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Posted by Bubba on April 20, 2008, 11:57 am
On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:32:42 -0700 (PDT), headware
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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.
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>Bubba & Norman,
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>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
Basically, yes. Just keep picking and pulling at it.
Also, as far as the tape caulking method........Ive seen and used a
different one. Get a small sponge, wet it and drag it across the
caulk. You'll be suprised how good it looks.
Dont use a colored sponge incase any of the color bleeds through.
Bubba
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