Does anyone use 1" pin nails to nail up finished trim pieces?

It’s a great idea! If the wood you are using has a deeper grain (like oak), try keeping the pins in the grain. This helps hide them.

-- Friends don't let friends use right tilt contractor saws......

It will be painted poplar trim, painted white.

As small as those pins are, the primer may well cover the holes without using any filler or spackling.

-- Friends don't let friends use right tilt contractor saws......

Sounds good to me as well. 8-)

-- HorizontalMike -- "Woodpeckers understand..."

I would say no…I use 18ga brads on anything solely to hold stuff in place and align but would never trust that for a permanent installation. I always follow with a 16ga on thinner trim work, 15ga where it will work.

If you are gluing, I still think the pin nailer will do, IMO.

-- HorizontalMike -- "Woodpeckers understand..."

Glue is a much stronger fastener than brads. The pins, or brads, are simply holding the trim in place until the glue dries. There is no reason to use larger nails if the trim is being glued.

-- Friends don't let friends use right tilt contractor saws......

Pins and glue will work just fine. I do it often.
Bill

-- bill@magraphics.us

I use a combination of nailers from 14 gauge up the the headless micro nailers and also in combination with adhesives from standard glues to heavy duty panelling adhesives and all of this pending what kind of trim is being used…….

-- "Good artists borrow, great artists steal”…..Picasso

I use glue, then a pin nailer, then for white painted items I wipe a little caulk in the hole with my finger tip.

-- Dale Manning, Carthage, NY