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Default Advice on brand of caulk? Mine has failed twice.

After a day or two I notice that if I touch the caulk there is white
residue on my finger, which leads me to think it's not dry. Then when
I take a damp rag to wipe off the ledge, some strings of caulk come off
and float down the edge of the tub. It's not completely gone, but
some weep holes are devloping etc... I tore apart the whol tub and
surround, cleaned everything with bleach fantastic, then wipe down with
alcohol, dried, and re-caulked. Same difference. I was thinking
about tearing it back out and using the silicone that they use for fish
tanks. I don't know what else to do. I never had a problem with caulk
before. Same brand from two different stores so I assume that the
batches are different.



Stormin Mormon wrote:
My experience is that Dap is crap, and Dow is wow.

Just one man's experience, Dap Acrylic Latex caulk is garbage. GE or
Dow works better for me.

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"Larry Caldwell" wrote in message
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I have had good results with DAP.

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