Applying silicone in your home - all the tips you need!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ต.ค. 2020
- An educational video providing you all the tips and tricks you need to know to master the perfect silicone job using Jason's secret methods.
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Love the video Jason, very informative.
I found the music was too loud, making listening to what you have to say in parts difficult.
came here to say that. can't hear him over the music
yeh it was my first video , thanks for the feed back mate 👍
Great tips but lose the background music dude !!
Sorry champ , it was my first video . I agree with the music being to loud . It won't happen again, hope you enjoyed my latest videos
I know I can't hardly hear you honey and when I turn it all the way up it just blast the music LOL I am disabled my hand is so shaky for nerve damage my ex left me with all of the silicone ripped out of the walk-in shower walls/floor. he cut the tip of the nozzle back so big that the whole is huge and it is just coming out in oozing clumps going EVERYWHERE even if I just barely even apply pressure so I'm trying to find some tips because it's just getting everywhere and very hard to spread & clean.cannot find any denatured alcohol tonight is my only time to do it as I will have to rest my back tomorrow ( stuff like this getting in the floor _not even allowed to do as my lumbar discs literally rip open and I could get stuck in the floor- makes me bed bound due to my myriad of medical conditions, so I will have to rest tomorrow in order to be able to work Monday from home I do call center work) anyway I'm trying to find tips to be able to spread it I do not even have rubbing alcohol much less denatured alcohol and no one will bring me any I'm disabled can't drive anymore
Great tutorial. I’d rather just hear your voice though. Thanks!
Thanks, I stuffed up the volume, it won’t happen again
Nice video, but the music is way way too loud
Thanks sir , first video, it won't happen again
@@themastercaulkanator7731 We all learn from our mistakes.
this vid saved my craft project! i didn't expect the silicone to be so sticky and didn't know how to get it smooth but the water & soap tip did it. thank you so much
Wish I could hear what you’re saying. Music is too loud!!
Thanks for sharing such great info. Looking forward to more videos.
WOW! Amazing!! Who would have ever thought of using a popscicle which crafters use would be a good tool to use for silicone??? I can't believe this! Going to dig mine out of the box and test drive one! THANK YOU JASON! Oh and what they said about the music :) Wish me luck on silicone adventure!!
You saved my sanity and a ton of money. THANK YOU!
Never thought of the popsicle stick before... Thanks definitely put it to use
Nice and simple explanation... thanks
Not good at all.Too much spraying over the silicone.I clearly can notice in 2 places u picked the silicone , because u spay to much.In the middle u got 2 inch tiny lane left and near the end.Not acepteble at all
Works really well. Thanks
Top tips the easiest and simplest explanation ever👍👍from another Aussie thanks mate👍👍
Awesome video, thank you! I’m going to have a go at it myself 👍
Welcome! Keep an eye out for more interesting videos to follow 👍
Dear Expert, do u have experience/ advice to share on applying the shaping bits to refine the fresh caulking pushed out from a quick cure & sticky adhesive paste like liquid nails (polyurethane,waterproof, by Selleys )? I want to use it to replace silicone for the floor tiles & curtain boards edges + gaps .
Cheers bro, this is the best video on silicone work I've seen yet.
I like the application method but use rubbing alcohol which has the same effect with pure silicon caulk as your soapy water.
Reason for using rubbing alcohol over soapy water though, as you mentioned in a previous comment, silicon and water don’t mix, which is true, but when the water evaporates you’re left with soap which can prevent silicon from adhering to a surface very well.
When you run your finger or the popsicle stick over the silicon, if soap hasn’t already gotten behind or under the bead from spraying , the stick eventually push a little wave of soapy water ahead of your stick on the bead.
Probably little noticeable difference at first, but the way I see it, is if you have zero risk in using rubbing alcohol, and you don’t have questions about mixture ratios, why not just use rubbing alcohol since you have a much better chance at 100% adhesion.
