Uneven silicone line!!

[shogun rua]

Hi,

When you tile upto a celing and its not that even do you plaster it

to fix it(to avoid wavy silicone lines) or is there a trick of the trade to get

nice straight line with an uneven ceiling?

Cheers

Paul

[jay]

try cornertape

[shogun rua]

try cornertape

Hi,

Will it work on uneven ceilings?

Cheers

Paul

[jay]

as long as your gap is even cant see why not

[Scott]

Dont silicone the ceiling joint use a caulk instead. Its still flexible and can be overpainted when the customer does their ceiling

[shogun rua]

Dont silicone the ceiling joint use a caulk instead. Its still flexible and can be overpainted when the customer does their ceiling

Will caulk hide the uneven ceiling? (were the tile meets the ceiling?)

Cheers

Paul

[Scott]

Its a flexible decorators filler and in a tube the same as silicone. I dont tend to put a thick bead on i just use a small one and wipe it in with a damp cloth.

Really depends how bad the ceiling it. They are never flat or straight though

[shogun rua]

Its a flexible decorators filler and in a tube the same as silicone. I dont tend to put a thick bead on i just use a small one and wipe it in with a damp cloth.

Really depends how bad the ceiling it. They are never flat or straight though

Aye but i want my silicone/caulk line to be perfect not like a roller coaster
because the celing is off

[shogun rua]

as long as your gap is even cant see why not

Is it expensive, i will need to try it

[jay]

Is it expensive, i will need to try it

its one of the sponcers on here not sure on price

[suave]

oops wrong thread

[user123]

I think the point about the caulk is that it will blend in with the ceiling once both are painted together, so the ceiling will look straighter because the eye is drawn to the top of the tiles, not the top of the caulk, if that makes sense?

[macten]

Caulk or grout for me.

[shogun rua]

I think the point about the caulk is that it will blend in with the ceiling once both are painted together, so the ceiling will look straighter because the eye is drawn to the top of the tiles, not the top of the caulk, if that makes sense?

do you apply like silcone or grout?

cheers

paul

[united]

do you apply like silcone or grout?

cheers

paul

Same as silicone mate

[user123]

do you apply like silcone or grout?

cheers

paul

Squeeze it out the tube like silicon, but it's easy to smooth like grout or like most fillers, you'll find it's ok to use.

[aph257]

i tend to grout the gap at the same time i'm grouting the walls.

[tfs]

Aye but i want my silicone/caulk line to be perfect not like a roller coaster
because the celing is off

Hi mate,

some ceiling are realy bad to work with as Im sure you know lol

one way to identify this whilst setting out is to mark a datum along each wall say 100mm below ceiling height for example measure the distance from the datum to the ceiling at various points along the wall. This will give you a good idea as to how bad the ceiling is you can then explain this to the customer.

this puts you in the position to think about remedial work if your willing to do it e.g. skimming over or dot and dab new cieling etc This additional work would obviously be extra costs to the customer so they may be happy toleave it.

[peckers]

I scribe my last row of tiles to the ceiling giving a 2mm joint gap which is then caulked at least the tiles are even to the ceiling and the caulk stays even too, not your problem if the ceiling isnt even as long as the tiles are cut to suit and not just in a strait line and you are trying to hide varying gaps between ceiling and tiles.

[heavytrevy]

Correct , this is how it should be done. looks proffesional.
ive never had a ceiling or a floor completley level

trev

I scribe my last row of tiles to the ceiling giving a 2mm joint gap which is then caulked at least the tiles are even to the ceiling and the caulk stays even too, not your problem if the ceiling isnt even as long as the tiles are cut to suit and not just in a strait line and you are trying to hide varying gaps between ceiling and tiles.