I am looking for a way to glue stained base board to a fiberglass tub in an old bathroom. I want to hide the edge of the linoleum floor where it butts the tub (and tends to curl up).
I am thinking mastic, but wondered if anyone had done this and could give me some advice.
Thanks.
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I would not glue baseboard to a tub but if you want to, why not something like penoseal or silicone caulking.
I know it is probably not the proper thing to do, but I can't think of anything that would look better. The tub is perfectly square on the bottom. The bathroom is the same width as the tub, so there is base on two walls butting into it now. I may just cope both ends of a piece of base and leave it loon for a really tight fit and glue the corners to the the existing base.
I think the silicon would work against the tub, but personally, i would just use quarter round and nail it into the floor, caulk it too the tub.
If you can make the base fit nicely I would use silicone.
What I mean by "nice" is that you dont have to bend it to conform to the curve(if there is one) of the tub. Dont know that the silicone would hold it well enough.
Doug
...er....uh......
....people don't usually do that.
I did the same thing once in an older home, and it looked fine. Any decent construction adhesive will do the job.
Bruce
Between the mountains and the desert ...
dryfit your base perfectly. make sure that it is back primed. run two beads of silicone along the back of the base. take your flex clamps (just a couple of 1x2's cut an inch longer than the floor and spring them into place til the silicone sets up.
if you cant spring a stick into place, a couple dabs of hot glue will hold the base til the silicone does its job.
As long as you can brace the piece into place for a few hours untill the construction adhesive or silicone sets up shouldn't be a problem.
Another option is shoe mould,(looks like 1/4 round but thinner). Covers the gap and can be nailed into a wood floor. A small moulding will be less affected by water spilling from the tub.
Gord
as mentioned, you can do it but, it's not done because the base prevents extra clearance(foot space) getting into and out of the tub. something to consider.
the shoe mold is a good idea.
I've done this using 3/4" plastic quarter-round, to cover up a small gap in the flooring next to the tub. Finish-nailed to the floor and siliconed along the tub and in the nail countersinks. Don't like plastic molding, but at least it will never rot...Oh, and cope plastic molding with care; the coping saw actually melts the plastic, enough that it tries to stick back together behind the blade, and it will grab the blade if you don't keep it moving!