Love watching you work your magic. Straightforward, real, and efficient.

I have a tub shower. They grouted the WHOLE thing !! NO silicone anywhere !! Will have to remove the grout from the seams & install the silicone. Love the details you go into on why you do certain things. Helps to understand how & why things work. Some call me OCD but I LOVE having details & understanding things BEFORE I get into something.

@kkp4297

9 ай бұрын

dude, you don't need to remove the grout. Just silicone over it.

Jeff you can tell that you been in business for years; you are so educated and talented because ie shows in your out come..THANK YOU SO MUCH I watch your videos and I am so amazed that you makes it works EVERY TIME.

It is delightful watching you rock out with your caulk out.

@Ssbad24

9 ай бұрын

🤣🤣 🤘

You have me laughing every time I see you. It’s like being with my Dad again. We always did projects together and I just soaked up the info to learn. You have me laughing out loud. My husband keeps asking what’s so funny and he can’t believe I’m watching your video. We’re not even putting in a shower!

@HomeRenoVisionDIY

9 ай бұрын

Love that! Cheers Sidney!

@fitchick80

8 ай бұрын

Same!

No BS. Love it! Great work, thanks!!!!

Thank you for the comment about not leaving a space for the water to sit on. I think you’ve solved a leak I’m having and it’s not even the bathroom.

That's a nice looking tile job!

It is looking great, jeff !!

@HomeRenoVisionDIY

8 ай бұрын

Cheers!

Exelente trabajo como siempre💪👏👏

Hi from NSW Australia. I think you're awesome! and thank you 🙏🏻🙏🏻

The best caulking trick I ever learned was to hold your finger near the tip of the tube while you run the bead. It does take a good amount of agility, but you're done in one pass and nothing looks cleaner.

You did a really clean job there. What to do when screwed up totally and everything is messy? Let dry, remove and start over? Asking for a friend.

I salute you too! This is the best tool, ☝🏻Thank you for always sharing tips, tricks and your wisdom.

@HomeRenoVisionDIY

9 ай бұрын

My pleasure! I absolutely Love helping folks! Best job I have ever had!

Thank you, thank you, and thank you again!

Best way to caulk is using the finger you give the bird, love it

I'm a simple man, I see a video from Jeff, I open it, and PRESS THUMBS UP! :)

Did not expect to learn about why trees leaves are green from a caulking video

Going to try this tonight, lets see:) Thank you for the education:)

You make it look easy

It’s a good look🎉🎉🎉🎉

Hey Jeff, Just wondering if you've done a video on removing skylights in a cathedral ceiling. Specifically reestablishing installation and ventilation. My roof does have a ridge vent. Thanks John

Great video! I used up most of a roll of paper towels caulking my shower! LOL. Thanks!

How long would you recommend before changing the silicone, with regular wear & tear are you looking for signs of failure or a rough time period. Love the videos tips/tricks of the trade

Hey, Jeff - We're about to tile the edge of our niche. I have been RELIGIOUSLY watching your videos. Super grateful. ***To put rounded pencil tile as a frame on the niche, would you use mortar & grout only there? Colored silicon instead of grout? Or other suggestion? I'm noticing you used to say grout everything and then add the caulk in the corners.. This one you went straight to silicone. Is it because you used a membrane? Or have you evolved? ;)

Jeff, I recently built/tiled a shower. I used caulk that HD carries, that matched my grout color. Within a couple years it was moldy and nasty. Couldn't be cleaned, so I removed it and grouted in those places. Why would it have gotten so moldy and nasty and did I make things worse by grouting in those areas. Thank you!

I learned back in carpentry school that caulk and silicone were used as a second defense to flashing or water shedding. Not meant to be used as a everyday, constant water sealer yet we use it for everything. Maybe for fish tanks but not building.

HI, sir which best silicone for bathroom,around sinks and etc.

can you do this on top of old existing silicone or do you have to remove that first?

Jeff haha this is a family show 😂😂😂

Very reinforcing to see the use of fingers, I always thought I was doing it wrong, since I could never get a good seal with the tool that comes with the silicone...

If Bob Ross had a caulking gun…

@brandonjensen5292

9 ай бұрын

Nice lol

@CarlTempleton77

8 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing! 😂

@sorenjensen3863

8 ай бұрын

Let's just add a happy little bead over here...

What about spraying it with something or wetting your finger before smoothing?

