Caulking in the kitchen ...

Jun 20, 2020 Last reply: 6 years ago 9 Replies

Last year I re-caulked the counter tops in the kitchen, now a year later all the caulking has started to turn yellow.



I used Kitchen and bath white silicone caulking, guaranteed not to mold, mildew are change color. I don't know the brand.



What went wrong ?



Thanks


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You believed their claims and didn’t keep the receipt so you now can't hold their feet to the fire and make them do a full refund and pay for your wasted time.

They will just mail you a coupon for a free tube of caulk. I just went through this with Duracell on their "10 year battery". A sealed package was full of white powder and goo in about 6.

Can anyone post a suggestion on what went wrong or what type of caulk I should be using. Brand name ?

Thanks

Not necessarily. Someone here had their high end Sony TV fail in a few years, 3 or something and initially had Sony offer them a discount on a replacement. When he rubbed their nose in the fact that our consumer law requires them to do much better than that, he got a brand new latest model from Sony for free.

They have to pay for a new device if the battery f***ed that.

Was it 100% silicone or a latex "Paintable" caulk. Even the pure RTV will yellow a little over time tho, particularly if sunlight gets to it.

This isn't a TV but the coupons they send will cover the full retail cost of stuff like batteries or caulk.

Maybe, good luck with that if it is something expensive but in my case, these were still in the bubble card. No product was involved. I really think the battery people have softened that guarantee to replace anything their battery screws up because they all leak. I find little difference between the name brands or the store brand at places like Costco. My guess is a couple of factories in Asia make them all.

No they don’t.

Asia doesn’t work like that.

it supposedly was 100% silicon white for kitchen and ... Never thought it would yellow like that. Almost acts like the product was miss-labeled ?

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