Try A Play-Doh Hack To Get The Perfect Wall Trim Every Time

Whether you are DIYing an accent wall or simply delineating a space, adding a trim can improve the appearance of any room. Cutting trim, though, can be more challenging than it looks, especially when you're dealing with tight corners and complex angles. Even a small measurement error or slight misalignment can throw off the entire fit, resulting in unevenness and gaps. Tools like miter saws can help you get a precise cut, but getting the measurement just right can prove to be the more challenging aspect. There is a trick to getting perfectly fitting trim every time, though. This hack involves using Play-Doh to create a template of the angle you need for your trim cut. When you've made your Play-Doh angle recreation, you place it on top of the trim piece and mark it for cutting.

This is a foolproof method for achieving perfect wall trim, eliminating hassle and wasted trim. This Play-Doh hack is so easy to implement, you will wonder why you ever spent time fiddling with protractors and angle finders. Something that sets this hack apart from other template methods, like using paper or cardboard, is that a single piece of Play-Doh can be molded once and remolded for subsequent angles. This eliminates any confusion that having multiple templates lying around can cause. There are also ways to use this Play-Doh trick to enhance the look of your walls, beyond making proper cuts on your wall trim.

Play-Doh is one of those everyday household items with genius hidden functions, and using it to help cut the correct trim angles couldn't be easier. As you install your trim, when you get to a piece that requires an angled cut, take a chunk of Play-Doh and press it against the wall at the location of the angle. Your Play-Doh template should be at least as wide as the trim piece. Then, slowly remove the Play-Doh from the wall, taking care not to alter the angle's slope. Now, place your Play-Doh on the piece of trim at the point where it needs to be cut and mark along the angled edge. When you cut the trim, it should be the exact angle you need and fit perfectly on your wall. If you don't have Play-Doh, modeling clay will work. In the absence of both of these, you can make salt dough by mixing flour, water, and salt.

This Play-Doh hack is great for perfecting your trim cuts, but it works well for other DIY home improvement projects, as well. If you are trying this easy faux wallpaper trick to give your walls a modern update by hand-painting patterns, you can use Play-Doh or modeling clay to help you paint your designs and angles. When you have your first design sketched on your wall, mold your Play-Doh around the edges and use that as a template for the rest of the designs. If you use salt dough or modeling clay, you could even harden your template by baking it and then tracing it.