Thread: Advice on brand of caulk? Mine has failed twice.
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Default Advice on brand of caulk? Mine has failed twice.
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I am in the process of re-doing two bathrooms. I needed to quickly get
at least one shower working so I installed an acrylic tub and a tub
surround. I caulked the thing once using ployseamseal tub & tile
caulk, but it failed. I figured I hadn't given the caulk enough time
to cure, so I took everything apart, cleand everything with bleach and
alcohol. Then I put it all back together, re-caluked, let cure for 48
hours, and it's failing again. There is six people in my family so I
am now thinking that that many showers in the morning is killing the
caulk job. Any recommendations on better brands of caulk?

Where are you using the caulk? Inside, between layers of plastic or
along outside of seam? Only time I have ever had caulk fail was when I
removed an aluminum/glass shower door unit to clean up and recaulk.
Being a newbie at that, I slathered latex caulk all along the edge of
the unit before I reinstalled it. The more, the better, right? )
Waited couple of days, and first shower had caulk running down outside
of tub ) Ick!

Cleaned it all up. Went to pro installer for free advice, got sillycone
and did it the right way. Wipe with bleach first. I don't look for
particular brand, but it is usually DAP.

Never put in a plastic shower/tub unit, but what do install instructions
tell you to use?
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