Skip to main content
Stesso
Project

Smooth the Caulk Bead

Beginner3 hours

Part of project

Bathtub Caulking · Step 6 of 8

Helpful?

In this video

Immediately after applying the caulk, smooth the bead. Lightly wet your finger and run it along the caulk line with gentle, consistent pressure. This process, called 'tooling,' pushes the caulk firmly into the joint for a good seal and creates a smooth, concave finish. Wipe any excess caulk from your finger onto a clean rag as you go.

1.6M views19.7K
Ace Hardware

178K subscribers

View Channel
Transcript
Hide

can't okay so now what I want you to do is take your finger put it in the corner and gently touch the caulking and then just move it down nice and even try not to stop don't put too much pressure if it's oozing out of the tape lighting it up nice keep going right there now you see how you fill that void I do okay good good let's go across the shot back part I'll push a little against the wall okay good there you go push it right in that there you go nice push it right around keep going don't stop okay good all right so now why the

Auto-generated transcript. May contain errors.