Latex caulk will seal off that gap and will expand and contract with the movement of the materials.
Seal between baseboard and floor.
Use good quality tape 3m 1 blue painter s tape.
Caulking the laminate flooring baseboards gaps in trim joints and the gap between baseboard and wall improve water impermeability of the house.
This will protect the flooring from the excess caulk that will inevitably squeeze out after application.
In some places there is up to 1 8 gap.
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I d love to hear what a professional painter has to say.
He told us he never caulks this area because of the movement of the floor can pull the caulk away.
My tips for caulking bottom of baseboards.
Caulk is a watertight sealant used to protect the joints and seams in a house from damage and wear.
Our painter did not caulk between the baseboards and new hardwood floor.
Either way it s an easy fix.
Many also have anti mildew or anti mold agents to keep your baseboards sparkling.
Though often used to seal the gaps around doors windows and other home fixtures caulk can also be used along the edges of your floor to seal the gap between the wall and baseboard.
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If there s any existing caulk remove as much of it as possible.
With a quick coating of caulk you can make your baseboards look like new again.
If applying to caulk to the bottoms of the baseboards run painter s tape along the flooring parallel to the baseboards about 1 8 inch away.
The best caulk for baseboards efficiently remove any defects and close up the gaps between the baseboard and the floor or the walls.
A putty knife 5 in 1 tool or wire brush can help dislodge the old stuff run.
Tape the flooring.
Is this standard procedure.
If you ve got a laminate floor and surrounding baseboard and there s a small gap where the trim meets the floor it means either the floor wasn t even and straight or the trim contracted after it was installed.
Caulking is a fairly cost friendly method to seal small thin gaps between the wall and the basement of the floor.