What Brand is that Silicone, I couldn't find it in the description? What would be the best Silicone or Caulk for the bottom of a shower where it meets the wall? I watched your other video on Caulks Silicones adhesives and you showed them all but never found which was best for bottom of shower were floor tiles meet wall tiles. Thanks

Jeff, definitely give the FILA silicone finishing spray a try. helps extend the tooling time and it really gives it an incredibly smooth finish with both tools and a finger.

@HomeRenoVisionDIY

9 ай бұрын

Thanks will give it a try!

@Rangersrulenhl

8 ай бұрын

Windex and finger👍

using some water/soapy water on the finger will help making it even easier to clean it, but attachments are definitely overrated in many cases. the most important is to be able to use the right amount

@genecarden780

9 ай бұрын

Using soapy water is a very bad idea.

@AKJammer1

9 ай бұрын

Water on the finger is best for Latex caulk, no soap. For silicone, use alcohol, denatured is best, but gin works :-)

@pete3425

3 ай бұрын

Follow the directions from the manufacturer of the silicone you bought. Different brands have different directions. You will fuck up if you listen to this guy exactly and used a different brand.

Jeff did it right -- no squirt-bottle nonsense that inhibits the silicone from sticking to the outer edges of the tile.

@pavlokraievskyi2391

9 ай бұрын

New to caulking? If you ever caulk white tile with dark caulk you need a consistent bead and soapy wader

how about using flexshot caulk?

Love the finger ... classic..

That's a nice shower, considering what it was before he started. Good stuff here.

One trick is to spin the caulk tube 180* in the gun when you are going from the floor up, to keep from having to flip your caulking gun upside down. Great video, always appreciated 🙏

I believe it will be some unique technique to put silicone. It is your unique finger 😂thank you! Will try the same, if it would not work, than it’s because I don’t have the correct finger 😅 Thank you!

Super

What silicone for the shower do you recommend?

@kkp4297

9 ай бұрын

GE advanced silicone

My shower/tub is totally messed up. Good to know that water travels to the dry material

Years ago, I siliconed the base of the tile that meets the tub. Then I came across a a vid that suggest doing so will prevent any moisture that gets behind the tile through the vertical grout lines will get trapped. All tile jobs I see have about 1/8' gap. What is the best practice in this area. open (which looks ugly), grout or silicone? BTW, I couldn't tell in the video when he began to caulk the first vertical corner, did he caulk over grout or ungrouted gap?

You ever had to get rid of drain flies from the base of a tiled shower, where the wall and floor seam meet?

@HomeRenoVisionDIY

8 ай бұрын

no but i always use a P trap and then occasional baking soda and vinegar to clean it up. Cheers!

Large popsicle sticks work goo n cheap. Cut one end flat one stays rounded and it’s perfect

100% excellent tip, push your silicone into the gap then spray the silicone with a soapy water mix before you rub out the excess. Try it before you poo poo it. I’ve done it that way for years to get a neat thin bead. Also always use a silicone with an anti mould chemical.

@kaitlin4u

6 ай бұрын

The silicone I got literally says in the instructions “do not use soapy water or oil as an aid” 🤔

@Bigtbuilder

6 ай бұрын

@@kaitlin4u I only ever use Dow Corning 785+ bathroom and sanitary sealant. Used it for 40 odd years, never had an issue. Just make sure you never use saliva as it will go bad and mouldy if you do. Also never use the soapy water trick on any sealant with an acrylic base.

Great video. One thing I wanted to call out is after you cut the tip of the caulk tube at a 45 degree angle, you never state what angle you have the tip at when you are dragging the caulking gun across the joint. For some, this is not obvious. Other videos show tips where the caulking gun is pushed instead of pulled, resulting in less caulk waste. But again, the angle of the cut tip can matter.

I prefer mapei sanded siliconized caulk. It matches any color mapei grout with the same texture and look.

@nicpedia2432

8 ай бұрын

I've had mixed results with that. Sometimes the colorant they use isn't mixed or has extra paint when you squeeze out a new tube, very annoying. Been switching over to TEC sanded siliconized caulk.

Is that the paintable silicone or the regular white one? Do you find the paintable stuff work just as well?

@AM-yc5tf

9 ай бұрын

Needs to be 100% silicone caulk to get best waterproofing

@AKJammer1

9 ай бұрын

100% silicone is not paintable. Needs to be 100%.

What u think about those color kaulks that cost like 18$ a bottle on title section.

