Hello all,I always wonder if I'm missing something... Why can't I find, or why does Dicor not make small squeeze tubes of lap sealant? I very rarely need a full caulk tube. I check the roof every month or two, and if I see even a small crack in sealant I like to seal it right away. Once it's opened it seems that I can wrap the end and save it for maybe a month or two, but beyond that it starts getting hard. Cant count how many 3/4 tubes I have thrown away over the years. I would so much rather buy multiple very small hand squeeze tubes. Anyone ever see anything like this?

It's called "marketing", without admitting or acknowledging it, they love it when folks need to discard 1/2 used product and are forced to buy new! Great for sales and profit!

freetime58 wrote:It's called "marketing", without admitting or acknowledging it, they love it when folks need to discard 1/2 used product and are forced to buy new! Great for sales and profit!Exactly! I have found that using a shrink wrap machine, covering entire tube, greatly lengthens use of an open tube. I do still seal the end first. Jerry

MFL wrote:freetime58 wrote:It's called "marketing", without admitting or acknowledging it, they love it when folks need to discard 1/2 used product and are forced to buy new! Great for sales and profit!Exactly! I have found that using a shrink wrap machine, covering entire tube, greatly lengthens use of an open tube. I do still seal the end first. JerryI never thought to do that. I'm going to use a vacuum sealer with my next tube and see if it extends its usefulness.

freetime58 wrote:It's called "marketing", without admitting or acknowledging it, they love it when folks need to discard 1/2 used product and are forced to buy new! Great for sales and profit!Not really: not lapsealant but just bought a small tube of caulk and it was like $0.50 less even though it only had a fraction of the quantity...I knew I didn't need much for the job and it goes bad anyway if you let it sit for more than a day or so...so I bought the little tube. I'm sure they made more profit on the little tube but no point in paying the extra $0.50 for 3 times the quantity...that I won't use.

I use a long bolt or screw the diameter of the hole in the tube nozzle and had it last a year.

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valhalla360
Navigator
Jul 12, 2020
freetime58 wrote:
It's called "marketing", without admitting or acknowledging it, they love it when folks need to discard 1/2 used product and are forced to buy new! Great for sales and profit!

Not really: not lapsealant but just bought a small tube of caulk and it was like $0.50 less even though it only had a fraction of the quantity...I knew I didn't need much for the job and it goes bad anyway if you let it sit for more than a day or so...so I bought the little tube. I'm sure they made more profit on the little tube but no point in paying the extra $0.50 for 3 times the quantity...that I won't use.
RobWNY
Explorer
Jul 12, 2020
MFL wrote:
freetime58 wrote:
It's called "marketing", without admitting or acknowledging it, they love it when folks need to discard 1/2 used product and are forced to buy new! Great for sales and profit!

Exactly! I have found that using a shrink wrap machine, covering entire tube, greatly lengthens use of an open tube. I do still seal the end first.

Jerry

I never thought to do that. I'm going to use a vacuum sealer with my next tube and see if it extends its usefulness.
MFL
Nomad II
Jul 12, 2020
freetime58 wrote:
It's called "marketing", without admitting or acknowledging it, they love it when folks need to discard 1/2 used product and are forced to buy new! Great for sales and profit!

Exactly! I have found that using a shrink wrap machine, covering entire tube, greatly lengthens use of an open tube. I do still seal the end first.

Jerry
freetime58
Explorer
Jul 12, 2020
It's called "marketing", without admitting or acknowledging it, they love it when folks need to discard 1/2 used product and are forced to buy new! Great for sales and profit!

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