Can you glue Boral trim?

Q: Do I need to use adhesives when installing TruExterior? A: No. However, exterior-grade acrylic caulk and adhesive may be used to smooth out joints or miters prior to painting.

Does Boral trim need to be primed?

TruExterior Products come with a factory-applied primer. Because TruExterior Products absorb virtually no moisture, ends and field cuts do not need to be primed or sealed. TruExterior Products do require a coat of exterior-grade paint to maintain your warranty.

Can you plane Boral?

Yes, it can be planed, support it well as it enters and exits the planer. It is a fly ash material, may be a little rough on the planer blades.

Do you glue exterior trim?

Q. For gluing exterior wood trim components that will be exposed to the weather, but not submerged under water, what’s best: resorcinol, epoxy, or a polyurethane glue? A. Any one of these will work, as long as the joint has good wood-to-wood contact.

What kind of siding is Boral truexterior used for?

Designed to be used in non-load-bearing applications, Boral TruExterior®Trim is suitable for ground contact and moisture- prone areas, which makes it ideal for exterior trim applications such as fascia, door trim, soffits, rake boards and a variety of other exterior applications.

Which is better Boral trim or PVC trim?

TruExterior Trim is simply too flexible to do this. Bottom line: Boral TruExterior Trim is more dimensionally stable than PVC or wood, looks better than fiber cement, and is installed with the same tools and techniques one would use with wood.

What kind of wood does Boral trim look like?

When my first delivery arrived, my initial impression was that it resembles MDF, has a weight somewhere between that of wood and PVC trim, and has both woodgrain and smooth faces. On many jobs, the biggest problem is storing the primed finger-jointed pine trim that we typically use.

What kind of building materials does Boral use?

In Australia, Boral supplies concrete, quarry products, asphalt, cement, roof tiles, timber and masonry to build infrastructure, residential construction and commercial buildings.