New member with sealant query

[littleacorn]

Hi all. Have just joined being the diyer of my family.
Has anyone used evo stik anti germ sealant. Have re-sealed round the bath yesterday, but found it still tacky today24 hrs later. Am worried that I may have wasted time and money if it doesn't harden.

 

[diamondtiling]

It is supposed to dry in an hour and then the shower can be used........a dubious claim in my opinion, why would anyone with half a brain want a shower within an hour of applying silicone.
You need to ring their tech department.

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[DHTiling]

Hello and welcome,

 

[Ian]

Welcome along, for future reference use BAL silicone sealant, bit pricey but very good. From reading other threads I beleive the mapei range is also very good but I don't use their products so I'll let someone else comment on that!

 

[Andy Allen]

mapei

 

[united]

:welcome:

 

[White Room]

Hi and welcome

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Hi and:welcome:

 

[faithhealer]

welcome to the forum, tried evo stick silicon once, chucked it after one line of seal !

 

[kilty55]

welcome,never used evo stick,i use mapei or bal micro

 

[YourTiler]

Silicone..... one area where you shouldn't buy cheap (not necessarily ££ )

Used Evo - awful stuff. Their stuff is really for the DIYer

Bal, Mapei or Dow Corning

 

[littleacorn]

Thanks for all comments so far. Another day later and still tacky. Think I'll be taking it back and asking for refund! It definately wasn't cheap. Think I would have got better results from a cheap one!

 

[kilty55]

ask them for the cost of silicone removers and silcone tool removers as well,,if they have sold you a product thats not worked id want want money for the fixing of it also

 

[Deleted member 9966]

if they stock a silicone eater ask for that as well as your refund. you'll still have to use some elbow grease to get the tacky silicone off, but once it's nearly all gone, you can slap the silicone eater on and it will literally eat through the rest leaving you with no lumps or bumps. the silicone eater is good stuff, I've used it myself a couple of times :yesnod:

 

[suave]

welcome!