Great product for getting perfect caulk joints

[Rebel1]

Seems real easy to use this caulking tape. Anyone have experience with it? Where can I buy it?

[RosemontCrest]

Neat stuff, thanks.

[willshak]

Rebel1 wrote the following:

You don't know how to Google cornertape? Oh, first time poster to this group. Never mind.

[RosemontCrest]

Do you often write and punctuate statements in the form of a question?

Wrong again, and not very helpful either.

[JimT]

That tape looks like a waste of time and money.

These work great.

There are a variety of types at HD and Lowes. It's just a rubber square on a stick. First time I used it the line came out clean and pro looking. You can get away with using much less caulk too because a very small line gets worked into the corner where it belongs

Hope that helps

Jim

[Rebel1]

Jim,

Thanks for the lead. This a smoothing tool used after applying the caulk. I still see a problem that if you apply a little too much caulk, the smoothing tool will "snowplow" the excess away from the corner (just like when I use a wet finger to do the same job) onto the wall or tub and I'd be left with the chore of scraping/removing it manually. Am I missing something?

The corner tape doesn't have this problem. Any excess on it is just lifted off with the tape.

Rebel1

[Jim T]

You're right but use less caulk. I try to cut the caulk tube hole as small as possible. I looked at the other device you found and that is real similar. It may cut down on the snowblowing because it gives the caulk somewhere to go.

They are cheap tools to try. If you don't like them try your tape but that looks like another step to me. It might be good in situations where a very very clean line is needed but the rubber square works just as well IMO. YMMV.

[Rebel1]

Here's another neat approach. Push the gadget and the excess just rides over the top.

Lowes sells ofthe homax products, but their webpage doesn't show this one. HD doesn't show any homax caulking products, but pushing this device with a steady hand might work. R1

[RogerT]

Seems like a creative and interesting product. I have used the same concept by just putting down two strips of regular tape. Of course, the product shown has a built-in way of making sure the spacing between the two strips of tape (where the caulk goes) is uniform.

[Metspitzer]

I agree. I bought the tool on the left only. I was able to do an acceptable job.

I still get a crack of the TV commercial (for energy savings) where someone can take a caulk gun and run a bead from one end to the other without stopping. It is just not as easy as it looks.