hopehope
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Post by hopehope on Dec 10, 2009 22:20:00 GMT -5
how lucky! a couple of weeks ago some well-to-do neighbor(s) left their nearly new tube of silicone (bathroom and kitchen grade) in a little cucket with smoother and that metal vise-like thing -- took it all home.
but the silicone kinda sits there. I chopped off a bit of the end of the spout-tube -- and used the vise -- but ng.
is it dead? or am I doing something ignorant or wrong? or not doing something...?
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Post by echo on Dec 10, 2009 23:49:39 GMT -5
from your description, it sounds old, hardened, and 'dead'
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Post by morethanyouneed on Dec 11, 2009 0:14:06 GMT -5
It could very well be dead...did you penetrate the tube in addition to cutting the tip? Yes, you will have to cut off the end of tube to open it up but you also need to pierce it so you get through the pointy part of the tube and into the fresh goop. Any caulking gun I've used has a long piercing tool for this purpose. Generally it's located at the tip of the gun. But really, if you can, I'll paste a link to a good tutorial to watch. It's a running time of less than two minutes and it's just as effective without sound as with. Even if you've no speakers or the means to listen to the tutorial, check it out...
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Post by limegreen on Dec 12, 2009 20:52:54 GMT -5
I think it's dead, but the good news is that caulk is realtively cheap, and you can buy single use caulk in little pouches which you can use, and toss what's left over, about $3.50 I'd guess.
ETA, if you have the caulk gun, the big tubes of caulk to use with it are very cheap, you might even see them in dollar stores. Use and toss is what I would do. What I should do, I know I have some half dried up tubes lying around.
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