profiles.The other alternative is bare wood, but soak it in outdoor edge cut solution, copper/zinc napthanate, oil based prime, oil based gloss paint.Another solution is todo it the original way, and throw some drywall mud with portland in it in the corner and screed it to profile with a piece of plywood with a profile-shaped notch in it. Before the final pass, embed some wire in it.