I use 70% rubbing alcohol in a spray bottle without any issues and it evaporates faster than water as well.
Since I can’t hear anything he is saying and your comment is much easier to understand. Thank you
Makes sense to use rubbing alcohol.
Methylated spirits works great too. It's also the best for cleaning your surface before the silicone installation also.
Denatured alcohol is best because it evaporates fast!!
The silicone must be dry tooled. Using alcohol voids the manufacturers warranty. I installed sealants for over 40 years and uninformed amateurs like you gave me a lot of work.
real master. well done mate!
I've also seen Windex glass cleaner being used in place of soap so it doesn't leave a soapy residue.
Can you do this with paintable silicon?
Soapy water and tool for the win.
Best video so far! thans
Thank you!
Brother either talk or make us listen music so that we can mute it if we don't want it. Imagine a scene where a professor giving lecture with music playing on the side .
hey I tried your method today and it worked. Do you clean up the water right after or wait until the silicon dries?
Wait until it dries, I’m glad it worked for you .
Thank you! I never knew about that soapy- water!!
DO NOT USE SOAPY WATER he is a total amateur the soapy water WILL cause the sealant to fail
The music in the background is too loud , unfortunately I can hear properly :( Is possible without music , pls
What is the caulk gun you are using?
How to apply silicone that doesn't bond
Absolutely right. This is simply wrong EVERY major silicone manufacturer says not to use soapy water. It is only common sense that if it doesn’t stick to your finger or a stick ,it won’t stick to the substrate. Everyone thinks tooling the joint is only for aesthetics.But it is really to make the sealant bond.
Great video buddy just need to balance your audio volume, background music is a tad too loud and drowns you out.
yeh it was my first video , thanks for the feed back mate 👍
Thanks a lot man.
Never use soapy water. The edges will never adhere properly. Will the joint be sealed and prevent water to leak, yes. But the actual bead won't last long bc water and dirt will get under the tiny lip that didn't stick to the tile bc of the soapy water. Just get a proper silicone tooling kit on Amazon
Right on
Bless you brother. Love the tips man. Subbed aswell. Solid video whoooooo
Good video. 👍👍
Thanks from Norway 👍
Couple questions? How much soap to water? And do you wipe off the excess soapy water after the silicone dries?
50 ml of dishwasher soap to an average spray bottle of water,yes you can clean soap once it dries 👍
@@themastercaulkanator7731 👍🏽thanks
I used the silicone squares purchased on amazon. Worked great. The red one used to apply and the blue clean up. Good video, but unable to hear you.
I got shellys the white turns to yellow what best brand to buy
Your kidding me. Omg, I'm so glad I watched this first. 😘
Thanks for sharing:) FYI the music is very distracting.
how much dish soap do you add to spray bottle??????
Thank you brother
Your welcome
How do you smooth larger, uneven widths?
The music is too loud and unable to hear your comments. Great video other than that.
Thanks 🙏, first video, amateur mistake
cheers. what's the best ratio of washing up liquid to water ratio please? i've heard 50:50. but that sounds a lot?
50/50 is too much. It will still work fine but it's just a waste of dish soap. Around 5 to 10% of dish soap in your water is perfect. You just want your water to be a little soapy, I've used straight water before when I've had no access to dish soap.
A few drops into a spray water bottle is sufficient
Same as the rest said haha .... mainly about the music being too loud but good video
Hum...So, I am trying to install silicone caulking to fill in a gap and bond two different surfaces, right? If there is any kind of imperfection when I lay the caulking bead (for example the bead not being tall enough it wide enough) and then introduce a"bond breaker", am I running the risk of the "bond breaker" ending up between the silicone and the surface I want to bond to? Please explain if I am missing something? Is the pressure of your finger or the popsicle stick going to make it bond again where I messed up? Is that why I can see some silicone come off at about minute 4:50? I was trying to get some tips on applying silicone, but this has gone against what I thought I was trying to do.
