Applying sealant

Dave ( snipped-for-privacy@btopenworld.com) wibbled on Saturday 05 February 2011 21:15:

Yes you can get a micro skin effect as you describe.

No, you will not see it - too thin, it is totally transparant.

The only way I noticed it, was on a hyper smooth bath, if you rubbed near the bead with a finger you got the odd "flake" peel off - but it did not affect anything.

Masking tape (as mentioned) + fugiboithing would both give a neat joint and not exhibit that though.

I'm now following Tim, I thought you wanted me to go to a German camp. These tools do look good, well anything looks good after the other days fiasco. I'll see if I can pick one up.

No worries I understand your hard day, not alone there. I had a bit of a bad day the other week and just lost the will to live. Hope the weekends been ok so far for you.

Thanks, I did wonder.

Dave

If you do get any wisps left, you can use the straight edge of the tool to remove any excess.

Thanks for that John, it looks like a win win tool :-)

Dave

I'm a complete idiot with sealant (usually), and my one and only success at doing it in our brand new kitchen was when I used masking tape, very carefully applied, and pumped out a thinner bead of silicone than I would normally have done. Then when I shaped it with my finger / washing up liquid, there wasn't too much excess and I got what (for me!) was the perfect application.

Matt

at the end of mine theres a bit of metal i push back to release the pumpy grip then i can pull the barrel back a bit so its not under pressure and it stops oozing out