Bargain Fugenboys at Lidl again (from 22nd)

[mike]

and other DIY bits:

[Baz]

Baz

[Roger Mills]

connection with silicone sealants, but these Lidl efforts are sold as grouting tools. Are they the same thing?

Anyone care to explain how you use Fugeboys with sealant - maybe I'm thick, but it doesn't seem obvious to me?!

[Tim Watts]

Roger Mills wibbled on Thursday 15 July 2010 22:32

Yes - apply bead, "scrape" with Fugenboy using whichever of the 6 corner profiles you want. Hold Fugenboy nearer to perpendicular or shallower (never the other way).

They work because they conform slightly to the surface, and are easy to wipe off - kitchen towel for the firest few times, then a drop of meths once in a while and meths to clean at the end.

Something about the material they're made of - they just work btter than any hard plastic device and have less "stickiness" to the wet silicone than normal rubber.

[Roger Mills]

Ah, I see - thanks. And are the Lidl "grouting tools" virtually the same thing, at a lower price?