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the styrene because I had lost my faith in glue joints. Instead, I
thought shoving the styrene in the corner and letting its natural
springiness work against fillets (berms) to hold it in place mechani-
cally would make a durable joint.
Spackle was the first thing I thought of to make the fillets and it
worked well, but something was needed hold the coving in place
until the spackle hardened. Staples solved that problem.
18 17
17: Once the spackle dries and the staple shanks are
set flush with the coving surface, it's time to sand the
spackle smooth. I use a long particle board sanding
block wrapped with a sheet of 80 grit sandpaper.
18: Sanding spackle makes LOTS of dust. I vacuum
it up while I'm sanding to avoid having it accumulate.
Work slowly to avoid putting lots of dust into the air
where it floats around and lands on everything nearby.
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