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Posted by headware on April 19, 2008, 11:32 pm
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> >>Thanks for the reply. There appears to be a mix of grout and caulk
> >>already. I'm not sure if the previous person put caulking on top of
> >>the grout or tried to fill holes in the grout with caulk or what. So I
> >>guess it might be too late for the whole not mixing grout and caulking
> >>thing you mentioned. Are you saying that once I use caulking I will
> >>never be able to remove it and replace it with grout should I be so
> >>inclined? Why is that? Does the caulking leave some sort of residue
> >>behind that makes grouting impossible?
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> >>Thanks,
> >>Dave
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> >Dave,
> >Dont listen to Joe. He is either yanking your chain or a clueless
> >dolt. Norminn got it exactly right.
> >Bubba
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> TY. I forgot to mention one important point, learned from doing it the
> wrong way several
> times.........Lots of folks can run a bead of caulk or a paint brush in
> a nice straight line. I
> cannot do either. When I caulk, I put down painters tape along where I
> want the edge to be.
> Push the caulk gun forward to put the caulk on the line, with the tip
> trimmed to about the width
> of the caulk line from one tape edge to the corner of the gap. Sounds
> nuts, but it is just a rough
> est. of how large you want the bead to be. Just put it down fast.
> Practice won't hurt. When
> the caulk is on, I run my finger down the caulk line to form a smooth,
> concave line with tapers
> to each edge of the tape. Pull up the tape. Let it set. Dampen your
> finger to do it however
> you like; water is good :o) By getting the caulk line concave and
> perfectly smoothe, there are
> no ruts or gullies to trap water or soap scum and grow more mildew.
Bubba & Norman,
Thanks for all the help. I had already planned on using the tape
technique you mentioned. After speaking to someone at Lowe's, it would
appear that the caulk used in the tub was an acrylic caulk containing
sand. I guess the grittiness of the sand made me think it was grout. I
bought some more of that stuff but I also have silicone caulk as well;
maybe I'll use the silicone instead. So far, the toughest thing has
been getting old caulk out of there. It's pretty hard and wedged in
the pretty tightly in some spots. I use some caulk remover to soften
it up but it had mixed results. Just apply more elbow grease right?
Dave
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