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What is the best way to seal open caulk tube for reuse?
The "Industry Agreed Upon Method" you seek is buy a new tube in 6 months to a year. Industry hasn't got much reason to spend worker time and storage space on saving an expendable product ...
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Which caulk to use on brick facade around electrical outlet
Clear silicone is an option. It will last a long time. It's going to be visible but as long as you don't get it all over the place it will look good.
Keep in mind the existing cover type is not ...
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My frameless glass shower seems to be attached with only silicone. Is this safe?
Yes, it's safe. Frameless glass showers have been around for decades. I have one that was professionally installed and I had a conversation with the installer about this. The silicone they use is ...
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Worried about fumes from caulk
Per the MSDS you linked, while there are small amounts of other things, the primary odor is claimed to be acetic acid (i.e. vinegar) which is pretty common for household silicone caulking formulations ...
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At what step of drywall repair and painting should I caulk the countertop to the wall?
Caulk last, after the tiles go on. That's your final seal between counter & wall.
If you can temporarily use tape to prevent any spill-over, that should keep the tiler happy. If not, the tiniest ...
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Should the corners of a sliding patio door frame be caulked?
That should be caulked.
Some clear silicone should do the trick.
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How do I fix unsightly sides of wooden stairs?
Remove any loose caulk,
Use painters tape (blue stuff) to tape off the edges of the stair tread. Be sure to continue over the bullnose front. The tape will give you a nice straight caulk line and ...
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How to seal large uneven gap between tub and surround?
The best solution would be to rip it out and check what's behind it.
If you can't do that now, here's a temporary solution:
The idea is that silicone caulk will not remain attached to your surround ...
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Installing drain in wood floor
Use a shower drain kit. Linked one is sample with no special recommendation, except it's on-point: it froms a mechanical seal with a rubber washer from underneath, and it's cheap.
You need to buy ...
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Water seeping through grout where caulking was
To answer your question, no amount of time spent drying it out will be effective if you haven't addressed the source of the leak. It isn't necessarily that either it dries out or you rip out the ...
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Should this caulk be removed & redone?
I would absolutely re-caulk that; it looks just terrible and yes, a blind dog could do a better job. That's probably the worst I've ever seen by a "tradesman". Watch some youtube vids on how ...
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At what step of drywall repair and painting should I caulk the countertop to the wall?
Use an acrylic caulk sparingly to seal the small gap.
Then do nothing. The tiler should be able to handle the wall. It is not very damaged, ( compared to many that I have seen).
The final seal ...
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What adhesive can I use to temporarily attach a tarp for flood control?
You will need new names for things.
Kitchen is now "Galley"
Bathroom is now "Head"
Bottom of house is now "HULL"
Because now, your house is a BOAT
If your house's hull (...
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What adhesive can I use to temporarily attach a tarp for flood control?
Plumber putty
It is used to prevent water leaks
It can be molded by hand into a shape
It is sticky but it is not a glue so it can be relatively easy removed
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My frameless glass shower seems to be attached with only silicone. Is this safe?
This does indeed look like it's only caulked in. One of your pictures suggests a groove on the pan, but another angle doesn't suggest that at all.
I can't really comment on the safety aspect. It doesn'...
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How Critical is the Caulking in My Shower?
The "orange stuff" is the waterproofing, not the caulk. Caulk is for appearance qualities only, and to prevent unsightly junk from accumulating in crevices. It's difficult to get anything to ...
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There is a piece of wood caulked to the top of my bathtub. What is going on and what can I do to fix it?
If somebody thought that was an improvement over the underlying joint, then I wince at the thought of what's underneath it. It looks like he used ALEX caulk instead of a class 25 caulk like 100% ...
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How to create a nicer transition from our wood and tile
I think here I would be tempted to use an oscillating saw to trim the ends of the boards, creating a small gap into which a T-molding can be inserted.
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wood pieces behind peel and stick caulking on bathtub
The wood pieces are shims. They were used to hold the wall panels in place while the mastic cured. (It looks like you have panels rather than actual tile)
You can try to pull the shims out, then ...
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