{"id":1504,"date":"2022-07-26T15:52:33","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T15:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cohesivehomes.com\/?p=1504"},"modified":"2022-07-26T15:52:36","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T15:52:36","slug":"remote-laminate-molding-new-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cohesivehomes.com\/remote-laminate-molding-new-video","title":{"rendered":"How To Remove Laminate Molding Trim From Baseboards &#038; Plinths &#8211; New Video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Laminate molding (trim) looks great, but if it&#8217;s stuck to your baseboards and plinths with proper wood glue, it&#8217;ll be a nightmare to remove. It might damage your baseboards and plinths quite a lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thankfully, I have been through this recently and I learned a few tips and tricks that I wanted to share with you. This will make the process easier, and hopefully reduce the damage that removing the molding will cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How To Remove Laminate Molding Trim From Baseboards &amp; Plinths\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XGDyi-NrCtA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The individual sections\/timestamps of this video are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>0:00 Intro<\/li><li>0:43 Things To Consider First<\/li><li>1:26 Removing From Baseboards<\/li><li>2:10 Removing From Plinths<\/li><li>2:40 Removing Glue + Wood Residue<\/li><li>3:17 Wrapping Up<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Video Transcript<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Hello, I&#8217;m Tristan. I recently decided to remove all my laminate, which was a bit bittersweet since I laid it all myself 5 years ago. But it was time to change it. So I set to work on this, which firstly involved removing the laminate molding trim from the skirting boards (or &#8220;baseboards&#8221; as you Americans call it). Unfortunately this laminate molding doesn&#8217;t always come off easily &#8211; it&#8217;s nearly always glued into place, either with self-adhesive strips or with proper wood glue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thankfully I found a magic way of removing the molding: scouring pads. Don&#8217;t worry, I didn&#8217;t hit my head with a hammer while removing my laminate &#8211; all will be revealed in this video!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you&#8217;re wanting to remove laminate molding, there&#8217;s two main things to consider: firstly, is it stuck down with self-adhesive strips or real wood glue? And is it stuck to painted baseboards, directly onto wood, or onto pre-primed plinths?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Removing self-adhesive molding from painted baseboards will be much easier than removing molding stuck to wooden baseboards with proper wood glue, for example, because the bond won&#8217;t be as strong in the first case. But either way, you should only need a few basic tools: a utility knife, putty knife and mallet or hammer. Oh yeah, don&#8217;t forget my magic tool, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For painted baseboards, you should be able to just put a putty knife behind the laminate molding and hit downwards with a mallet. The key is to get behind the molding. Once you have done this, you can angle the putty knife a bit and keep hitting sidewards. This will slowly but surely break the bond of the self-adhesive or wood glue, and allow the molding to come off. If you notice that it&#8217;s really difficult to do this, though, or your baseboards are getting overly damaged, you should run a utility knife alongside the edge first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s unfortunately unlikely that you&#8217;ll be able to remove the molding without causing some damage to the baseboard or plinths, but hopefully it&#8217;s nothing that a bit of spackling paste and paint can&#8217;t fix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have stuck laminate molding onto plinths, the process is similar, but it might be a harder process because plinths are often pre-primed, and a lot of this pre-primed layer can come off when removing the molding. As a result, I took a lot more time removing the molding here. I firstly used a utility knife to cut downwards, breaking some of the bond between the molding and plinth. I then used a putty knife to further break this bond, and ultimately help remove the molding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the bulk of this molding was off, I was left with an annoying residue &#8211; a mix of wood fiber and glue. I originally tried removing this by force (i.e. using a putty knife), but my magical friend here was actually the biggest help. I worked some water into the residue, and left it for 5 minutes. I was then able to scrape off most of the residue fairly easily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You might need to re-do this step a few times, especially if there&#8217;s lots of residue left, but overall it worked really well. I would imagine that this would work really well if your molding is stuck onto wooden (not painted) baseboards, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And that just about wraps up today&#8217;s video. Basically, the process for removing laminate molding can be a bit frustrating &#8211; but some patience and a few simple tools is all that you&#8217;ll need. I hope you liked this video. If you did, please click the thumbs up button. Please also subscribe to my channel, and click the bell icon &#8211; which will notify you when I release a new video. Thank you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laminate molding (trim) looks great, but if it&#8217;s stuck to your baseboards and plinths with proper wood glue, it&#8217;ll be a nightmare to remove. It might damage your baseboards and plinths quite a lot. 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