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<blockquote data-quote="Snattlerake" data-source="post: 3714204" data-attributes="member: 44288"><p>This problem has been going on for over a year. I am trying to figure out what I did wrong. I bought wood furring strips and wood finger jointed crown and acclimated them to my house for over a month before I could start. I used the furring strips under the crown as a nailer for the crown. The room was so long I had to splice all four sides of the crown. I used white glue because I couldn't find any superglue spray to use on the joint as they do on youtube. White carpenter's glue was used for years and is still used for crown. </p><p></p><p>I installed the crown and filled the gaps with regular wood putty as I was painting instead of staining. I found out the wood crown had been pre primed with crappy primer and the paint just peeled off after weeks like poorly applied vinyl. I peeled it all off, sanded, and reprimed with a filling primer called Gripper. After two coats of Gripper, I waited for a week to apply the paint. It worked great. After a few months, the wood putty fell out. I tried slow drying silicone and waited for a week to paint that and it fell out. I applied BONDO and it lasted a month. I was told to use fast dry silicone and it lasted a month.</p><p></p><p>I'm having trouble with all four splices but only two are really giving me fits.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]248363[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]248364[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]248365[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>This gap has closed up about a 1/16th since last week. It is currently about 1/8th inch.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Snattlerake, post: 3714204, member: 44288"] This problem has been going on for over a year. I am trying to figure out what I did wrong. I bought wood furring strips and wood finger jointed crown and acclimated them to my house for over a month before I could start. I used the furring strips under the crown as a nailer for the crown. The room was so long I had to splice all four sides of the crown. I used white glue because I couldn't find any superglue spray to use on the joint as they do on youtube. White carpenter's glue was used for years and is still used for crown. I installed the crown and filled the gaps with regular wood putty as I was painting instead of staining. I found out the wood crown had been pre primed with crappy primer and the paint just peeled off after weeks like poorly applied vinyl. I peeled it all off, sanded, and reprimed with a filling primer called Gripper. After two coats of Gripper, I waited for a week to apply the paint. It worked great. After a few months, the wood putty fell out. I tried slow drying silicone and waited for a week to paint that and it fell out. I applied BONDO and it lasted a month. I was told to use fast dry silicone and it lasted a month. I'm having trouble with all four splices but only two are really giving me fits. [ATTACH type="full"]248363[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]248364[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]248365[/ATTACH] This gap has closed up about a 1/16th since last week. It is currently about 1/8th inch. [/QUOTE]
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