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Remove Old Silicone Caulk

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How to paint a shower or bathtub.

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What happens here

If a previous shower door was installed, it's crucial to remove all silicone caulk from the edges of the shower. Use a small razor blade tool to carefully scrape away 100% of the old silicone caulk. This is an extremely important step, as no paint will adhere to silicone, and any remaining caulk will result in peeling or poor finish.

Goal: Completely remove all old silicone caulk from the shower surfaces.

Tools and materials

  • Razor Blade Tool — Scraping off old silicone caulk

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So, we had a shower door on here that we removed the shower door and it had silicone cocking. And you want to make sure you get 100% of that silicone cocking off cuz nothing's going to stick to that. I'm just using a little razor blade. This is just a little device holds this razor blade and I'm just using it to actually scrape all this silicone cocking off. Very, very important to remove it all.

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