I have just fitted a kitchen .It's not complete as I cannot neatly mitre the pelmets round 90 degree corners. Any advice on avoiding the gaps ?
Cupboard Pelmets
Jun 30, 2004
2 Replies
What are you using for a mitre guide ? Is it that the pelmets are awkwardly shaped and don't sit squarely ?
If you are really stuck, take the pelmet to your local woodworkers and they'll probably mitre them accurately for you for a few quid.
You can use a mitre block. I used a chop saw, perfect but not the cheap option.
But the problem might be in the way you're fixing the 2 pieces together. Forget using an angle bracket.
If it's MDF use a product called Mitre FFFast. I just installed my pelmets and frustratingly had big problems getting them aligned and looking neat. This glue is a 2 piece kit, on 1 piece you spray an applicator and the 2 nd piece you use some glue drops. Hold them together and after 10 seconds it's stuck. It saved my sanity.
I must say that if you're using cheap laminate MDF types, like I did, there will be some sort of seam. Mainly because the laminate was so thin.
HTH
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