Tool Caulk with Wet Finger
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Caulking A Perfect Bead. Wet Caulking Trim To Windows.
What happens here
Tools and materials
- Caulking Sponge
- Lukewarm Water N/A
What they say
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What they say
(2,474 characters)just like that so I stopped right there now I want to wet my hands my hand already started to dry out I'm going to wet my hand get it nice and wet fingers nice and wet and clean I'm gonna lightly press down on it if I press too much it's going to smear caulking onto the vinyl window and onto the trim way too far so I'm gonna be just this is where your finger is so much better than any type of tool you use because the tool cannot feel how much pressure you're putting it can't feel the caulking at all or the sealant so I'm just nice light touch on it and then I'm constantly getting to my Corners I'm going to want I call tool it I'm going to continue wetting my finger wiping the excess off until I get that corner absolutely perfect just like that that's what it looks like I'm going to do a little bit more I'll continue on all right so I'm going to now continue from the other side I'll give you another look at this we got a kind of a large gap in the corner right here and then um a really small gap down here so I'm going to start off putting more caulking I want that whole thing to be filled up and then then I'll do a little bit less as I go so I'm going to be watching my 45 degree angles laid flat into that crack now I'm just cruising right along I'm being very patient laying my caulking beat out getting a nice bead I'm just making watching my angle of my caulking tube making sure that angle is flat go back up I do have some cracks right here when they're installing the window caused this to crack down here so I'm going to fill that in just a nice small bead now I'm coming down here I've got a lot bigger crack so I'm going to be cruising right along putting a little bit more in to fill that up so I'll show you I'm going to wipe tool this and I'll show you what it looks like on that big gap right there so I begin here just a very light touch I don't want to press too hard I'm just trying to smooth out that bead I'm trying to get it to make a nice um contact with the window and a nice contact with the tram and see I've got a nice bead there's barely anybody anything on my finger as I'm smoothing it out but I'm constantly wetting my finger you don't want your hands to get dry at all coming down to these Corners it gets a little more tricky tool it these Corners I'm going to just continue your fingers got to be really really wet to make that nice and toolable just like that and I've got I've got to just continue working this can I get it
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