I dismantled and reassembled the front doors on my 1872 house using all the original trim. Limited by the size of the original trim, I ended up with some small gaps between the trim pieces.
What paintable caulk would you use? For most exterior work, I use one part polyurethane but in this case, its very messy. So what’s your favorite choice in caulking? The doors at this point are stripped ready for caulk and primer.
Thanks,
Norse
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Have you considerd a wood filler, like Abatron?
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell'em "Certainly, I can!" Then get busy and find out how to do it. T. Roosevelt
I would stick with the urethane. It fills well, don't shrink and takes movement excellently. You can dress the job w/ masking tape each side and coving the caulk. Sometimes a square edge joint looks better, urethane can be tooled with a blade soon, or dressed up later with a knife.
If the gaps are even, can you step the distance another time with a thin pc. of wood?
Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
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If you go with the solvent based caulk w-d 40 will clean up the mess,but getting the w-d on the wood isn't advised...