About the Material
Royal Mouldings Pro Series™ Siding Trim is extruded using the latest vinyl technology Cellular PVC. It has been thoroughly tested for strength, durability, and low maintenance, offering a No Rot® feature over wood.
Installation Guidelines
Read thoroughly before beginning. Pro Series™ Siding Trim is ready to install. It has been designed to fit with all standard siding applications.
Required Tools:
• Tape Measure
• Chalk Line and / or Pencil
• Hand Saw or Electric Miter Saw
• Hammer
• 1-1/4” Roofing Nails
• 4” Window and Door Sealing Tape
Included:
(1) 3-1/2” Corner Trim OR (1) 5-1/2” Corner Trim AND (2) Nailing Fins
Application:
1. Insert nailing fins into corner trim as shown:
2. Cut the trim pieces so that they touch the soffit on top and extend 1/8” below the sheathing on bottom.
3. Measure from the corner:
4” for 3-1/2” trim
6” for 5-1/2” trim
and make several V-marks from top to bottom. Use these marks to line up the edge of the nailing fin, or to strike a chalk line for alignment.
4. While lining up the edge of the nailing fin with the V- marks (or chalk line), apply nails through the pre-punched holes, 18” (MAX) apart.
5. Apply 4” window and door sealing tape so that it fully covers both nailing fins, from the soffit to the bottom of the sheathing.
Painting Cellular Vinyl PVC
Royal’s factory applied Readi-Finish® requires no painting for protection. Desired custom finishes can be achieved using oil based or latex paints. To maintain warranty for custom colors in darker shades, use of paints with VinylSafe™ Technology from Sherwin Williams is recommended. (Dark colors are considered any color that falls within the lightness (L) value of 56 to 0 noting that 100 is white and 0 is black.)
Touch-Up for Exterior Mouldings
A complete line of touch-up products is available from Royal Mouldings for pre-finished woodgrain colors, painted colors and Clearwood® ready to stain finishes. Also recommended:
• Dap® “All Purpose” Painter’s Putty®
• Minwax High Performance Wood Filler®
• Elmer’s Fill-N-Finish Light Wood Filler®
• Sherwin Williams Shrink Free Spackling®
After installation is complete, caulk and/or putty all gaps and nail holes.
Cleaning
Exterior Mouldings
Cleaning Royal Mouldings is easy and fast with most major household cleaners. There are many cleaners on the market and the glass cleaners seem to be the best candidate for keeping the finish intact. The cleaning solution should be applied and immediately wiped dry. With any cleaning material, the cleaning solution should not be left to stand on the components for an extended period of time. Royal Mouldings recommends the following cleaners:
Windex® 409 Glass and Surface Cleaner® Spic & Span Cinch® Fantastik All-Purpose® Fantastik Orange Action® Regency® (Glass and Surface) Clorox Clean-Up® Glass Plus®
Fantastik Oxy Power Multi-Purpose Cleaner®
What to Avoid
Harsh cleaners with glycol ethers or ethanol type solvents and/or isopropyl alcohol soften the coating if left on for several minutes and are not recommended. Examples of these harmful cleaners are Goof Off®, Wal-Mart “Great Value All Purpose Cleaner®” (glycol ether), 409 General Purpose® (2-Butoxyethanol) and Greased Lightning® (glycol ether), citrus cleaners, abrasive cleaners, and solvents such as acetone, paint remover and lacquer.