Thank you for your response.  Yes, previously I had lap cut crown molding
for another house.  Problem with this house is that the room is radically
out of square and it seemed easier to patch than to play around with the
variety of angles that would be involved in getting sections to mate
perfectly.   At $6.53 per linear foot over a 72-foot linear distance, the
material cost is at a premium.
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> From:         JRhodes[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Reply To:     Chapel of the unPowered nailers.
> Sent:         Tuesday, January 09, 2001 2:37 PM
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> Subject:      Re: Western Red Cedar Crown Molding
>
> Re Donna R. Cubberly's "product available that could be used to fill
> in the smal gaps created by butt-joining western red cedar crown
> molding around the ceiling of a living room"
>
> The traditional trick is to not cut the molding square butted, but
> lapped on a 45 degree angle, and nailed thru the lap.  Even if the
> joint opens up a bit you don't see a dark gap through the pieces.
> Outside corners are customarily miter cut, inside corners coped, not
> miter cut (that's the tricky part because you often have to undercut
> the coped piece without disturbing the coped line.  I've used this
> technique on wood and in cutting pressed metal moldings around "tin"
> ceilings, and with neat work, looks pretty good even after quite a
> few years of settling in.  As for blending with western red cedar,
> you may have to stain up your own filler, experimenting until you get
> a decent match.
>
> Tell us how it comes out.
>
> Rev. Jim
>