MKnight82 Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 Do you get a nice straight edge or just stick it there messy to get the job done? Discuss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOUCAN Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 I want to brag but I don't want to come off caulky 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OkeyDoke21 Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 I was once nicknamed The Caulksman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 I will define it just as soon as you tell me what caulking is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggie. Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 On 8/30/2022 at 10:34 AM, MKnight82 said: Do you get a nice straight edge or just stick it there messy to get the job done? Discuss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET80 Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 I've never done it before in my life, but I'll say I'm a perfect 10. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vike daddy Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 I've had people faint over my caulking skills. They've never seen perfection like what I deliver. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted September 2, 2022 Author Share Posted September 2, 2022 17 hours ago, Forge said: I will define it just as soon as you tell me what Calking is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forge Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 32 minutes ago, MKnight82 said: I would describe my skills as imaginary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vike daddy Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 here's my favorite caulking story... a million years ago i used to do handyman repair work for a little old lady, in the evenings after my regular job. she was very particular and would fire most guys, but me she liked. and had me do a lot of caulking. bathtubs, sinks, counters, windows, etc... so one evening i'm caulking her kitchen counter backsplash and as usual she's watching me like a hawk. the light is sort of a dim so without either of us saying anything she gets a flashlight from her junk drawer and shines the beam right on the nozzle of the gun, and moves the light ahead of me as i move the tool. a couple of feet down the line there was this little spot where i had an air bubble pop so it got a little bit less caulking than it needed (but i intended to return to it to smooth it out). but as i moved on, her flashlight beam stayed right on the little bubble. so i returned and smoothed it out and then we both moved forward again in tandem. totally non verbal between us. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgarrett12486 Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 My wife makes fun of me because I caulk everything that has a gap. I'm a pro. (Reading that sentence back to myself and it sounds so dirty) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted September 3, 2022 Share Posted September 3, 2022 If we’re counting the entire population, I’m elite tier. If we’re only counting people who use caulk with any kind of regularity, average at best. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tugboat Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 On 9/2/2022 at 1:46 PM, vike daddy said: here's my favorite caulking story... a million years ago i used to do handyman repair work for a little old lady, in the evenings after my regular job. she was very particular and would fire most guys, but me she liked. and had me do a lot of caulking. bathtubs, sinks, counters, windows, etc... so one evening i'm caulking her kitchen counter backsplash and as usual she's watching me like a hawk. the light is sort of a dim so without either of us saying anything she gets a flashlight from her junk drawer and shines the beam right on the nozzle of the gun, and moves the light ahead of me as i move the tool. a couple of feet down the line there was this little spot where i had an air bubble pop so it got a little bit less caulking than it needed (but i intended to return to it to smooth it out). but as i moved on, her flashlight beam stayed right on the little bubble. so i returned and smoothed it out and then we both moved forward again in tandem. totally non verbal between us. My fav caulking story is: The time an instructor completely went off on a fellow student for detailing something with a label of "caulking" instead of "acoustical sealant". And agitatedly said caulking a lot of times in the process. Repeatedly indicating that caulking is not the same. My actual caulking skills in practice are passable, but nothing to brag about. Feels like at least one third of it is basically just how good you are with an utility knife, and figuring out how to cut that tube just right. I can't even remember what it was we were caulking, but my dad was doing it, and despite being very handy and adept with a caulking gun, he was astonished with how neat of an angle and aperture i got on my caulking tubes. I think he's just spent his whole like hacking them off like a neanderthal. idk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candyman93 Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 On 9/1/2022 at 7:35 PM, Forge said: I will define it just as soon as you tell me what caulking is YOU EVER JUST CAULK WITH THE BROS BEFORE!?!? …..sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamq Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 A caulker is only as good as his caulk gun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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