Finally got a clean glue-up on a mitered cabinet door

Tried using blue tape to clamp the corners on some maple shaker doors and it actually worked way better than I expected. First time in 3 years I didn't have to sand out any squeeze-out lines, anyone else do this or am I late to the party?

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michael_bennett119d ago

Blue tape trick worked great for me too on walnut picture frames last month. Came out perfect with zero cleanup needed. Took me way too long to discover that little hack.

finleycooper8d ago

Blue tape trick is solid, but those shaker doors you mentioned are probably cope and stick, not true mitered corners. Shakers usually have a center panel with stiles and rails, so there wouldn't be a mitered corner to tape up.

luna_kim408d ago

omg that whole cope and stick vs mitered corner thing is something I only learned the hard way. I tried to tape up a shaker door once for paint and got so confused why the tape just buckled in the middle. The center panel thing threw me off so bad. Also I still think that blue tape trick is genius for any kind of framing work though, like I used it on my bathroom mirror edge last week and it saved me a headache.