Tips on a neat finish for caulk?
This seems like a silly question, but how do you get a nice finish when caulking? I always seem to come away feeling like it's a mess. Any good tools to smooth it out?
Forum Discussion
acritzer wrote:westend wrote:acritzer wrote:westend wrote:
All good advice above. As mentioned, the real trick is getting the correct amount of caulk on the joint. Spoons work good for rookies. If I had to recaulk all the siding joints on my trailer, I'd be done in less than 1/2 hour. This isn't a tough job.
Just the walls? Or including windows, hatches, doors etc?
The whole shootin' match.
Here's the deal--I'm a caulking fiend. I paint a few houses a year, lately a couple a year. I figure if the customer is paying me a fair amount for painting, he deserves to have all his siding caulked. I've always done it this way. It's pretty much SOP to dump a half a case or better of caulk on the kind of houses I do.
A trailer or Class C should eat up about three or four tubes and you only have to climb a six foot step ladder. Since I went to Eternabond on the roof and Geocel 2350 on the siding, I'm anticipating very little in the way of sealing.
Here's a tip for you if you're using the polymer caulks like Proflex or similar--warm the tubes up before you apply the sealant. It will come out of the gun better and is a easier to tool a good joint.
If you make it to Cincinnati let me know. I'd gladly pay for the job. I hate to caulk....and paint actually!
LOts of folks feel the same way. I call it "job security". :B
