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Toe kick: Paint or finish like floor? Ray 04-23-2006
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Posted by Ray on April 23, 2006, 7:27 pm
If a room has hardwood floors and baseboard molding, is it customary to
paint the quarter round toe kick the same color as the baseboard, or should
it be finished like the floor itself?

Or is it just personal preference?

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Posted by C & E on April 23, 2006, 7:50 pm

> If a room has hardwood floors and baseboard molding, is it customary to
> paint the quarter round toe kick the same color as the baseboard, or
> should it be finished like the floor itself?
>
> Or is it just personal preference?
>
> --
> Ray
>

I'm voting for personal pref and mine is making it the same as the cabs.



Posted by George E. Cawthon on April 23, 2006, 10:45 pm
C & E wrote:
>
>>If a room has hardwood floors and baseboard molding, is it customary to
>>paint the quarter round toe kick the same color as the baseboard, or
>>should it be finished like the floor itself?
>>
>>Or is it just personal preference?
>>
>>--
>>Ray
>>
>
>
> I'm voting for personal pref and mine is making it the same as the cabs.
>
>

Ah ha. That use of "toe kick" is confusing. Toe
kick usually refers to the space under a cabinet.
Yet the OP didn't say anything about cabinets and
asked if the quarter round should be the same as
the "baseboard molding." That two is confusing
since the proper term is just baseboard (it is
normally molded).

Anyway, since one doesn't normally use baseboard
in the toe kick area of a cabinet, the OP must be
talking about walls with a baseboard. If he were
talking about under a cabinet then quarter round
or base shoe the same as the flooring would be
appropriate.

The answer is that regardless of the number of
pieces and the names of the pieces used for the
floor trim, the pieces should all be finished the
same. Single piece baseboard is the most common
modern type, double piece that includes a "base
shoe" is probably more common that a double piece
that includes quarter round. Then of course there
are even more complicated wood trims that have at
least 3 pieces.

Posted by Ray on April 23, 2006, 11:12 pm
> Ah ha. That use of "toe kick" is confusing. Toe kick usually refers to
> the space under a cabinet. Yet the OP didn't say anything about cabinets
> and asked if the quarter round should be the same as the "baseboard
> molding." That two is confusing since the proper term is just baseboard
> (it is normally molded).


Actually, I probably should have said "shoe molding" (which is the quarter
round). And it is for walls, not cabinets. And there are actually three
pieces, the molding, and ogee cap and the quarter round shoe. Sorry for the
confusion.

But then again, you should have said "too" instead of "two" ;))


>C & E wrote:
>>
>>>If a room has hardwood floors and baseboard molding, is it customary to
>>>paint the quarter round toe kick the same color as the baseboard, or
>>>should it be finished like the floor itself?
>>>
>>>Or is it just personal preference?
>>>
>>>--
>>>Ray
>>>
>>
>>
>> I'm voting for personal pref and mine is making it the same as the cabs.
>
> Ah ha. That use of "toe kick" is confusing. Toe kick usually refers to
> the space under a cabinet. Yet the OP didn't say anything about cabinets
> and asked if the quarter round should be the same as the "baseboard
> molding." That two is confusing since the proper term is just baseboard
> (it is normally molded).
>
> Anyway, since one doesn't normally use baseboard in the toe kick area of a
> cabinet, the OP must be talking about walls with a baseboard. If he were
> talking about under a cabinet then quarter round or base shoe the same as
> the flooring would be appropriate.
>
> The answer is that regardless of the number of pieces and the names of the
> pieces used for the floor trim, the pieces should all be finished the
> same. Single piece baseboard is the most common modern type, double piece
> that includes a "base shoe" is probably more common that a double piece
> that includes quarter round. Then of course there are even more
> complicated wood trims that have at least 3 pieces.
>




Posted by George E. Cawthon on April 24, 2006, 11:03 pm

Ray wrote:
>>Ah ha. That use of "toe kick" is confusing. Toe kick usually refers to
>>the space under a cabinet. Yet the OP didn't say anything about cabinets
>>and asked if the quarter round should be the same as the "baseboard
>>molding." That two is confusing since the proper term is just baseboard
>>(it is normally molded).
>
>
>
> Actually, I probably should have said "shoe molding" (which is the quarter
> round). And it is for walls, not cabinets. And there are actually three
> pieces, the molding, and ogee cap and the quarter round shoe. Sorry for the
> confusion.
>
> But then again, you should have said "too" instead of "two" ;))
>

Actually I did say too, my fingers just typed two;
my fingers often type homophones. Started about
3 or 4 years ago, age maybe, or the computer
switches it. I prefer the latter explanation. :)

However, shoe is a molding so the word "molding"
is redundant. But, shoe and quarter round are not
the same. Quarter round is a quarter of a round,
shoe is not, one flat edge is longer than the other.

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