Can I glue a peeling vinyl door strip back on?
You can usually glue a peeling and warped vinyl door strip or baseboard back in place without replacing it entirely. Choosing the right adhesive or sealant allows you to complete the DIY repair without having to remove the entire strip or repaint the underlying wood.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
Found another way around this?
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- 1Removing and replacing the warped vinyl stripDid this help you?
- 2Painting the exposed wood using a quality exterior rated paintDid this help you?
- 3asking the property managerDid this help you?
- 4replacing the whole vinyl baseboardDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I'd much rather DIY than ask the property manager. Is there a way I can glue it back on without removing the whole thing, or do I need a new vinyl baseboard? Which adhesives and sealant do you recommend for a bathroom?”source ↗
“This strip on my door has peeled off. Can I glue it back or does it need to be removed and replaced? Do I have to remove it and paint the wood?”source ↗
Where this came up
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