SoSimpleCrown Do It Yourself Crown Molding
By Kevin Pace
Installing crown molding can be the hardest part of remodeling or redecorating a room — one wrong cut, one misplaced finish nail, one incorrectly angled miter, and the entire project falls apart. To make things a little easier, SoSimpleCrown offers pre-cut DIY crown molding, eliminating all the hard parts and leaving nothing but the installation.
SoSimpleCrown fabricates their crown molding from industrial-grade high-density polystyrene and coats it with a proprietary skin for a smooth and durable finish — it boasts an estimated lifespan of 35 years. You install the crown molding with DAP caulking adhesive available at any hardware store.
SoSimpleCrown offers 13 different styles of molding and ships them in 6-1/2′ lengths with corners pre-cut to your specifications. Expect to pay anywhere from $25 to $40 for a single length, with discounts for buying in bulk.
DIY Crown Molding [SoSimpleCrown]
May 26th, 2009 at 10:18 am
I guess “SoExpensiveCrown” didn’t make it through the marketing test groups. 25 to 40 bucks for a 6-1/2′ piece? I guess being a DIY dipshit who can’t hang crown has its consequences. Honestly, at some point, either learn the skills or pay someone who has them.
May 26th, 2009 at 10:47 am
For a single 6′ piece, sure its expensive, but if you’re getting a whole room’s worth the price drops significantly and its only a bit more than getting the same stuff at Lowes. Although for the price I would excpect the corners to be coped, not mitered.
May 26th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
…it boasts an estimated lifespan of 35 years.
Bummer. So the molding in my 106 year old home would have had to have been replaced 3 times if it were made of this stuff rather than wood (at least I would have been the one replacing it only once).
May 26th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Aside from the cost, I can think of some other problems. A lot of people can’t measure accurately, a lot of houses have corners that are not perfectly square, and since they come in short 6.5 foot lengths you may have more (and more noticeable) seams.
May 26th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
I don’t know why people think crown mould is so hard to do. All you gotta do is look in the back of the Brosco book!
May 27th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
I don’t believe people would trust their rooms to be square enough to have the miters done off site, by people that have never been in the room. I wonder if the finish is a thin set of plaster, or some other sort of plastic… If you want crown moulding,you’re going to have to learn to cope.