The Secrets to Great Exterior Caulking(Windows, Doors, Trims)! 

I'm an old lady DIY'er too! Nobody to call just trying to figure old. 😊

Cheers James🍻 best wishes on your future projects!

Same!! Mind is blown!

Also, the warranty states 1 year?? Based on your review would you state it lasts longer than the other brands (DAP Amp) which provides a lifetime warranty?

@@AmerCorrodi many consumer based sealants have a lifetime warranty, but it is just a sales gimmick. (Even GE is guilty of this with their consumer based products) If you read the entire warranty ( usually hidden online) and how to claim them it’s easy to see. Most say “ as long as you live in your home”, in the USA that is an average of 7 years. ( last time I checked) Then “all you have to do” is return the cartridge and the sales receipt. The majority of homeowners don’t keep either very long. And lastly, homeowners generally buy 2 or 3 cartridges at a time,so it usually isn’t worth the hassle. So the manufacturers know that very few people will claim the warranty. The largest manufacturers of the highest quality industrial sealants only offer a 20 year performance warranty. To qualify for this extended warranty,requires pretty extensive documentation and testing, ( often by an independent testing lab) throughout the project. And having to stick to very strict installation requirements.Almost all of these extended warranties are on very large industrial or commercial buildings like high rise buildings. Using 10s of thousands of dollars in sealants.Having said this most QUALITY industrial sealants will last 20-30 years when properly installed. They just won’t be guaranteed that long because the manufacturer has no control over the installation. So just the thought of a lifetime warranty on something installed by a homeowner is pretty ridiculous.Not that homeowners can’t install it correctly but the manufacturers have zero control over what homeowners do. I would never use ANY DAP product in anything but interior paint prep.

Thanks Troy, best wishes on the upcoming project🍻

Cheers buddy, you to🍻I’m off fishing tomorrow, so should be a great one.

You don’t need a sausage gun. You can use cartridges. I have done it hundreds of times.( sausages ARE far more convenient and efficient in this situation, but not required) backer rod is required.

Thanks for watching 🍻

Seems like a great guy, thanks for checking out the channel!

You are 100% right.The use of backer rod when possible IS essential. It comes from 1/4” to 4” so you can almost always use it. So only sometimes you will bond breaker tape.

High praise🍻

Seems like a good summer job 🍻

For an outside you can hold the tip fairly flat and try and force it into any gaps, and then tool it with the flat part of the popsicle stick.

​@@TheFunnyCarpenterI hate to say anything good about anyone else, but that makes a lot of sense. I'll try it.

@@TheFunnyCarpenter thanks! I am looking at having to repaint some pillars and the base boards have spread a bit, so looking to throw some caulk down before painting!

If by “ no attention” you mean doesn’t need to be tooled you are 100% wrong. Every Quality sealant manufacturer says to dry tool to improve adhesion. If you don’t tool the sealant it won’t pass a proper adhesion test.

@@genecarden780 you're wrong, go to home Depot and read a tube of quad. Then do yourself a favor; buy a colour tube, lay a bead on something, tool that and leave it outside for a year and see what happens.

@@batmansdad3195 I said “ quality” sealant. Quad is not a quality sealant. Quad data sheet says “ Only recommended for residential or low rise buildings Do not use for expansion or butt joints. Minimum joint size 1/4” max is 3/8” that is 1/8” tolerance.” ( that makes its use VERY limited) It also shrinks 23% Another red flag is you have to get permission to use it in commercial applications. Quad max. has a minimum control joint width of 3/8” and a max joint width of 5/8” ( a little better but still only 1/4” tolerance) Both say “water RESISTANT” not water proof. ( by definition this means it is not a waterproofing sealant and is a deal breaker) This information is directly from their data sheet.( it is not possible to make sealant consistently waterproof without tooling. 99% of building materials are not smooth they have irregular surfaces with voids that the sealant must be tooled to fill. Toolings primary function is to improve the bond and fill tiny voids. Aesthetics is secondary. I have been a professional caulker for over 45 years. Quad will not pass a typical adhesion test because you can not tool it.Plus it is not waterproof it is water resistant. A quality professional caulking/ waterproofing contractor would never use either of these. They are inferior products. And as you stated if you tool it,it turns to crap. NP1 is an industrial grade construction sealant marketed to the caulking/waterproofing industry,that they made available to the consumer. And is waterproof. Quad is a consumer grade “sealant” that doesn’t market to the commercial caulking/waterproofing industry because they can’t meet their quality demands. And is not rated as waterproof. The fact is Quad has very low quality specs.

What type of caulking did you use?

@@TheFunnyCarpenter DYNAFLEX 230 "Superior flexibility & crack proof"

@@signintoconfirm5175 try NP1, it lasts a lot better

@@signintoconfirm5175never use any Dap products on the exterior. They make all kinds of claims but they are almost all modified acrylic,the lowest quality sealant you can buy. NP1 is a commercial polyurethane sealant used in industry long before it was available to consumers.

For that I’d maybe try the Big Stretch with some soapy water and a finger.

Use the Np1 and some painters tape. Tool it until you can see the edge of the tape. Immediately remove the tape pulling it back over itself. Make sure when you apply the tape you press it in well

Use the NP1 it is a far better sealant. As a professional caulker we would never use big stretch on exteriors. We use NP1 a lot.

Unfortunately you have to remove it. Most caulk says to make sure it's all gone, but sometimes that's impossible like on brick.

I will keep it mind!

I’ve yet to ever do it, is it easy to screw up? Any advice to practice first?

Just a RU-vidr now

Absolutely wrong ! The primary purpose for tooling sealant is to improve adhesion, aesthetics is secondary.If you check any quality manufacturers tech manuals you will see it is required. I shoot a finished bead all of the time. It still has to be tooled.

Excellent catch, the utility knife is the most dangerous tool I own. Not hard to imagine with my cavalier attitude towards the knife….it’s bit me more than once!

Fair enough, I would say if your not laying down at least a 1/4” wide by 1/8” deep bead, don’t even bother. Anything less will crack.

@@TheFunnyCarpenter 6mm x 3mm in Australian ... that sounds reasonable if the crack is pretty wide to start with. I just found that pulling the gun down lifted the bead off fairly often but pushing it eliminated this and made the job much quicker when caulking gappy joins every 75mm in gables with VJ boards.

To clarify, the tip is front of the direction you are caulking or behind? I would imagine the tip being behind the direction of travel pushes the caulk further in.

@@anfernyjackson9013 Cault bottom to top, not top to bottom.

Thought I said 3/16th....Who knows sometimes I loose my mind during these videos!

I'm pretty sure he said 3/16. And that is what the tape showed.

MrGostx, I recommend: turn on the CC, replay that video bit (you know, with the tape measure), and read the automatic captions. If you still want to laugh, go for it.

Absolutely wrong! I have been a professional caulker for over 45 years and you are absolutely wrong. I shoot “ finished” beads all of the time. They still need to be tooled. The primary function of tooling is to improve adhesion. Aesthetics are secondary.

@@genecarden780 45 years being a stick handling bitch is more like it.

How many homes did you have at the age of 25?

@@michaels3003 I had 20. Ours. Mom and dad's. And every church member and friend that needed help😉. This my HOMES😂. Now we do have about 15