Now here is a man that has done miles of caulking. I have had a sub leave the jobsite because he did not have the "right" width joint tool, and he laughed at my when I said just use a piece of backer rod.
That sub wasn’t a pro you can tool joints up to 4 inches depending on the material. If you dont have a big enough tool make one buy rounding a flat puddy knife to your desired size.
First of all that is NOT backer rod . It is flat and does not give the proper joint profile. This is VERY sub par work. You obviously no nothing about sealants
I’ve done miles of way more difficult caulking than this working for real legit caulking companies and am blown away by how many clueless caulking videos there are. At least this one the guys not wet tooling but I have NEVER in all the years I caulked seen someone use foam or whatever that is Guy doesn’t know how to knife?? That’s a really really easy type of joint to knife if have any skills at all. Guys caulking all have battery powered guns and use a one part tube or sausage?? When I caulked anything on any union caulking job We almost Always mixed cans with a low speed drill and activator color packs etc.We used that sausage or tubes a couple of times when we ran out of the cans but we had to be sneaky about it and hide it from possible inspectors since it’s unacceptable ( or was) on commercial industrial whatever Now everyone is using it wherever and that shit is just no where near as good as the mixed cans. Everyone making videos about caulking and no one would ever keep the job back in my day doing flim flam wet tooled finger fuck tooling foam swipe tooling Damn the industry has taken a really hard fall NO STANDARDS USA
@@toecutter1015 I have been a professional caulker for over 45 years and the crap that RU-vidrs post about caulking really piss me off. Because as professionals we are basically priced out of the housing market homeowners see this kind of shit and think it’s good. I actually worked for a group of architects and attorneys when I was young to sue incompetent contractors like this. But of course our clients were rich. It really angers me that homeowners have to replace there sealant in 5 -10 years because of the morons installing their sealant.( I know this doesn’t really pertain to homeowners nut it goes to the general stupidity of RU-vid caulking videos)
@@genecarden780 THERES A big old college campus in Massachusetts Williamstown and theres caulking there you might not believe stone work that should be mortar joints or grout joints but is pumped full of caulking and not even tooled at and I’ve seen some really bad stuff before but this is the special needs kids create a jobs or something and sometimes it’s even some restoration or preservation society that has enormous amounts of money donated to it by the generous alumni and they have No idea what’s going on there and trust whoever and they shouldn’t! I have hundreds of pictures of destroying history and caulking things that shouldn’t be and all kinds of really sloppy awful work. I was actually racially discriminated against ( for being a white male) but it was more my knowledge and experience and fussiness from working with real top gun guys and I have such enormous respect and appreciation for those guys now because we all knew back then that no one looks at it as hard as we do and we could get away with a lot less if we wanted but we had ONE job and we did it as well as possible and I really like hearing about someone else out there who’s still doing things to STANDARDS because I see awful caulking everywhere I go and really bad TUCKPOINTING too
I wouldn’t caulk that until the roof is on and they remove those braces. Ive seen caulking fail for that very reason there was to much movement on the panels before the caulking was cured. And it was that not the aplicator because the joints fail in the middle they did not lose adhesion to the panels.
It’s gonna fail any way. This is very sub par work.His joint prep is non existent. Tilt up panel are notoriously dirty. He should be wire brushing then dusting. AT THE VERY LEAST it has to be cleaned with a dust brush.He is using improper backing.Guaranteed to fail in a couple of years. I have been installing and repairing sealants for 45 years. This is what’s known n the trade as a hack. Not to mention why would you leave huge gaps at the anchor plates. I would have fired him in the first 5 minutes
@@Felix_116 at least all of the trusses installed. He,s a hack absolutely zero joint prep. Tilt up panels are notoriously dusty. I would have fired him after 5 minutes
Sorry but if you upload your work to youtube you should do it by the book. Im a professional caulker and i use round backerrods with closed pores, primer to close the pores in the concrete plus for extra adhesive, caulk and then tool it with wooden sticks and soap Actual pro tip, hope you find it useful 😊
You’re a “ pro caulker “ and you use SOAP?? As in dish soap?? So you WET TOOL??? I worked for Real legit caulking companies way back from the 80 s up until about 2017 and I heard about Dish soap wet tooling flim flam cob jobbers but only saw it once and that guy was yanked off caulking forever. First thing that 1st company ever told me was that Anyone and they really don’t care WHO it is Will be FIRED immediately if they get caught wet tooling!! Some call it “ lick and stick “ Another term for Flim flam totally unskilled unprofessional caulking lick and stick wet tooling dish soap Taping Yeah some guys a lot actually are Taping before caulking Wow Unreal Standards are non existent in the caulking industry
@@JBCtry by the book? And you use soap? 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Every major manufacturer says not to use liquids to tool with if you look at their tech manuals. ( literally “the book”) Here is what DOW ( one of the largest sealant manufacturers in the world ) says: “NOTE: Do not use liquid tooling aids such as water,soap or alcohols. These materials will interfere with cure, adhesion and create aesthetic issues.” Page 75 of Dow Construction Sealants Technical Manual. This is literally”by the book” The only MAJOR manufacturer that I have ever seen that allows tooling liquid of any kind is Sika and they only allow their proprietary tooling aid not soap. And I don’t think it is available in the US because no one needs it. But you are absolutely right about the backer rod and primer. He is definitely not qualified to caulk anything. It is pretty funny though that you say it should be done “by the book” then say you do something “ the book” literally says not to do.
@@JBCtry what is there to misunderstand? You said you use soap. ( I assume the soap is on your tools,still unacceptable)EVERY manufacturer says DRY tool. No lubricant.
They will be replacing the sealant in 5 years.. he bviouly does not understand how sealant functions. The backer rod has to be round to give the proper joint profile. If the manufacturer sees this he will void the warranty.
Can you recommend any videos that would show the proper way you are talking about? I have a pressure washing business and would like to learn this skill to add to my services. Thanks mate ✌️
@@tobychalmers8103The video by Sika is a pretty comprehensive video. It is for multi component sealants but it is the same for single component. As a professional we usually skip the taping. And always tool at least one time in each direction to ensure all minute voids are filled and all air forced out from the bonding surface. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SGsBh--eF6k.htmlsi=MA3dd6EMncvSe6mP
@@tobychalmers8103There’s No Videos that are Even Close to Real caulking world industry standards that I’ve seen. He should be using much bigger round soft rod ( squishes down) and tooling with a knife ( you can grind down and round over a putty knife I’ve got a bunch of them Knifing caulking is actually much more difficult to learn than anything masonry tooling but if you ever were actually properly trained and got the feel or the knack of it It’s Not all that difficult
Jesus Christ do you wire brush and blow the joint off before you shoot. I’ll be honest with you this is a terrible habit you need to learn how to put an nice beed in there and tool it. I’make 41 dollars a hr caulking in Indpls I hate to say it guys doing work like this is the reason why I get paid the way I do. Thanks 😁
I am retired now but caulked for decades and have never seen so much flim flam and wet tooling and taping wtc We couldn’t even Use any of this sausage or tube one part shit Caulking was Mixing cans with a low speed drill That’s Real caulking Sausage stuff is No Where Near as Good
@@OriginalAse You have No idea How Annoying it was somedays as a rookie mixing can after can and they were never perfect or fast enough even with a few of us mixing. But When in the last years I caulked we used sausages and I really really missed the cans since they were Way easier and Faster For me instead of constantly changing sausage and the caulking itself is just way better
