Oh FFS

[Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot]

Those tools that give a perfect smooth line of sealant - WTF are they called and do Screwfix sell them? No, I haven't started yet, I just can't bloody find one! :-)

Si

[Andy Burns]

[Lino expert]

That'll be a sealant smoother then and yes they do - link probably too long to work so might need copying and pasting

[Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot]

*searched* for smoother and it showed me paint!

Thanks.

Si

[Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot]

There's no call to be rude.

Si

[Steve Firth]

If you're really stuck, as I was one day, then B&Q sell an Evo-Stick "sealant bead tool" which will do the job, just.

[John Rumm]

SF do Fugenboy, Plumbworld do Fugi (I prefer the latter)

[The Medway Handyman]

Thats not a fugenboy. Go sit in the corner :-)

[Lino expert]

Shan't :op I put it to you that it's what the OP was after. So there.

[The Medway Handyman]

M'lud, the OP asked for "Those tools that give a perfect smooth line of sealant". I put it to the jury, that they suggestion made by our usually learned colleague is pants. Those Unibond rigid plastic things are hopeless.

The OP was clearly after a Fuegenboy. My case rests.

[pete]

If you want a smooth line on something like sealing a bath, try using an ice cube. Use the heat from your hands to melt the sharp corners off, then use the shape you've made to run along the line of mastic and you'll get a nice, smooth finish to it.

[Dave Liquorice]

Hopeless Base also have something normally on sale with one of those promotional video things associated. Very impressive demos but watch them carefully, both sides of the sealant bead are smooth and flat, they carefully avoid showing what happens if the tool encounters a grout line...

It's a set of three(?) bits of soft plastic with various sized radiused corners.

[Lino expert]

I would urge m'learned to take back spurious, nay, calumnious accusations of pantage as there are many things that would do the job, albeit with varying degrees of success/professionalism...sealant smoothers come in many shapes and forms from Unibond et al through Fugenboy to wooden spoon handles and just about anything Fugen else.

[The Natural Philosopher]

MkI standard wet finger. For acrylic caulk.

Or MkII scalpel, for silicone, after its set..

[Frank Erskine]

On Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:38:15 +0100, The Natural Philosopher had this to say:

That's exactly the traditional way of doing it.

[The Medway Handyman]

I call upon my expert witness Alan A Daiswerk, professor of sealant at Bath University. "Extensive research has shown that the angle at the front of the Unibond tool is exactly the same as the angle on the front of a pair of Y fronts, thus proving the 'pants' allegation conclusively."

I would also draw my learned colleagues attention to the statement by Hans Fugenfoetus, great grandson of Helmut Von Fugen the inventor. "Not only can we smooth sealant, we can make the trains run on time".

Fugenboy is the true path to happiness, sealant wise.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Don't think there's any one universal solution. I have the Fugi kit and it gets quite a bit of use - but it won't work for everything.

Was recently decorating some panel doors where the mouldings had moved away from the frames - old doors and central heating - and filled this with caulk, but the gap was too narrow for any of the Fugi profiles. A damp cloth worked perfectly.

[Lino expert]

Referee! Vastly unfair to bring in references to Y-fronts, about which I know nothing nor indeed wish to. My expert witness is Timothy Leary who, amongst other things, attests that (and I quote) "hey man, anything used on the coast for the purpose is best because the seal ants moo there." Proof positive if it were needed.

[Adam Funk]

I didn't know there was a tool. I use two lines of masking tape.

[Jules]

Always the way I've done it, too. Any time I've tried using anything else, it's just made a mess.

Only read about the masking tape trick a few months ago, though - I think I might try that for the corners next time.

cheers

Jules