If your wood is showing signs of burning or splintering as it moves through the saw, you probably need to sharpen your blade. Wearing protective gloves, slowly rotate the blade and visually inspect ...

The first pieces of baseboard you should install are along the walls where two inside corners meet. The easiest pieces to install are where the baseboards extend from an inside room corner to an ...

Note: For less flexible baseboard, the best solution is to simply fill any gaps with caulk. Select a premium acrylic latex caulk ($3-plus per tube) that says “paintable” on the label. Force the caulk ...

Use paint stirrers, popsicle sticks, or any other thin flat material that you can nail through to shim the baseboard against the wall and snug up the miter. Slide the popsicle stick behind the bottom ...

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