Plastic T-Molding - Best way to deal with it?

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Plastic T-Molding - Best way to deal with it?

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Hi,

Working on refurbishing a '91 26S. The t-molding around some of the wood trim has pulled away and is extremely difficult to put back in place (and once I do so it comes back out again. How are others dealing with this issue? Is there way to get the t-molding back in place or just remove the trim and coat/epoxy the edges of the wood panels?

Thanks,

Ken
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Re: Plastic T-Molding - Best way to deal with it?

Post by Jimmyt »

Welcome to the forum, Ken! Glad to have you participating.

Here is a recent thread where we discussed the T molding topic some. You might want to look at that for starters.

viewtopic.php?p=352144&hilit=Edge+molding#p352144

Looking forward to seeing more of your posts and some progress pics of your boat.

Again, welcome!

Jim
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Thanks for the link, Jim. Would have replied sooner but didn't get a notification of your response (will check my forum settings and make sure reply notifications are set on).
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Re: Plastic T-Molding - Best way to deal with it?

Post by Piddle and Futz »

I reported success earlier with using a hot glue gun on T molding... Have to withdraw that. It has not held up and came unglued in the Texas heat.
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