On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:55:42 -0800 (PST), with neither quill nor
qualm, quickly quoth:

On Jan 20, 6:32 am, "William Wixon" wrote:
just wondering, is there a good technique out there for capping a open tube
of silicone caulk? i usually put on a couple layers of duct (or some other
plastic) tape. the caps that come with the tubes don't prevent the caulk
from hardening in the nozzle. a while ago i saw a thing in a handyman's
magazine, the guy would cut a hole big enough to insert the nozzle in a used
35mm film canister and fill the canister w/ grease and put it on the nozzle.
i tried this a couple times and it was a huge mess and it didn't even work.
just wondering if there's a handy convenient way of preventing the caulk
from hardening in the nozzle.

b.w.

Yep - if its the big tubes that have a nozzle on them that goes into a
frame type gun - screw in a 4 inch self drilling screw(yes) with lots
of thread - the type used to fix particleboard,wallboard etc. Works
well - it stops air getting into it, so it doesnt set.....

Lee Valley sells condoms for your caulk which work really well.
(You should recite that out loud to get the full effect.
http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page...=2,42194,40727

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