How Do You Seal Around A Basin Or Bathtub With Silicone?
• Prepare the area. Remove any old silicon from the work area. • This can be done with a utility knife. • Any contaminants like oil and grease could prevent the silicon from bonding so clean the area thoroughly with alcohol. • Load the silicon gun. With a knife, cut the tip at 45 degrees, keeping the hole fairly small. This will give you better control over the amount of silicon released. The opening should not be so big that a bead cannot be formed, and it should not be so small that caulk tube seems highly pressurized. • Pop the silicon seal. Most tubes have a thin barrier inside the tube to prevent the caulk from curing. Many silicon guns have a tool to do this built on them. However, if yours does not, then a long nail or something similar will work. • Load the tube of silicon into the gun. • Test the sealing. Silicon sealing can be tricky. Hold the caulk gun over trash and depress trigger to move caulk forward, filling the tip. Caulk should flow out, not squirt or drip. Release th
