Grout or Silicon for 90 degree corner lines?

[micko]

Hi,

If you are not used to a mastic gun I would also use this product.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CornerTape-Forming-tape-perfect-Silicon-Sealant-15m-Corner-Tape-/160717177033?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&var=&hash=item256b7d80c9

 

[Merlin5]

Thanks micko, that would make life easier for me if I understood how to use that tape. I've watched a couple of videos and still don't quite understand how to use it. Lots of cuts, unfolding, peeling back. Wouldn't normal masking tape work?

 

[Peter]

Would be advisable to practise with the Silicon first if you're inexperienced. It can go very wrong very quickly and not easy to recover.

 

[Merlin5]

Thanks micko, that would make life easier for me if I understood how to use that tape. I've watched a couple of videos and still don't quite understand how to use it. Lots of cuts, unfolding, peeling back. Wouldn't normal masking tape work?

Skip the above post of mine, I was being dumb. I watched another video and its dead simple to use. However, looking at my vertical joint line it's not an even width from top to bottom and also some of the tiles are not perfectly lined up, so I don't know how well cornertape would work for my walls. Should I get the widest cornertape 8mm, or maybe I should buy some low tack masking tape?

 

[micko]

I have never used the corner tape but I have heard it works well, Silicon can be very difficult to do well and if you have not used it before you will make a mess and spoil your tiling. Get whatever tape is wide enough to cover the gap, you don’t want to go too big.
There are also some forming tools out there that you can use in conjunction with washing up liquid, these also work well.

http://www.dolphinsealants.co.uk/shop/fugi-kit-5.html