Questions tagged [silicone]
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Is caulk referred to as silicone caulk?
I know there is a difference between silicone and caulk?
Sometimes I see caulk referred to as silicone caulk which makes me think it is silicone or a type of silicone. Is it correct to use the term ...
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Should I use silicone or caulk between skirting board and vinyl tiles, cement and vinyl tiles?
Should I use silicone between vinyl tiles and wooden skirting? I imagine yes since the skirting board may contract even though the tiles do not?
What about if there is no skirting i.e. vinyl and ...
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Which caulk around the sink in kitchen is a health-safe?
I need to glue a metal sink within the hole in the countertop - a gap has appeared in one place of contact-edge between the sink and top-counter. Many people have recommend silicone. My question is ...
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Good way to seal a large ceramic tile to a glass surface?
I complete glass reptile cages by attaching electric heat tape to part of two of the four walls and under about 1/3 of the floor to create a “hot spot.” There is a thermostat with a sensor probe ...
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How do I break a shower tray silicone seal with limited access?
I have a leaking pipe joint under my shower tray and need to remove the shower tray to gain access. The side of the tray is sealed to the wall with silicone. The top of this joint is covered by the ...
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Sealing skirted bathtub
There are plenty of tutorials for sealing/caulking bathtubs.
However, my bathtub has a kind of skirting around its edge, as in picture:
How do I go about that? Should I caulk both edges? I plan to ...
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Accidentally removed part of rubber strip between bathtub and glass while replacing silicone caulk
I've had moldy, leaky silicone in my shower for a while, and decided it's time to replace it. But I got over-eager in pulling it out and got a chunk of an also-moldy rubber seal/spacer/gasket that's ...
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Recipe for homemade Sugru (Oogoo) that permanently adheres to objects
https://www.instructables.com/id/Homemade-Sugru-IMPROVED/ has a reply of:
Let's see... 1.5 units (by volume) of cornstarch mixed with 2 units of silicone. Add some kind of paint for color. OR maybe ...
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How to keep neutral silicone?
So, I bought this neutral silicone tube to seal a couple of cracks. The tube of silicone is still half full. How do I store it?
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What is the right viscosity of silicone grease for ceramic-discs in mixer faucet?
Hi.
What is the right viscosity of a silicone grease to lubricate between the ceramic-discs of single lever mixer faucet?
NLGI-00,NLGI 1,NLGI 2 etc.
Thanks.
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How do I clean sealant/silicone from a glass mirror?
I did a poor job of applying silicone sealant to the seam between a glass mirror and the splash back below it. I need to clean-up the smears that I got onto the mirror and the splash-back. How do I do ...
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Spreading silicone caulk thin?
I'm using silicone as an impromptu paint/varnish (the object to be varnished can and will flex in ways typical varnish won't survive).
I've used a bit of cardboard as a spatula to mild results - not ...
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what's the difference between “silicone sealant” and “mastic/MS-polymer sealant”
MS polymer (or "mastic") look like silicone. It also comes in a tube, looks the same when it's liquid. Here are the difference I found with silicone caulk:
it's looks a bit less flexible when cured (...
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Removing old silicon sealant and it's very sticky
I'm replacing some old silicon sealant around my bathroom sink. I've already done around the bath tub and that was fine: I removed the old sealant with a knife, cleaned it up and reapplied a new bead.
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Does washroom silicone caulk turn into goo after time?
I found this tube of clear washroom GE caulk in the closet that hasn't been used in over a year. When I tried to apply it yesterday, it was like goo even after drying it for 24 hours. I want to know ...
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Remove silicone stain from ceiling
I made a mistake and ended up with a very light coat of cured silicone spread in the ceiling. So looking at an angle, this ceiling area is shining.
I can't just scrap it off because it very thin and ...
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Would applying silicone grease to an EPDM seal/gasket be helpful or hurtful?
I'm repairing a Samsung front-load washing machine and had to take the tub apart. The tub consists of two halves which are joined by a number of bolts and a thin (approximately 1/4) seal which ...
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Shower leaking out the grout
First off, I am not very handy, and my husband is even less so.
We have lived in our house almost 2 years and it is 13 years old. During the inspection, I believe the grout in the corners was ...
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Silicone use to bond wood boards at high temperature? [closed]
I'm in a composites manufacturing class, and I'm looking to make a one-off carbon fiber mountain biking handlebar from prepreg.
As I don't want to invest in the metal needed to make a proper mold, ...
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Alternative to Silicone Wood Filler for Door Frame
We're very nearly at the end of a very tiresome refurb of our downstairs area. As you can see from the photos, our builder has used silicone wood filler where the floor meets the door-frame. His ...
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Helicoil for plastic
My automower have been opened too many times/with too much force, so the thread is gone some places.
Could I use some building silicone I'm the holes, or will it come out the next time I unscrew?
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Mounting Acoustic Foam in a rented flat
I'm looking for a reversible way to mount my acoustic foam on the wall.
My current plan: using Sanitary Silicone from a cartridge.
This is in the hope that it would both stick easily and is ...
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Is it okay to apply silicone sealant on damaged silicone?
I did what was suggested and called back window installers to seal it with silicone (they left exterior sealed and water leaked). They told me it's not their job to seal the window only make it but ...
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Supporting Shower Mixer with Silicone - is this acceptable?
I recently asked a plumber to fit a new shower. For some reason he used a large lump of silicone to support the middle of the shower:
Is this acceptable? Is it safe? Whenever I move the shower handle ...
