Have you given an old piece of furniture a second chance and need to cover the old screw holes? Have you drilled your workbench to organize all the cables and need to finish it off? The embellishers to cover holes they are a great alternative to finish off these jobs.
Today there is a wide variety of products on the market that allow us to make reforms in our home and achieve good finishes without being professionals. Some, as little valued as those that we propose today but that represent a simple and inexpensive alternative. We present them to you!
Table cable gland
To work comfortably, it is important keep our desk tidy. However, it is difficult to achieve this when the cables of the computer and its components are crossed before our eyes. To solve this, the table runners are a great alternative since they provide us with a simple and comfortable way to keep them organized. And we can not only use them in the work table, these trims are also very effective in the living room, to organize the cables of different entertainment systems in an efficient way.
Features
Table cable glands are products manufactured in stainless steel, aluminum or ABS plastic high quality. They take on different shapes and are easily integrated into furniture, providing us with a way to finish off those holes we make to organize the cables in a certain space.
Also known as desk tops, they are generally made up of two parts: a frame that fits into the hole made in the cabinet and a lid with a flexible opening that sealed with a brush mounts on the frame to prevent the entry of dust and entanglement of the cables.
The round cable glands, the most common, are usually adjusted to diameters between 40 mm and 80 mm presenting a significant range of variations in finishes and color. The squares and rectangles are less numerous and present fewer variations, so it can be more difficult to find one that fits a certain project.
Installation
These organizers are a easy to install solution, You will only need a drill with a hole saw whose diameter matches that of the fish. The first step to install them will be to make a hole in the desk or the surface on which you want to put order using the appropriate hole saw. Once you have made the hole, you can place the trim well with adhesive.
Afterwards, all that remains is to remove the lid so that you can insert all cables and reinsert it back under pressure to collect them. Simple, right? And in the same way you can work with other types of trims that are not round, adapting the cutting tool.
Adhesive screw cover trims
Adhesive trims are a very economical resource to cover those unsightly holes left by screws. What holes are we talking about? Both those made so that you can adjust the height of the shelves, as well as those that leave the screws in their wake when you insert them to fix a piece of furniture. In the latter case, in addition to the hole, you will be able to see the head of the screw, which being black could contrast with the color of the furniture, resulting unsightly.
Generally made of moisture resistant PVC material, they provide great adhesion to surfaces made of melamine and plywood. You will find them available in blisters of 20 to 100 units with a round or square shape and in numerous colors and finishes that imitate wood.
To cover the holes with them you will only have to clear them from the blister and stick them on the desired surface, that easy! You will end up using them more than you think at first. You will also find new uses for them at home.
Hole plugs
Hole Plugs are exactly what the name suggests; plugs made of plastic materials They fit holes of different diameters. And what can I use them for? You may be wondering. Well, to cover those holes that large screws, knobs, handles ... have left on different surfaces.
These plugs are pressed in in the hole to cover this. You can find them in numerous sizes and colors, to adapt to all types of surfaces. As you may have observed in the images, they can also be longer or shorter. It will not be as difficult to use them as to find the right one.
All the products that we propose today are embellishers to cover holes but you will find them with different names in the market. Desk trims are also known as table tops or fishnets; in fact, this is its most common name. While the adhesive trims take other names such as adhesive caps or screw cover caps, among others.
Regardless of the different names, these embellishers to cover and finish holes are an excellent proposal to finish our furniture in an elegant way. Give that final touch to our projects avoiding that they look half or unfinished.