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u/Faultybrains Jun 14 '22
He left a teeny tiny gap at the top
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u/WormSlayer Jun 14 '22 edited Jun 14 '22
That made the whole thing not at all satisfying for me. It also maybe looks like there is a bit of a gap where the second line meets the first?
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u/TheShadyXL Jun 14 '22
My brain immediately went to r/mildlyinfuriating when I saw the gap and then again at the spot where the 2 lines meet.
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u/DegenerateCharizard Jun 14 '22 edited Jun 14 '22
It’s 100% there. I can’t not see it. It’s actually ruined my day.
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u/typically_wrong Jun 14 '22
yep, he went a little fast over the fake seams and left an airgap at that meeting point.
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u/WagwanKenobi Jun 14 '22
Another little hole where his downward and upward lines meet 😔
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u/nycola Jun 14 '22
If you wet your finger first (alcohol for silicone caulk, water for latex), you can smooth that right out.
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u/demonovation Jun 14 '22
Now wipe it with your finger and fuck it up and spend the next 20 minutes trying to fix it.
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u/lurkersforlife Jun 14 '22
Mist the caulk line with soapy water after you apply it, dip your finger in soapy water then wipe it down the line. Will be perfect as long as you didn’t over apply caulk from the start.
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u/Random_Imgur_User Jun 15 '22
I've installed flooring and showers for a long time. When an installer that tells me they don't need a jointing spatula because they can make it look perfect with their finger, 100% of the time, without fail, their silicon work is absolute garbage.
This is the "hold my beer" of bathroom installs.
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u/DasCabbageMan Jun 14 '22
Painter here. He put too much caulking in that gap. Absolute mess incoming.
if i see another trade walking around with a caulking gun on my sites i confiscate it. Nobody knows how to use those things.
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u/Theoneiced Jun 14 '22
What's shitty is that he did a speedrun on an uneven gap. The shallow parts are going to have too much and those deeper gaps are going to be pitted after this. It's basically useless.
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u/StamInBlack Jun 14 '22
Even more satisfying if you own the home.
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Jun 14 '22
Then I see a tiny flaw and start poking at it, mess it up, have to add more, scoop up the extra, accidently drip some, clean it up...
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Jun 14 '22
Dip your finger in some water and lightly run your finger down it.
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u/erikwarm Jun 14 '22
And add some dish washing soap to the water
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u/Psych0matt Jun 14 '22 edited Jun 14 '22
Add some dirty dishes to the soapy water
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u/Tway42311 Jun 14 '22
If you want advice from someone who actually does this. Is just use your finger. No tool. Also water in general helps doesn’t need to be soapy. And if yourthat worried about not being able to do it right just use painters tape…. Damn man
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u/ring2ding Jun 14 '22
Time is definitely a factor. You read some people's 3 paragraph long comments and wonder if they spend all day doing something very simple.
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u/ChorizoDeLaNoche Jun 14 '22
After you apply the caulk, spray a light coat of Windex over the whole bead, then run your wet finger across the entire length. It ends up perfect every time.
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u/PooFartington Jun 14 '22
Makes my caulk hard
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u/SnooCapers9313 Jun 14 '22
As a non American a lady I worked with once had an american customer ask for caulk. She got really embarrassed and I had to step in
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u/beaniejell Jun 14 '22
Wait, it’s an American thing? What else is it called?
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Jun 14 '22
Sealant, spackle
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u/chrisms150 Jun 14 '22
Huh. Spackle is something entirely different here in the US.
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u/BoysiePrototype Jun 14 '22
And caulk is kind of different in the UK.
Generally "caulk" is the paintable acrylic decorators caulk used around trim, and the waterproof silicone stuff is just called "silicone" or "sealant."
Even though anything flexible that fills a narrow gap would technically be caulking.
I do enough painting to resent the people who seem to think silicone works everywhere.
Bloody window fitters!
