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Identify the Gap and Gather Materials

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Stop wasting caulk on large gaps! Backer rod helps Big Stretch perform the way it’s designed to. 💪

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What happens here

The presenter identifies a significant gap behind a benchtop in a garage, noting that its size (ranging from an inch to an inch and a quarter, narrowing to a half or quarter inch in other areas) makes it unsuitable for filling with caulk alone, as the caulk would fall through or require excessive amounts. He introduces 'Big Stretch' caulk as the sealant and 'backer rod' as the solution to provide essential support for the caulk in wide gaps.

Goal: Understand the problem of large gaps and collect necessary items for an effective seal.

Tools and materials

  • Backer Rod

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So, I'm going to use Big Stretch right here to fill a really big gap behind this benchtop in this garage right here. And the gap is so big, if you try to put the caulking down there, it's just going to just fall right through or it's just going to be like endless filling it with caulking. So, I'm going to use backer rod. If you've never seen this, this is backer rod. You're going to stuff this down there. It's going to give some backing for the caulking to actually sit on so you don't just have this endless space. There's different size backer rods. Right here I've got a pretty big backer rod cuz the gap right here is about an inch right there, an inch to an inch and a quarter, then it goes almost down to nothing, and then it gets to about a half an inch or quarter inch right there. So, backer rod, we're just

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