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Big Stretch For Large Gaps

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Video by The Idaho Painter

The Idaho Painter

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This video demonstrates how to effectively fill and seal a small to medium-sized gap in an exterior wall using a backer rod and high-quality, flexible sealant. The process focuses on preparing the gap, inserting the backer rod to create proper adhesion, and then applying and tooling the sealant for a durable and aesthetically pleasing finish, crucial for weatherproofing before painting.

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all right so I'm up here today got to resolve a problem with something has pecked a hole right here and we've got to try to fill this hole stop this before we paint this house right here this piece of backer rod fits that space very well so I'll just cut this piece of back Rod you know put it there this is a piece of hybrid backer rod from sashco what you want is a sealant to to um or caulking to stick to the the two sides the two edges that way any expansion contraction it can stretch and flex so I'm going to end up using um sash Go's Big Stretch right here Big Stretch bonds extremely well has a lot of flex has a lot of stretch so so I'm going to stuff this back a rod down in there far enough now that I can get just a nice bead of sealant over the top of that this I'm just going to take tool this put a nice coat of Big Stretch on here and seal this up so I don't want to get any on the stucko I don't want to smooth out that stucko so I'm going to be very careful just use the bead the pad of my finger to smooth that out just like that I'm going to use bigger pad of this finger to match that existing spot right there now that spot is correctly resolved using Big Stretch and backer rod

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