Tips For Siliconing

[One Day]

Biggest tip: don't use cheap nasty Silicon. My favourite is BAL's - nice and thick and easy to tool.
Also Ottoseal's stone silicones are very putty-like.
Wet sloppy oily Silicon will just make a mess - no matter how good you are.

Oh - and Wonder wipes.

 

[John Benton]

Biggest tip: don't use cheap nasty Silicon. My favourite is BAL's - nice and thick and easy to tool.
Also Ottoseal's stone silicones are very putty-like.
Wet sloppy oily Silicon will just make a mess - no matter how good you are.

Oh - and Wonder wipes.

Where do you get your Ottoseal from?

 

[One Day]

Where do you get your Ottoseal from?

Stonetools.com or a local sealants shop.

 

[macten]

I've just come back from resealing a showertray. Took all the old black mouldy stuff out and thought I'd give the Fugi kit recommended on this thread a go. I liked the idea of not having to use a spray bottle.
I was less than impressed and soon switched back to my soapy water and fingers to get the perfect looking bead. I'm sure it would get better with practice but as of now I still don't think you can beat the finish you can achieve with loads of practice using your own fingers.

 

[Qwerty]

First time I have ever heard a negative comment about fugi. Not for everyone I guess

 

[Chalker]

I've just come back from resealing a showertray. Took all the old black mouldy stuff out and thought I'd give the Fugi kit recommended on this thread a go. I liked the idea of not having to use a spray bottle.
I was less than impressed and soon switched back to my soapy water and fingers to get the perfect looking bead. I'm sure it would get better with practice but as of now I still don't think you can beat the finish you can achieve with loads of practice using your own fingers.

You still need to use a spray bottle.

 

[Flintstone]

I just put a squirt of washing up liquid and water in a cup, apply the Silicon really neatly and smooth it with finger, perfect,

 

[juris]

we do all kind of tiling and mastic .let me know if you need some help.
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[juris]

Personal I don't think you can beat one of these
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yes this is one of the best tools.with that tool you can do so....

 

[juris]

Nearly always use the profiling tools, and when I'm going where 3 joints meet I always do one of the lines into the corner the night before, especially when its 2 colours meeting. That way when I seal the other two lines meeting up there's no chance of any dragging or mixing of the other colour.

30min is ok to do next color on top from the corner