I have to agree with you on this; at 4:50 onwards it’s very clear that in at least two places the silicone has not bonded to the tile surface due to the soapy water breaking the bond where it shouldn’t have.
What’s more is that if you re apply on the areas that didn’t quite get enough you’ll never get the silicone to stick due to the soapy water.
If you don’t get it exactly right the first time you’ll have to scrape it up, dry it, clean the surface with spirit and then have another go.
On top of all this I’m still not convinced that wetting the fresh silicone isn’t deteriorating the properties of the silicone surface; the manufacturers normally state to not get it wet within 24 hours…..🤔
@@wajjidmahmood452 So what's the solution? I've been told that if you don't use the soapy water, your finger (or tool) may drag the silicone away from the surfaces you're trying to bond.
I think perhaps the only way is to check that the silicone is in contact with the surfaces before applying the soapy water...? But I agree that the most important point is whether the silicone has bonded to the surfaces (rather than the look of the finishes) which the soap may stop.
I don’t believe that dry tooling will drag or pull the fresh silicone out of the gap, when tooling (and when initially gunning it in) the silicone gets pushed into the crevice and sticks to the surface (provided the required cleaning and drying has been carried out properly) and then the angle that the tool (or finger?) helps to properly adhere the silicone to the surface.
Personally I would rather masking tape a few mm outside of the desired bead thickness and dry tool it (if I’m trying to avoid excessive cleanup and make a tidier job) but if the sealant is applied by gun correctly the first time then dry tooling and cleaning the tool in between works perfectly every time!
What’s more is that with dry tooling, if you missed a little bit or moved the gun too fast at a certain point you can re apply a touch to just that point where as of it is wet then you’re screwed!
Also if you are spraying water onto the seal the. You have to be very careful not to wet the area that you haven’t applied the sealant to in other words stop spraying before you get to the next run that has been prepped.
@@wajjidmahmood452 haha I hadn't even thought of accidentally spraying the unsealed parts which I definitely would have done! Was originally going to let rip with the soap spray but am no going to try doing it totally dry. Thanks!
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@@benyaminewanganyahu as a professional we have a saying “ pretty is nice but bonded is better”
My sink turned out to be a disaster. Now I have to remove all the fresh silicone I just put down and try again.
Tip number 1, don't use Sellys silicone. Their white silicone is one the worst I've found in regards to how it turns yellow over time.
The soapy water is not breaking the bonds in the silicone. My guess is that water is hydrophilic and silicone is hydrophobic so they won't mix in the first place. Not sure what the soap is doing but maybe it prevents mixing even more.
Soap makes it more lubricated to slide
The music is drowning your voice out. What do you do if the surface is a tilled wall as the stick willl drop into the grout lines?
Good tutorial but please drop the music as I could not hear you I ended up muting it and just watching. Such a shame as it was very good.
great video Master, very helpful indeed, thank you for sharing, if i may, the music is not a very good effect on the video and irritating 😊
Dude I’ll be honest with you. This is legit one the best how to videos I have seen. All the other silicone ones online are a fking joke. They have people using tape and turps and all the crap. Thanks for giving this info man, legit the best way to do it.
Great tips -thanks, but turn down the music so we can hear you please
Good video, but the music is too loud. ;)
looks good could not understand hin music over whelmed audio
I may have been able to hear you if you hadn't had the dumb music playing. What purpose does that serve?
Great knowledge sir thanks so much but background music was too high
Would be better if you didn’t have music while your talking.
Background music is way too loud so I have trouble hearing your good info. Please turn it down.
How can the silicone cure properly with all that liquid that you use in the spray bottle???
