using decor

[jackpam]

Décor does a great job when I'm caulking my rig but if I'm only using a little at a time it seems to go bad and hardens up. It's expensive to buy. Is there some way to keep it fresh so that I can use it over again?

[jackpam]

Thank you all so much for all the great ideas.

[JIMNLIN]

I make a blob on the end of each tubes and let it cure. Next time I use the caulking tube it pulls off the end easily to be used again.
I keep all of my caulking tubes wrapped in WM plastic sack and stored in a fridg in the garage. Lasts for years.

[2112]

I vacuum seal it with my FoodSaver.

[robsouth]

I use one of these. Works well.

[wannavolunteerF]

MFL.... love the shrink wrap idea. .. I have a vacumn sealer and love it.. another use for it.

[Old-Biscuit]

MFL wrote:
I plug the end with a made for caulk stem/cap. My wife has a shrink wrap machine that seals the entire cartridge really well. I have kept dicor, and proflex, fresh for a long time with this method.

Jerry

Shrink wrapped!
Yeah...that would work.

I always shudder when I buy an item in that kind of packaging cause I know I have a struggle ahead of me and hard to tell who is odds on favorite to win....me or package :B :B

[MFL]

I plug the end with a made for caulk stem/cap. My wife has a shrink wrap machine that seals the entire cartridge really well. I have kept dicor, and proflex, fresh for a long time with this method.

Jerry

[2oldman]

Dicor

[Old-Biscuit]

After relieving pressure:

Push a golf tee down spout
Screw a 'water proof' wire nut on end of spout
Plastic wrap the end and then secure with tape

'Caulk Saver'........commercial product that pokes down into tube and screws into end of spout

Also saw some 'caulk condoms' in jar at lumberyard checkout counter. Little thicker/heavier than the finger cots found in first aid aisle at drugstore.
Haven't tried them

Best thing I have found is that once you open a tube of caulking .....use it all.