Select Caulk and Gather Tools

right today I'm going to give you some tips and tricks how to apply Caulking and get the perfect bead so we've got some new vinyl windows that were installed on this house and we've got to cut these windows and then repaint over the coffee and I'm going to give you some tips and tricks how to make this look absolutely amazing one thing um you start with you want to start with a good caulking got to get something that's going to adhere to new vinyl windows and then adhere to your painted surface or whatever yo your windows are butted up again so I'm going to be using tower sealants au1 construction sealant absolutely amazing product you know for doing something like this it'll span the gap of actually two inches so it'll spend large gaps it's going to stick to a multiple different types of surfaces and it tools absolutely amazing so I'm going to be using what I call a sponge caulking map that I use a hanger sponge just like there's a caulking sponge and this is what it looks like just like this it's about a six inch sponge it's an open cell sponge nice and smooth it's great for keeping your hands wet and for tooling and getting a perfect caulking bead I'm going to be caulking with my caulking gun right here this is an ETS 2000 caulking gun It's a cotton gun I like and um got my tower sealants and installed so this is a sponge caulking method and it's keeping your sponge wet all the time and keeping your hands wet all the time so you can tool your Caulking and what I mean by tooling it that's what you're I'm using my fingers there's a lot of tools out there that you can use to um you know apply a caulking bead without using your hands but your hands have nerves in them you can feel you can feel what you're doing when you're laying out the caulking bead with some of these things called caulking fingers and these other type of things you can't feel through what you're actually tooling the caulking beat with so you're hands are always the best option caulking sponge the same needs to be nice and wet I do like inside I like using lukewarm water and it just keeps my hands warm and it just works for cleaning the sponge a little bit faster the spine should be you know nice and wet because it's you want your hands to be wet at all times and clean at all times you don't want to get any caulking built up on your hands see I leave a little bit of water in the sponge you can see there's a little bit left because I want the sponge to be you know nice and wet and not dry…