'Fugee' silicone applicator kit, anyone?

[Lobster]

Has anyone tried one of these gizmos?

It was recommended to me the other day by a kitchen fitter; he reckons these are the mutt's nuts for achieving a perfect finish/seal using silicone sealant round a bath or back of a worktop (well, it would need to be at 10 quid a pop!). Apparently it's made of a special material which repels the silicone or something so there's no mess or residue?

quite tempted to give it a whirl but wondered if anyone else would recommend it.

David

[Andy Dingley]

Yes, they're wonderful.

A little work with a good block plane and an old washing up bowl and you can make your own. Use polypropylene of the right stiffness and you need to get a good feather edge on them. Fibreglass or P38 kits often include something suitable, but without the rounded corners.

[Mike Dodd]

Got a fuggenboy kit from Screwfix - similar; also, rather handy and work well. A damned-sight better tool than the plasplug (forget-the-name) sculpting spatula things

Also, great conversation piece - guys from work were racking their brains (and sneaking glances at the SF catalogue trying to work out WTF they were)

[Mike Dodd]

Actually, further to my last reply, just watched the video on the link you gave and realised that I was using my fuggenboy's wrong; Anyway, saturday saw me seal the OTHER half of the worktop (don't ask) and I tried the method on the video WITHOUT ANY MASKING - worked brilliantly.

Highly recommended! (also, watch the video - it looks too staged, but trust me, they actually do work like they show)