On 7/6/2008 4:52 PM Nancy Young spake thus:

What's confusing me is that this stuff is up to an inch wide and
doesn't look like it came out of a caulking gun. It looks like one
long piece of gray rope. I guess that's why I thought rope caulk.

I think what you have is what's called "backer rod", which isn't caulk
at all, but semi-rigid foam (usually gray) used to fill large gaps. You
stuff it in, then caulk around it. Available at almost any hardware or
home-improvement store.


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