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Put new silicone on top of old bead
The old silicone bead has spots of mould, I believe the proper way is to remove the old silicone first then apply new silicone to get the same thickness and outlook.
But I wonder if any thing bad can ...
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What type of sealant to use on skylight to seal glass and frame
I have a leaky skylight, I actually think that the leaks are coming from the seal between the glass and the frame rather than around the flashing or anything like that. What is the best calking / ...
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How can I repair cracks at corners of tiled walls?
I recently had a bathroom renovated these cracks are appearing in the corner of shower cubicle where two walls meet . Obviously workmanship not been good but is this easily fixed with a reliable long ...
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Should I use caulking or silicone to seal around a new door frame of exterior stucco house?
A have installed a new exterior door frame to my stucco house and I still need to seal the perimeter before the winter rains. However, since I plan to repaint the exterior stucco a different color ...
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Will silicone sealant not be waterproof after 14 hours?
I had to silicone seal a small gap around bottom joint of our shower screen, where it is attached to the wall. We realised that a small but steady drip was soaking the floor over time. I sealed it ...
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Building water tight box from plywood and HDPE
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I built a box out of 0.3" (8mm) plywood sheets framed by 3" (75mm) by 2"(50mm) staffs. The box is about 3' (1000mm) each side and 2' (600mm) deep, has a floor but is open at the top. The box ...
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Silicone Grease
I was told that silicone grease shouldn't be used on a silicone seal or gasket, as it will swell or even destroy the seal.
I know that some hydrocarbon-based greases are bad for rubber seals, but ...
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How can I remove exhaust pipe cover that's sealed with silicone?
I want to remove and replace the exhaust pipe cover shown in the picture below, but I can't get it off.
The wall is made up of (in the order from outer most material to the inner most material:
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How do I easily remove silicone?
Since some parts of the siliconed area of my bath tub are damaged, I need to replace the silicone. Is there an easy method to remove that silicone?
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Locating a Weatherstrip for door that is NOT foam and vinyl
I have a standard Kerf weatherstrip for my door. Because it is made of vinyl and foam, my cat can shred it to pieces.
Is there another type of weatherstrip (rubber, silicone, etc.) that will be more ...
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How do I paint over unpaintable silicone?
So I stupidly used unpaintable silicone to seal my bedroom window... On the inside. How can I paint over this unpaintable silicone? (GE brand).
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How to remove silicone from a porous wall?
I recently removed a door bell and I got a sillicone stain in the wall.
The wall is basically red brick.
The brick individually are kind of irregular and present some superficial porosity.
This ...
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How to remove silicone from brick
I had my windows replaced earlier this week. The old windows had metal U brackets to guide the rolling shutters. The gap between them and the brick wall was closed using some kind of (grey) silicone.
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Shower silicone caulk keeps failing, options for never fail?
So, I have two issues. Both related to the same solution. One shower keeps breaking the silicone seal and then letting water through. The other shower has standing water against the silicone and I'm ...
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Is there a trick to opening a tube of caulk?
Is there a tool especially designed for opening a tube of caulk, silicone, or construction adhesive?
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How do you clean up silicone caulk?
How do you clean up silicone caulk?
The product label doesn't have clean up instructions. It is impervious to soap and water (even that orange pumice soap). I didn't have much luck with mineral ...
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Sealing gas duct vents with silicone
Is it okay to use silicone to seal gas furnace heater supply ducts? If so, do you know how long the silicone will need to cure before the system is useable?
Some background:
I've been trawling around ...
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How to extend shelf life of already opened one-component silicone sealant or glue?
I know silicone for two things: its properties and its ability to harden when still in the tube, before use. Virtually everyone using it knows that after a while, it is necessary to cut the tip to ...
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Correcting silicon between plasterboard
I had a contractor come in to build an internal wall, and without me agreeing to it, he used silicone between the drywall panels. The issue is that there is a clear line down the wall where the ...
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Fill/seal large gap around shower base
We just bought a new house and I noticed the shower is leaking. I went to reseal the shower with a silicon based sealant, but then noticed that the gaps are pretty large.
Along one side, between ...
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Tub surrond caulking question
My contractor just completed replacing the tub surround. the walls are tiled from the tub to the ceiling.
A few things I'm not too sure about, and would like to get some opinions.
The contractor did ...
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Someone with a Durometer please advise me regarding Shore A values?
I need to buy some silicone around 30 - 40 Shore A units of rubber softness.
It's for vibration dampers in a home engineering project.
Online it only says that an average school rubber is 40A, ...
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Removing silicone caulk from counter
I have a granite counter top, and a small granite backsplash that sits on the counter and goes up about 3 inches. There's about a 1/8" gap between the two that had silicone caulk which I am trying to ...
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How to remove pipe sealed with silicone
My kitchen sink is emptying very slowly. The pipes under the sink are clear. So the blockage must be somewhere in the pipe from the wall on. Unfortunately the curved pieces of pipe are in the way and ...
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Will canola oil have any adverse effects on silicone?
So I needed to fill in a rather slab like shape with silicone. All I had at the time was aquarium silicone that came in a tube so I could just make squiggly lines. I didn't like it so I put on a glove ...
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Will silicone spray lubricant cause bare dry wood to swell?
If wooden parts are binding, will silicone spray lubricant cause bare dry wood to swell? The wood is not maple or oak or birch. It is some type of softwood, maybe fir or pine. The bearing surfaces ...
