Bath Sealing Strip

[Minnie]

have you cut it yet Minnie? If not, take it back and get a refund.

Yep :lol:

I also cut a plastic trim so that's another £5 wasted as I decided I didn't like that either. :lol:

 

[Minnie]

This one

http://www.tilersforums.com/tiling-forum/29717-overlapping-vertical-tile-horizontal-tile.html

Popping to Tile Giant to get some more trim.

Back shortly, so don't think I'm ignoring you :smilewinkgrin:

 

[Minnie]

Back, 'cos I was missing you all so much :smilewinkgrin:

 

[Minnie]

rammy, weird? NEVER! :yikes:

Of course, how many tilers do you know have titles?




























Or did he tile the Queen's loo?

 

[Minnie]

Silly question.

How long do I leave the wter in the bath after I've sealed or do I empty straightaway?


Also, do I seal just so the sealant is flush with the bath or does it need to be proud of the bath?

Sorry for all the silly questions.

 

[Colour Republic]

As long as you can really, if it's very thick Silicon 1 maybe even 2 days, if normal size bead overnight is fine

flush with the bath, it is intended to act as a second water barrier incase your primary Silicon (the one put on after tiling) fails

 

[diamondtiling]

Smooth the Silicon off level with the bath Minnie, once you have filled the gap get a small glass and half fill with warm water, add a large squirt of washing up liquid, you can smooth the Silicon off with your finger dipped in the solution from the glass, you will find that the Silicon can be smoothed off without it sticking to your finger, leave the water in the bath until the Silicon has dried completely, at least 12 hours.

 

[Minnie]

As long as you can really, if it's very thick Silicon 1 maybe even 2 days, if normal size bead overnight is fine

flush with the bath, it is intended to act as a second water barrier incase your primary Silicon (the one put on after tiling) fails

2 days :yikes:

I won't be able to do any more work :yikes:

Well the widest bit of the gap is just under 10mm, so I'm guessing I need to cut a big chunk of the nozzle to make a thick sized bead and it'll take forever to dry, well 24 hours maybe, hopefully not 2 days?

 

[Colour Republic]

no 2 days is excesive for a 10mm gap, i'd go for 12-24 hours

 

[Minnie]

Smooth the Silicon off level with the bath Minnie, once you have filled the gap get a small glass and half fill with warm water, add a large squirt of washing up liquid, you can smooth the Silicon off with your finger dipped in the solution from the glass, you will find that the Silicon can be smoothed off without it sticking to your finger, leave the water in the bath until the Silicon has dried completely, at least 12 hours.

Right, I'm off to do that now. Actually, I'm not. I'm going to do the window sill else I'm going to be way behind if I have to leave water in bath.

Could move on to sink area if I had a plan of how to do it. :lol:

 

[Minnie]

no 2 days is excesive for a 10mm gap, i'd go for 12-24 hours

I like that better. :smilewinkgrin:

Oh dear. Now I'll have nothing to do. I'll have to go to the pub

 

[diamondtiling]

I like that better. :smilewinkgrin:

Oh dear. Now I'll have nothing to do. I'll have to go to the pub

Nothing wrong with that Minnie, it is Friday after all.

:8::8:

 

[Minnie]

Nothing wrong with that Minnie, it is Friday after all.

:8::8:

So why are you still here?

:lol:

I've not got there yet. I'm doing window sill

 

[macten]

Tonight is mad Friday!!!

 

[Minnie]

Tonight is mad Friday!!!

Are those hairs on the palm of your hand?