Would you even bother with the curve?

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Easy Gibson

Discussion Starter · Dec 26, 2013

Putting up crown in this plaster room and there's a slight curve in one of the corners.
It's so slight that I'm wondering if I should even bother "doing the do" or if I should just miter it and back cut it a bit to sit even on the wall.

Lousy picture, but you get the idea. What does the jury think?

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CarpenterSFO

· #2 · Dec 26, 2013

Easy Gibson said:
Putting up crown in this plaster room and there's a slight curve in one of the corners.
It's so slight that I'm wondering if I should even bother "doing the do" or if I should just miter it and back cut it a bit to sit even on the wall.

Lousy picture, but you get the idea. What does the jury think?

Are you asking whether you should radius the crown? Miter it. I think a curve would look odd.

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ohiohomedoctor

· #3 · Dec 26, 2013

Yup, miter.

Easy Gibson

Discussion Starter · #4 · Dec 26, 2013

That's the answer I was hoping for. hah

I'm doing the paint too so I get to be responsible for the finished product which is nice.

This is Central Park East, a block from the Guggenheim. It's a condo on the most expensive residential block in NYC. The neighboring building is a 6 story single family. I didn't know that even happened.

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kambrooks

· #5 · Dec 26, 2013 (Edited)

Since you're painting- Can you take it a step further and float out one side of that so it meets in a defined corner?

CarpenterSFO

· #6 · Dec 26, 2013

kambrooks said:
Since you're painting- Can you take it a step further and float out one side of that so it meets in defined corner?

Will the customer pay for that?

MarkJames

· #7 · Dec 26, 2013

With the wall access panels running to the ceiling, crown seems a little unusual. Small profile?

njremodeler

· #8 · Dec 26, 2013

miter .

keith mathewson

· #9 · Dec 26, 2013

CarpenterSFO said:
Will the customer pay for that?

If they live on Central Park East, money isn't a concern.

Leo G

· #10 · Dec 27, 2013

You have to do it as a curve. :whistling

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Trimworx

· #11 · Dec 27, 2013

Heres a pic of almost the same thing. We did a mitre but Split the angle again to have a small pie piece so it wouldnt have a big bottom gap to caulk.

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Easy Gibson

Discussion Starter · #12 · Dec 27, 2013

Thanks for the pic, Trim!

That's something I was considering. I've only done crown over plaster once and it actually was with a giant radius. Really annoying. Took all day. hah

keith mathewson

· #13 · Dec 27, 2013

If the client is what I suspect he/she to be based on the address I can't imagine doing what is shown in the pic and not having it come back to bite you.

basswood

· #14 · Dec 28, 2013 (Edited)

It would be best to follow the curve in plaster. It only takes a few minutes to make a profile knife.

This is an outside corner, but it works the same.

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DaVinciRemodel

· #15 · Dec 28, 2013

Put your Nike’s on and Just Do It! Prolly not the answers you were hoping for :laughing:

Live_oak

· #16 · Dec 28, 2013

basswood said:
It would be best to follow the curve in plaster. It only takes a few minutes to make a profile knife.

This is an outside corner, but it works the same.

Man, that's freaking AWESOME!

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Hardly Working

· #17 · Dec 28, 2013

Bass rocks!

Wondered if someone would put that up. I remember when you first posted that. :thumbsup:

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jlsconstruction

· #18 · Dec 28, 2013

basswood said:
It would be best to follow the curve in plaster. It only takes a few minutes to make a profile knife. This is an outside corner, but it works the same.

That is what separates the men from the boys, and yes I'm still a boy :laughing:

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VinylHanger

· #19 · Dec 28, 2013

basswood said:
It would be best to follow the curve in plaster. It only takes a few minutes to make a profile knife.

This is an outside corner, but it works the same.

jlsconstruction said:
That is what separates the men from the boys, and yes I'm still a boy :laughing:

No doubt. It probably only takes a few minutes to tune a Stock Car as well, but I'm not gonna try it. :no:

that's some sweet stuff Bass.:thumbsup:

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chewy

· #20 · Dec 28, 2013

basswood said:
It would be best to follow the curve in plaster. It only takes a few minutes to make a profile knife.

This is an outside corner, but it works the same.

Holy ****!

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