There is no problem, silicon is not water based , so the water does not effect drying times
Silicone is what's referred to as moisture curing, this means it dries when it reacts with moisture in the atmosphere etc. So applying water to it actually makes it dry faster. 👍
Agree - everything you read online says silicone should be applied to a clean dry surface and getting excess water on the silicone can cause it to not adhere properly to the surface. I am having the same issue. Warranty shower repair and he caulked it today and was absolutely soaked when he finished. Now looking at it tonight that the water has dried up and its lifted in so many places. Not stuck to the tiles. He also has caulked over tiles which still have grout residue on them. Warranty manager here tomorrow so will be telling them to pull it all up and re-do it properly. Firstly cleaning all the tiles and drying it thoroughly
@@vzgsxr it is moisture cured but adding water to it causes it cure unnaturally and compromises the bond. IT WILL FAIL PREMATURELY
I can't understand you below all the music
cant hear what your saying, the music in the background is too loud
Good tutorial, but your music is too loud to really hear what you're saying
It's always best to avoid background music in an informative video like this.
Good video but music too loud
Doesn’t the soapy water stop the silocon from sticking
Yes it does EVERY major manufacturer says not to use it. This is what DOW ,one of the largest manufacturers of silicone ,says in its technical manual:
“NOTE: Do not use liquid tooling aids such as water, soap or alcohols. These materials may interfere with sealant cure and adhesion and create aesthetic issues.”
there is no issue as long as you apply silicon first 😊
@@LiljayFarmlife thanks Mate
@@LiljayFarmlife wrong due to the size of projects we do (often $10000-$20000 or more) the building owner often wants the manufacturers extended warranty. In order to qualify for these warranties it is required to document the installation and do testing every 500-1000 lineal feet. When soapy water is used the silicone fails a proper adhesion test.
Thanks, Great tip but better without the music
Can't hear you for loud music
Thank You. Music too load. I have a hard time hearing people talk when there is background noise.
You’re music is too loud! We cannot hear what you are saying!!
Sorry, first video
Great info, but make the video about what you're saying and not the music.
Music way too loud!!!
Good tip, we get the idea. Be better if that stupid music was off so we can hear what the hell he's saying
The music is way too loud
Turn off the annoying loun music, so we can hear you
I am a professional sealant applicator and have been for a long time and this is just not how you apply silicone please don’t follow this steps for a correct way to do it
Can you please explain
Please do explain, I’m also not convInced with this method despite the immense backing that tradespeople give this method.
I have been a journeyman caulker for over 40 years. If anyone showed up to my job with a soapy water they were fired on the spot
@@m.masood6086 The soapy water interferes with the silicone bond. It will fail prematurely and mold is likely to grow behind it. This is why so many people have to replace the sealant so often. If done correctly WITHOUT SOAPY WATER it should last 20 years or more.
I am about to do a silicone for the 50 times and still can't do it right.lol
I can barely hear because of the loud music.
Dam I can't hear what he says. How I turn off that ring tone
Good video but background misic is too loud
Good tips, but the music trespasses on your voice which I could hardly hear. Redo the clip or add subtitles. Also a good video on what not to do when making aTH-cam clip. Good luck.
Very hard to hear you with the music.
Looks like everyone said what I was gonna
ditto,
What?!
What? I can't hear you babe... But looks amazingly good trick?
Good video but music drowns out the speech.
Demasiado jabón 🙄🙄🙄se
Lleva todo el caulking solo unas gotas y ya esta queda perfect.
Why do you use silicone tools ?
Loose the music or speak louder please
Music much too loud
Yes music tooo loud..can BARELY hear you
Problem with your video is your voice hardly carries beyond the music you have chosen to play.
Should have edited the music out. You have a strong accent coupled with the music makes it to difficult to watch and hear. Sorry.
This only works on a smooth easy surface otherwise it doesn’t work and looks poor.
It doesn’t even work there. The soapy water keeps the silicone from properly bonding. Every single major manufacturer says not to use it.
Aaaaaaagh. Couldn't hear you over the crappy music. Other than that very informative. Cheers.
Why do you have the back ground music??? Seriously???