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The pictures below show the loose trim on the slide out and I'm looking for ideas on how to best resecure the trim. The board behind the trim is only 1/4" thick and behind that is the aluminum frame for the slide. The pin nails that Monaco used didn't hold.
I'm considering using 5/8" nails in a nail gun at an angle but I'm not sure if that will hold. Small screws drilled through the wood and into the aluminum backing is another thought. I cannot insert screws from the back into the wood as there is no access behind the aluminum. I would like to minimize the amount of patching that is required to cover up any attachement method.
Use of glue is also a possibility. However if the slide out is ever removed the wood trim then the aluminum backing would have to come off. Hopefully that will never be my problem.
Alternatives and suggestions welcome.
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A hot melt glue gun would be my first choice for that choir.
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downtheroad
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donn0128 wrote:A hot melt glue gun would be my first choice for that choir.
I agree, that's what I would try.
Bigger nails will just make bigger holes and will still pull out.
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Remove the trim, place a dab of silicone at each of the factory nail positions, replace trim tapping in the factory nails and clamp until dry. If the time comes that you need to remove the trim use a broad putty knife and work it down the back of the trim so as to not break the trim.
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I have had really good results with a product called 'No More Nails' which is a contact super glue for wood. Once you use it, it is there forever. I have used it for lots of trim pieces in S&B and RV.
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Id get some half inch thick maybe 3/4 wood Oak I guess cant really tell by pics.
as long and as wide as you faux column, maybe a little wider if I wanted to bother routing an edge pattern to continue or accent you column design. Then Id screw or nail the #### out of it to you base or aluminum. Then Id brad nail your faux column to that.
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Wonderlock em from Ace Hardware might work but I would nail in addition.
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Liquid nails construction glue works very well.
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I used hot glue gun, worked great so far.
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Thanks for the suggestions and I'll check out your ideas.
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