Fitting beading onto skirting board?

[minkah]

Our bathroom skirting board doesn't match the rest of the house. It's just a plank of wood painted white. I'd like to 'finish' it to match everywhere else in the house, by putting on some beading.

Is it to be glued one? What do I do about corners?

I was looking in homebase today and saw nice decorative strips of pine in various thicknesses, I'd like to get on with it but would appreciate any tips from those who have gone before.

My Dhaka made all of our Victorian skirting boards using mdf topped with pine ogee architrave. They look very original (original ones had decayed - it's not a new build) They were glued on with silicon glue. The corners were mitred though, I'm afraid.

That should say Dh not Dhaka!

Mitring corners..aah. Off to YouTube to see if I can find a tutorial.

Oh crumbs! Ok!

Off I go to find a carpenter, then...

You could buy a wooden mitre box for a tenner and cut the mitres yourself. The angle on a chop saw is 45 degrees.With the mitre box you just put the wood in it and saw either on the outward or inward slot to achieve the two angles . You can do it yourself and save some money too

If you have not got a saw , buy a small shark saw or fat max saw. I think B&Q do the fat max. Nice small teeth for neat cut of beading and you can cut on the down stroke as well as the up too.It's the design of the teeth array that allows that. They measure about 18 inches in length .

Oh gosh, this is ridiculous. I installed iOS 8 and I cant c&p at all.

Roneik I'm looking on eBay at mitre boxes. There are loads, starting from £3.69 for a rolson one.

Thanks for the input, I see how I could do it, now, thankyou.

is it possible for me to buy the wrong mitre box? ( because if it is possible, I'll likely do it.)

Ps I wanted to post link to mitre box and ask for your ok or not.

They vary the wooden boxes are about a tenner, then there is a metal version with a hacksaw looking saw that sits on pins for more accurate cut of mitre.They are about 30 quid
Then there is a electric mitre saw usually called a chop saw that does various angles and mitres as well as straight cuts

If you buy the wooden box type they have a limited life span as the wood gets worn on the cutting groove.

Post a link if you like , but a mitre box is just that, you get what you pay for. I have a chop saw as I do quite a bit of bits and bobs. It's adictive once you have a go and move on to the next project. You can save thousands over the years. Probably reccomend getting one of the metal mitre jigs with the built in saw and sliding lever for the angles stamped onto it.If you intend doing lots of jobs a chop saw so easy and so accurate

Roneik, thankyou for this input! I've been looking on Amazon at mitre boxes and reading the reviews, and thanks to you I understand now how to do it. Will get down to b&q next week and look for the fat max.

I have to measure the depth of the plank that serves as a bathroom skirting and find beading that is the correct depth, then buy a mitre box and fat max saw and some glue, and then the learning curve begins.

Thanks for pointing me in the direction, I really appreciate it. I'm looking forward to doing it, though my head is scrambled about inward and outward angles, I'm sure it'll fall into place once it's being put into practice.