If you do not have a trim nail gun crown molding can be a daunting task. Its never easy to work over head with small nails and a hammer with both of your hands already holding up a piece of trim. I use this trick whenever I am unlucky enough to get stuck on a job without my nail gun. Take a trim nail you were intending to use for your molding (I usually use long trim nails for crown molding 2.5″) and chuck it in your drill just as if it were a drill bit. Cut your trim to length. Then mark your studs on the wall and on your piece of trim. Take the drill and carefully drill a pilot hole with the chucked nail. Double check the hole size by sliding a nail in the hole, it should be snug enough to hold the nail while you lift the trim to the ceiling. Do this on every other stud and on each end. Tap your nails in being careful not to hit the trim with the hammer (be careful when you set the nails that you do not set them too far into the trim). Do not nail the ends of the trim until the other pieces have been worked up, you will need this play to make a good fit.

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