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6/29/2017 6:53:03 PM EDT
Question for the pro installers or those who know more about what they're doing than I do.

We don't like shoe (either painted or matching the floor)

Would you caulk under this or just leave it be?

Note that the gap looks larger because of the low angle, from standing, it is less obvious.


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6/29/2017 7:03:39 PM EDT
[#1]
That's not considered bad. From the pic it looks to be  1/16th or less I'd let it go.
6/29/2017 7:36:40 PM EDT
[#2]
If the floor is floating you can't caulk.  If not, I've still never seen it done.  People don't notice that, but a poor caulk job would surely be noticed.
6/29/2017 8:00:09 PM EDT
[#3]
Thanks, I was leaning toward leaving it alone.

It's floating engineering vinyl planks. It is supposed to be a lot more dimensionally stable than the MDF based stuff.
6/29/2017 8:20:25 PM EDT
[#4]
Yup, just leave it be.
6/29/2017 8:32:06 PM EDT
[#5]
Leave it and come do mine! I spend way to much time coping and redoing my work around here
6/30/2017 12:12:26 AM EDT
[#6]
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If the floor is floating you can't caulk.  If not, I've still never seen it done.  People don't notice that, but a poor caulk job would surely be noticed.
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Yeah, I wouldn't caulk from painted surface to lacquer floor.
7/1/2017 12:08:16 PM EDT
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Yeah, I wouldn't caulk from painted surface to lacquer floor.
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Varnish =/= lacquer.

I have only lacquered a very few floor that had fancy inlays many years ago.

There are enough 'water white' varnishes available now to use.
7/7/2017 2:08:51 PM EDT
[#8]
That would be very easy to scribe to the floor
7/8/2017 12:26:40 PM EDT
[#9]
Leave it be.
Good work!
8/2/2017 10:18:24 PM EDT
[#10]
looks perfectly normal to me, ....caulking would probably look bad, especially if there's movement between floor/wall/molding...
8/2/2017 10:44:19 PM EDT
[#11]
Are you trying to get the base or the casing tighter to the floor?

It doesn't look bad now, you should pry just leave well enough alone.

If the base and casing aren't caulked to the wall, you could lay a board on top of the base and hit it with a hammer to knock it tight to the floor.

Put a piece of paper against the wall so you don't scuff your wall paint with the hammer.