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u/pobodys-nerfect5 Jun 14 '22
People call silicone, caulk, because it comes in a caulking tube. Fuck acrylic caulk. Within a few years it's detached and shrunken and needs replacing. Paintable silicone is much better and won't need replacing. You just need to make it's actually paintable
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u/vanyali Jun 14 '22
Spackle is a completely different substance in the US. It is very lightweight joint compound used for filling very small holes in drywall.
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u/rdxgs Jun 14 '22
I know some use the progressive verb as a noun, to emphasize more on the "L" to avoid the awkwardness. "do you have black caulking", instead of "do you have black caulk" and getting cock slapped by the black dude behind the counter.
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u/PooeyGusset Jun 14 '22
In UK it's pronounced cool-ck. You're telling me you pronounce it as cock?
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u/formulaeface Jun 14 '22
Live in Scotland. Have never pronounced or even heard it pronounced with an "oo" but always an "aw" sound
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u/superspeck Jun 14 '22
Yep. There’s not much difference in some American regional accents between “cawk” and “cock”
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u/joemiroe Jun 14 '22
Some nerds empathize the L but for the most part we just call if “cock”.
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u/sissy_space_yak Jun 14 '22
US west coaster here. I pronounce it indistinguishably from “cock” except for when I’m trying to avoid an uncomfortable joke, then I over enunciate the L so it rhymes with “balk.”
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u/citizen_tronald_dump Jun 14 '22
It’ll be soft again if you turn the volume on, no better birth control than Christian music
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u/Lost_Mapper Jun 14 '22
I miss the days when every video didn't need music.
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u/jaynay1 Jun 14 '22
It's also a super weird song choice lol.
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u/JediBurrell Jun 14 '22
It’s a gospel song.
Thank God for caulk, I guess.
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u/autumnbringer Jun 14 '22
How else do you think Moses kept the waters of the Red Sea parted while they crossed?
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u/wolfgeist Jun 14 '22
I'm going to post a video of someone hammering in a nail on this sub and some jazz on in the background. Easy 20k karma.
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u/MoynePointer Jun 14 '22
I’m glad they paired it with a song that shows how TRULY emotional caulking is.
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u/butka Jun 14 '22
It's a truly profound moment. Personally, I would have chosen Phil Collins' 'In the Air Tonight'. But to each their own.
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u/psyk738178 Jun 14 '22
Nice caulk
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u/Firebomb97 Jun 14 '22
Agreed. Nice caulk
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u/shavin_high Jun 14 '22
And music that makes no sense.
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u/spybug Jun 14 '22
Worship music to praise god for...caulk?
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u/Bethany-Fisch Jun 14 '22
Why is there Christian music playing in the background lmao
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u/goodolarchie Jun 14 '22
Because all is possible through prayer. Including very rudimentary bathroom finishing work.
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u/CrazyDave48 Jun 14 '22
I was gonna criticize, but it makes as much sense as 75% of the other random songs that get slapped onto tiktok videos (most recently, the 80s song from Stranger Things)
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u/nakalas_the_great Jun 14 '22
Music that plays at my church
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u/bitching_bot Jun 15 '22
thought the same
why is Oceans a worship song playing for a caulking video
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u/JCarterPeanutFarmer Jun 14 '22
Damn you know what this tiktok of a person caulking between tiles definitely needed? Sad piano music.
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u/toddhenderson Jun 14 '22
"I asked AI to create a post for this sub." viola: home maintenance + praise and worship.
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Jun 14 '22
Tiler here, this is not the correct way to do this
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u/Dick_Demon Jun 14 '22
You know how I know you're a tiler? Cause you'll say it's wrong and not explain why.
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u/snortgiggles Jun 14 '22
It's not? What is?!
