We have a breakfast bar as part of the new kitchen so I'm fitting decor 
panels to the backs of the cupboards. Because of the length I need to 
have 3 panels side-by-side but the butt joints look pretty awful because 
of the white lines.
I've taken off the edging but there's still a white line from the 
remnants of the heat-sensitive adhesive that held the edging on.
How can I make these joints look OK?

The only thing I can think of is to route the edges but it'll be 
difficult to get an absolutely straight edge - are there any H-section 
trims that look acceptable?

Dave

On Sun, 18 Sep 2005 17:30:43 +0000 (UTC), Dave
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>The only thing I can think of is to route the edges but it'll be 
>difficult to get an absolutely straight edge 


Not if you use a straight edge.
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Dave wrote:

|| The only thing I can think of is to route the edges but it'll be
|| difficult to get an absolutely straight edge -

Actually very simple.  Use a bearing guided trimming cutter like this 
http://www.axminster.co.uk/product.asp?pf_id=20935&recno=4

Clamp a straight edge under the board so the bearing can run along that - 
Robert is your fathers brother!

Dave

Dave wrote:

> We have a breakfast bar as part of the new kitchen so I'm fitting decor 
> panels to the backs of the cupboards. Because of the length I need to 
> have 3 panels side-by-side but the butt joints look pretty awful because 
> of the white lines.
> I've taken off the edging but there's still a white line from the 
> remnants of the heat-sensitive adhesive that held the edging on.
> How can I make these joints look OK?


I don't think you can, they will still show up as a black
line eventually - can you make them into a feature with a
capping-piece of some sort?

> Dave wrote:
> > We have a breakfast bar as part of the new kitchen so I'm fitting decor
> > panels to the backs of the cupboards. Because of the length I need to
> > have 3 panels side-by-side but the butt joints look pretty awful because
> > of the white lines.
> > I've taken off the edging but there's still a white line from the
> > remnants of the heat-sensitive adhesive that held the edging on.
> > How can I make these joints look OK?


Forget the decor panels and use a single piece of "wood".  When my dad
did something similar back in the dark ages, he used a piece of ply.

Chris Bacon wrote:

> Dave wrote:
> 
>> We have a breakfast bar as part of the new kitchen so I'm fitting 
>> decor panels to the backs of the cupboards. Because of the length I 
>> need to have 3 panels side-by-side but the butt joints look pretty 
>> awful because of the white lines.
>> I've taken off the edging but there's still a white line from the 
>> remnants of the heat-sensitive adhesive that held the edging on.
>> How can I make these joints look OK?
> 
> 
> I don't think you can, they will still show up as a black
> line eventually - can you make them into a feature with a
> capping-piece of some sort?


Any suggestions for a decent-looking H or T section moulding?

Dave