Corner tape...Start using your head Not your finger

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whats wrong with soapy water lightly sprayed and a wet finger?

when you apply your bead of silicone and spray with soapy water some of the soapy water seeps behind the circular bead of silicone, creating a point of non adhesion when you "push" the silicone against the wall.

this is effect is lowered when you tape off as you push the silicone against the tape and peel off, but the silicone pulls away from the wall somewhat!

in essence spray your hand NOT the silicone!

water, soapy water or any moisture and silicone do not mix!

try siliconing straight after a grout wash off!

 

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no water, dry area and a result!

 

[user123]

The no skill required is a bit sad though, isn't it? Skill is good I say! I really like siliconing (thanks to NETT Darren) and with a bit of skill at least we don't add to more environmentally unfriendly rubbish and manufacturing processes...AND I can cope with uneven heights of mosaic tiles... I reckon the tape would leave unwelcome gaps...

 

[doug boardley]

I'd have thought that you should be able to get bigger than 25m rolls tho, one biggish bathroom and it's all gone, unless of course the "m" means miles, not metres:smilewinkgrin:

 

[milan11]

Hm, I was using ordinary tape when I didn't know how to apply a silicone - but that was 15 years ago.

Btw, what's the difference between ordinary tape and cornertape?
Except for the price.

 

[Matt]

I had the pleasure of meeting Andy from CornerTape today! He is a fantastic guy and he went indepth about his product

I have to say, the product is FANTASTIC. I took a video of the demo (Sadly only the last part) as he purposefully made a right pigs ear of intially applying the silicone. The end result was a perfect silicone seal!

Top notch porduct, top notch guy

 

[Matt]

Here is the video I shot. As you can see, you really don't need to be good with a sealant gun for a good result

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScwJbBM--0s[/ame]

 

[stevee]

looks good ,im using it on my next job, i hate doing it

 

[Big-Smudge]

I had the pleasure of meeting Andy from CornerTape today! He is a fantastic guy and he went indepth about his product

I have to say, the product is FANTASTIC. I took a video of the demo (Sadly only the last part) as he purposefully made a right pigs ear of intially applying the silicone. The end result was a perfect silicone seal!

Top notch porduct, top notch guy

Cheers Matt,

Good to meet you too,

Its a bit of an eye opener init, hehe,:smilewinkgrin:

Cheers
Andy

 

[Alan.P]

A little less pressure that the QVC channel eh Andy Nice, still