Caulk Vertical Corner Boards and Exposed Nail Heads

tip get rid of the excess caulking on the back side right here that way my gloves just don't get covered in caulking that's all going to be painted so you won't see it [Music] [Applause] talk in the vent [Music] customer hit the saw right down the soffit too so I'm just gonna lay my finger flat to do a vent caulk this vent right here flat I'm gonna try to fill that saw blade in to get rid of some of this excess on the nail heads right there and the siding has a pretty heavy wood texture to it so you don't have to be super smooth it's not like caulking an interior you won't see any of this caulking that you're putting on the nail heads at all once you paint it I'm not pushing too hard because I don't want to wipe the caulking out what are the big tricks is you're watching your caulking go slow not that you can see that whole Gap fill up if you don't feel that Gap up literally it's going to crack within the first year I'm watching it fill the Gap I'm slowing down going slow enough that it's filling the gap if you're not filling the Gap it's what we call skim Caulking and it will crack over time just take my pad of my finger I'm gonna wipe it fill it in wipe it