In this video, I show a simple and easy way to make quarter round trim molding end caps. Just think of cat's ears and you will never forget how to make them properly.
Finally, not just a how-to but also a detailed explanation of creating a quarter-round return (endcap)! Understanding the concept makes making it so much easier! Thank you.
Massive shout out to the guy in the background. He intruiges me. What is he thinking. Has he just mowed the lawn and examining his work or watching for Birdlife. He is at peace with his thoughts and for me a real legend..
Best video I’ve found to help me not get confused! Have tons of cuts like this I should have been able to use but I’m using a miter box and they just don’t line up. Thanks for the simple explanation I drew the same thing you showed and will help a lot! Cat ears absolutely!
You seriously just said it so I will always remember this! Thank you very much! I've had to find videos every time I decide to try to finish this project.
Finally a simple drawing! Thank you so much. I watched like ten videos and still kept cutting them wrong. Thank you for saving my sanity with a simple "Cat Ears" drawing at 2:10! I made a little version and taped it to my miter saw.
The backer block is the trick, I see now. Always wondered how you got the cap not to fly away and get dinged. I'm not a carpenter but I have learned enough to do some baseboard work in my house. Thanks for the great video.
You made that look so easy. This will be a good resource for others learning how to make end caps. Perfect fit. I loved seeing this process and it all coming together. What a beautiful improvement. I hope the Boss and Janet show the finished product when all the furnishings are in place. It looks like that time will be here sooner than later. Thx for sharing this with your audience Rosie. Great Job!
Thank you thank you thank you thank you a picture is worth 1000 words and it cleared everything up for me. I took a screenshot of it and printed it and keep it next to my mitre saw. Did I say Thank You?
My intelligent beautiful Rosie, Have a blessed Easter! I am going to the big city to visit Old Town Albuquerque tomorrow, it should be a wonderful holiday ❤
Looking at the piece of trim you have against the floor. I guess it doesn't matter if the long end is at the top or the bottom so long as you're cutting two pieces like you showed. The pieces would just be switched right? I'm saying that because I have some trim against the wall on the floor and the way I did it was to have the long piece on the top.
Hey Rosie, this is an excellent how to video..Awesome job..My first real job as teen was hanging drywall, so i can relate to all this..Have a great Easter..
Great detailed info Rosie👍 I miss You😭😭 I love the progress videos but it’s not the same as a Live.I know it’s necessarily though to add video content.🥰🥰
I agree we call them dog ears. The only time id use a return on shoe or quarter round is if its the fake plastic or mdf material or the worst is one company sells hollow quarter round that has to have returns open every stopping point.
How do you attach the end cap? do you nail it through the piece of quarter round it's capping off? Do you nail the end cap into the piece of quarter round it's capping off? Do you nail the end cap into the wall trim at an angle?
This video was very helpful. However, I didn't realize that my son had purchased the quarter round compressed wood with a thin laminate that is not symmetrical. The width and height are different, so it totally confused me till I finally realized this. I kept wondering why the end caps didn't fit. You always had to be carefully that you consistently cut either the higher or wider part of this molding. I wonder why they do this, aside from the cost of the compressed wood? I imagine real wood would be more difficult to do this, as it has to be more in a shape of an oval, rather than a circle. For it to make sense to me, I decided to make a square frame with it so that the slope was either towards the outside or the inside before I realized the logic of it. In order to see the end cap, the slope of the quarter round has to be on the outside of the frame, if this makes any sense to anyone. Of course, the frame would also have to be made with either the wider or taller side. I guess, you would have to decide whether you wanted to molding to be higher or wider. In our case, we needed the wider side face down in order to cover the gaps of the flooring.
IMHO ....no need for all that, if using real wood, just partially (starting at 3/4 or just more than half the thickness of the shoe molding) cut the end off at a 45 into the room....no need for an end cap and another joint, looks good and nothing to fall of later.
Yes that is the standard for shoe molding or Q round to just get a 45 nipped in the end looks much cleaner and a stain pen or paint pen to touch up the cut ends makes them look perfect
You might need to put the birds in a closet or something. It's so distracting that I stopped the video and will move on. Just a "trick" of the trade: ..."don't let distraction in the room ruin your RU-vid video (ex. Dogs barking, cats walking across your video, birds chirping, wife complaining. 8-)
