Timeline for Is there a trick to opening a tube of caulk?
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| May 23, 2016 at 11:30 | vote | accept | Ben Welborn | ||
| May 20, 2016 at 17:42 | comment | added | ArmanX | As a note, of the three caulk guns I own, one does not have a spout cutter, and one (a different one!) doesn't have the seal punch tool; the latter may be due to it having been removed in the past, but the former is probably because it was cheap. Not all caulk guns are created equal. | |
| May 20, 2016 at 14:59 | comment | added | Paulb | Seal punch tool on the caulk gun... wow. My gun is ancient and doesn't have either the punch or cutter. Must buy new gun. | |
| May 20, 2016 at 12:07 | comment | added | Raystafarian | I just have a wire wrapped around my gun to punch holes - I didn't even know this existed! | |
| May 20, 2016 at 0:45 | comment | added | Mazura | The important part is the release lever on the second one. The top one is junk. | |
| May 20, 2016 at 0:37 | comment | added | Mazura | Almost every time I've used the stupid spout cutter, I've pinched my palm with the handle. Use a real shear or a knife. | |
| May 20, 2016 at 0:27 | comment | added | Amazon Dies In Darkness | For those who didn't know about these features, the photos above could use a little bit of video augmentation to help explain how to use them: youtube.com/watch?v=a9H0sTTgA0Q | |
| May 19, 2016 at 21:01 | comment | added | dotjoe | What the...now I have to go look at my caulk gun when I get home. | |
| May 19, 2016 at 20:38 | comment | added | BMitch | +1 The caulk gun is convenient, but the cut will usually be pretty rough. If you are doing detail work, I like to use my utility knife to cut the tip on two sides to fit in 90° corners and then use the angle to control how much caulk is left. | |
| May 19, 2016 at 20:21 | comment | added | JPhi1618 | The punch tool on some guns is built into the handle rather than the tube support. Great Q&A - many people have no idea these details are on many caulk guns. | |
| May 19, 2016 at 20:19 | history | answered | Ben Welborn | CC BY-SA 3.0 |