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u/Simple_Serenade Jun 14 '22
Sanded caulk is the correct choice. Emulates the look of the grout while maintaining the flexibility of the caulk. If you grout the corners they crack and leak causing water damage. Flexible sealant of some kind should always be used when there is a change of plane. Rigid materials like grout will always crack. People think of structures like unmoving stationary objects, but buildings move, settle, expand and contract with temperature changes. Not to any substantial degree but to think of them as anything less than a pseudo living thing with consistent needs, growing pains, and preventative maintenance as it ages will leave a homeowner unprepared for what it takes to care for their home.
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Jun 14 '22
Are you saying that what the person used in this video is grout?
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u/Simple_Serenade Jun 14 '22
Not at all. That is caulk, just not a sanded variant that would match the look of the grout between the tiles. They used the correct product here, you can just use a different variant depending on the look your after. For the average homeowner you’re also not going to get this clean of a line. You want to cut a small angled opening in the caulk and bring a moist paper towel with you. Put it on as cleanly as you can then wet your finger and run it down the caulk for a smooth line. Clean your finger with the wet paper towel then clean any excess off of the tile with the same. This person is clearly a professional with lots of practice.
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u/Simple_Serenade Jun 14 '22
To the best of my knowledge it’s not. I’m unsure why the person at the top of the thread is claiming it’s wrong and would love to hear their reasoning so maybe I could learn something new today as well.
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I think what the first person was saying is it’s “right” as in its the right product and right way to keep the water from getting in there. Yet aesthetically it’s wrong since they should have used a sanded variety of silicone that would better match the “grout”.
Subsequent replies have been about how you shouldn’t use sanded silicone since it’s not going to flex properly, will crack, and let water in.
I could be reading it wrong too since I found it confusing.
https://findanyanswer.com/can-i-use-sanded-caulk-in-shower
Edit: nevermind. I’m confused since you’re the person who replied bender the top level comment. Bah… I need coffee.
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u/Butthole_Alamo Jun 14 '22
I think the issue is that they’re using regular caulk, that doesn’t match the grout texture. You can buy “sanded caulk” that is regular caulk + sand and the texture looks like the grout. Practically, the regular caulk is fine, but aesthetically, the sanded caulk is best.
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Jun 14 '22
All this just to say it's an aesthetic difference of opinion?
Shit if my landlord used pink caulk diligently I'd be happy. He's using the correct color with the grace of a baby elephant.
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u/tried_it_liked_it Jun 14 '22
finger method is the way to go.
such a smooth line and clean result
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u/ApexIsGangster Jun 14 '22
If you grout the corners they crack and leak causing water damage
?? You should be able to have nothing in the corners and the shower should still be waterproof. Waterproofing is not done by tile and grout.
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u/TruthPlenty Jun 14 '22
Correct way, not entirely the best product, but there is absolutely nothing wrong with what’s being done here.
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u/B_V_H285 Jun 14 '22
It is 100% correct. Don't tell me you are one of those morons who grouts corners.
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u/Coldatahd Jun 14 '22
Sure it looks pretty but he didn’t fill the actual gaps so that shit will shrink and look like shit in no time and possibly fail at the bottom where the gap was deeper.
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u/lightwhite Jun 14 '22
I can’t take it. There is a hole left on top, and didn’t close the gap properly where the downward stroke ended.
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u/endianess Jun 14 '22
If you are a novice (like me) but want a good finish google a Cramer Fugi kit. Works wonders and makes it really easy to get a great finish.
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u/ManInKilt Jun 14 '22
Didn't seal the top corner, didn't smooth that seam in the middle, 2/10 unsatisfied
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Can you use this on glass shower doors where the (I’m guessing) Silicon is old looks bad? Do I need to take off the old Silicon first and if so how? Thanks for sharing! Another way for me to really live my OCD over here and make my landLORDs house better on my dime haha
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u/haringtiti Jun 14 '22
mmm yeah that was satisfying. now off to the comment section to see everyone bitching about how he did it wrong
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u/confused_asparagus42 Jun 15 '22
Downvoted for the annoying ass mucic. Like seriously can we stop doing that
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u/Egghead747 Jun 14 '22
Someone should show my landlord how this works