How to reinstall wood trim? Thor Palazzo

[just_cruisin]

Hello,

I am trying to figure out the best way to reinstall a piece of wood trim that fell off the front of the big slide inside our 2014 Thor Palazzo 36.1.

It left behind numerous small headless nails sticking out of the wood that is attached to slide. Do these require a nail gun to install? I’ve never worked with trim pieces like this before.

I’m thinking the basic plan is to nail the big piece of trim to the wood on the slide, then nail or glue the small strip of trim to the big strip of trim.

[Spk64]

Pull the old nails out from back side. If you know someone with a finish nailer that would be easiest. Other option is purchase some finish nails and a nail set and use a hammer. Then use some wood putty to fill the holes.

[tnedator]

Before going the hammer route, you might just pickup an inexpensive brad nailer from Amazon, Lowes or Home depot (assuming you have an air compressor -- not sure if there are electric ones this inexpensive).

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000EJW1ZY/

[powerboatr]

in my tuscany, i just pulled the old nails and put new ones back in the same holes a few years ago when we did a bit of slide seal repair. little air nailer or patience and a small brad hammer will work.

[Berlin Kid]

Originally Posted by tnedator

Before going the hammer route, you might just pickup an inexpensive brad nailer from Amazon, Lowes or Home depot (assuming you have an air compressor -- not sure if there are electric ones this inexpensive).

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000EJW1ZY/

You have a 300 hp air compressor on the coach.

[Podivin]

Since you're asking the question, I'm going to assume you're not a woodworker.

Any nails that remain in the trim, pull them out from the back side using a pair of pliers.(Twist the nails around the pliers and they'll come right out)
Any nails that remain in the slide you can either pull out or drive them in until their flush with the wood.

Then put some glue (Gorilla Glue is good, and there's always the old standby of Elmer's) on the trim, put it in place and hold it there with some tape - 2" masking or duct tape.
Put tape at the top of the trim, and at the bottom, and at least two or three places in between.
Pull the tape TIGHT across the front of the trim and onto the side of the slide - that's what's going to hold your trim in place while the glue dries.
Leave the tape in place for at least 12 hours but less than 24 (so the glue on the tape doesn't become an icky mess on the trim).
Take off the tape, clean off the glue residue and you're done.

I'm recommending against using nails because of the fairly high risk of splitting the trim and/or just mucking up the finish on the trim due to your inexperience in working with wood. (No offense of any sort intended, but starting your wood working journey with a piece of highly visible, and probably hard to replace, trim is probably not the best place to start).

[tnedator]

Originally Posted by Berlin Kid

You have a 300 hp air compressor on the coach.

No, nor would I need one for that little brad nailer.

[just_cruisin]

Thank you for all the replies and no, I’m obviously not a woodworker hahaha.

There are actually two pieces, a big one and a narrower strip. The big one will probably have to be nailed to the slide since the 1/2 inch thick wood panel it attaches to is fairly rough and irregular. I don’t think glue would hold up.

The smaller, narrower strip can likely be glued and will cover up the nail holes.

I would definitely invest in more tools but we are probably packing up the house and hitting the road for several months so I might just try a hammer and some brads with heads.

[Bob_C]

Finish nails.....use a nail set (tool that contacts only the nail head)