An Introduction to Decorative Molding in Your Home
Decorative molding includes all of the kinds of trim used in a home. It can serve a purely decorative function, or it can also be used to hide any unfinished edges of a wall. Moldings can be made of wood-most usually of pine or oak-or, as is used frequently today, polyurethane. Polyurethane is a lightweight, long-lasting, durable alternative to wood. Molding can also be painted or stained.
This article provides a brief description of the types of decorative trim available as well as information available to guide you in your use of decorative molding in your home.
5 types of molding
There are five types of decorative molding commonly used. These include: baseboard, cornice, crown, wall moldings, and panel moldings. Let’s take a look at each one separately.
Base. Base molding is the trim used to finish the wall along the floor. Also called a mopboard, the baseboard protects the wall. Ideally, your baseboard complements the casings around your doors and windows. A baseboard is commonly found throughout every room in most homes. Read the rest of this entry »
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Stop! Read This Before You Clean Up Mold
Okay I have to admit, writing articles is for one reason only to gain popularity to your website. I’m writing this one after reading an article on another article submission site regarding mold removal. I really don’t have the time or space on this page to go over all the stupid advice given on the article in question. The advice given was actually dangerous including the use of bleach and household vacuum cleaners and rubbing the drywall will towels to remove excessive mold. These articles are written for a price by professional writers who just blurb nonsense. Okay sorry, on to a basic mold removal procedure.
For mold removal of an area 10ftsq or less only. Larger areas should be inspected by a professional remediation service.
1. Stop the water leak, high humidity or what ever is causing the mold FIRST!
Seams like common sense.
2. Be realistic, if there is a small patch of mold in your basement less than 10ftsq, you can attempt mold remediation, if you have mold growing all over the structure or on contents through-out different areas stop, call a pro. You will only make it worse! Read the rest of this entry »
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Injection Molding From a Molders Point of View
I have been in the field of Custom Plastic Injection Molding for about 21 years now as of the writing of this article. I am currently working as a Process Engineer, which I have done for about 15 of my 20+ years in the field of injection molding and I have primarily worked for molders that were involved in the automotive field.
Plastic injection molding, by definition, is the process of injecting plastic into a mold (or mould in European circles), cooling the plastic, ejecting it from the mold, and packing the finished product for sale to the customer. This sounds simple and in it’s basic form it is, but the process involved with making all this happen is actually quite complicated. Plastic can be injected into the mold with low pressure, but typically is done under high pressure upwards of 30,000 PSI cavity pressure. Read the rest of this entry »