1. After you cut your spout the desired thickness, make sure that you break the inside seal by pushing a needle into the caulking tube. I just ASSumed that once I cut the tip it was fine. I quickly had a blow out coming from the back of the tube getting the silicon all over my hands and wasting material.
2.Wear gloves, (unless you know what you are doing) I had a mess all over my hands and if I had gloves on, it would have been a quick and easier clean up. I spent the next 10 minutes trying to get that crap off.
3. As stated before only cut the nozzle to be the thickness you need. I cut the tip bigger thinking it would allow more air in (without the seal broken) and when I finally figured it out, I had more coming out than I needed and ended up wasted material.
4. If it gets on your hands I found out the best way is to get a brush or a dry towel and scrub it off, or wait for it to dry and it peels off. ( I tried to use the water to get water proof caulking of my hands lol, another rookie move).
5. Denatured Alcohol works miracles. I learned that if you pour just a little D.A on to the existing caulking and wait for a minute, when you remove the existing bead it will be more of a gel and liquidy and come out with relative ease It will also clean and dry the area which is great because if the area is moist and dirty the new caulking will not stick and not look as nice. I bought the S-L-X Denatured Alcohol from Home Depot and it worked great.
In the end everything worked out and the shower looks great. Hopefully those with upcoming projects can learn from my rookie mistakes and can save time and material. Hope you all enjoy this and I will try to get more home repair tips on my blog.
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