@AKJammer1

9 ай бұрын

If you need to match your grout color then you don't have a choice. Using white grout means you can use the normal white silicone which is a lot cheaper. The fancy stuff works fine, just more expensive.

When it comes time to repaint the ceiling, will the new paint adhere to the silicone smear?

@FNGstationtwentyeigh

9 ай бұрын

Nope...

@stevebbkny2394

4 ай бұрын

You need paintable silicone from ge

My contractor grouted the corner joints. I've had one corner cleaned and re-grouted twice. It's cracking again, so clearly there is expansion/contraction happening. Any harm cleaning the joint with alcohol and lay a bead of silicone directly over the grout?

This helps half of my problem, but what is the best way to remove old (mildewed) silicone from a fiberglass shower? Thanks!

@BonBon770

9 ай бұрын

He will probably be able to show you in the future if hes anywhere around this shower.

@erikmiller2317

9 ай бұрын

carefully with a razor blade and they do make silicone removal tools which is basically a hard plastic hook that rips it out of the joint. takes time, but its simple.

@tarisabarnett9655

9 ай бұрын

Can I just use a multi-purpose caulking compound or does it specifically need to say silicone?

@erikmiller2317

9 ай бұрын

@@tarisabarnett9655 it has to be silicone.

@YellowBunchofBananas

9 ай бұрын

@@tarisabarnett9655 unless you want to do it again in short order, use silicone

Are you using clear or white?

I never use clear silicone for shower corners. They always get moldy. Even if it says 10 years mold resistant, after 2 years mold will grow ONLY under the silicone. You will peal the silicone and mold disappears. The only silicone that I would recommend is CRL 33S but it cost $20 per tube.

You inspired me to paint the interior of my new house ,saving me lots of money. Ill be saving around $22000 ,the quote a company gave me for painting the interior of my house

Jeff, your tree analogy, is called "Osmosis" the way water travels from the roots to the tree top. just FYi...

can anyone assist with answering why a few white shower tiles would turn blue within a month of a new shower remodel. first time I've come across this situation.

That’s crazy you can you your finger without soap and water and not make a mess, very impressive

Nice job! It’s crazy that here in the states I have never seen a tile job get siliconed. They always just grout every gap. But silicone makes sense to me.

@dasimcoes

9 ай бұрын

I was just thinking the same thing. I grouted my corners.

@AceEverett

9 ай бұрын

Maybe in your area, but definitely not the case for me, most homeowners even know the correct method. It's like the very first thing I was taught when working in bathrooms, flats are grouted and corners are caulked.

@webcrawler3332

9 ай бұрын

@@AceEverett I mean silicone makes the logical sense. Maybe tilers are just lazy or don’t want to go the xtra step? I don’t know

@larracis

9 ай бұрын

most people silicone here in my area. I see grout corners in like big store bathrooms, like Lowes and Walmart. They don't care in those stores, but for a home bathroom I don't think I've ever seen a grouted corner.

@dasimcoes

9 ай бұрын

@@AceEverett interesting. To be honest this is the first I’ve heard of using silicone in the corners, but I don’t tile for a living. Just curious, why is using silicone better? Maybe I can educate a friend of mine that does.

👍👍

Sometimes I hold my finger above the tube as I pull it thru one step... you gotta finger it , it pushes the caulk in the gap.

Is this going to be your vacation home or an Airbnb? If it’s an Airbnb we should get first dibs on it!!

Didn't blur the middle finger in the previous video. LOL. But its kind of silly considering you're not actually flipping people off and just showing which finger you use. I found the tool handy for when I was caulking, but I was working with smooth surfaces and I was messing things up with my finger. When I did use my finger, I wiped excess caulk off on to the tool.

In Sweden you have a sealing layer behind the tile that is connected to the floor well. No silicone needed

Aquariums are made with 100% silicone and the seems are submerged 24/7 and it's very reliable.

My entire shower is all grout between tiles, no silicone anywhere. What's the difference?

OMG

What happened to the church build?

I'd love to see a caulking video where it's not just white caulk on white tile - seems much more forgiving in terms of not being able to see imperfections. Let's see a video with a beige tile.

@pete3425

3 ай бұрын

He won’t because he would have to use tape and tools, that would ruin his precious middle finger theory.

You only get a thin smear this way.

The only tool that works every time is right here 🖕🏽 😂 Jeff is a legend for that one

guess they don't have rags or paper towels in England or Australia maybe you can wipe the excess caulk on a banana leaf or a cut up an old shirt,like the one your wearing }:o)

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅😅😅😅 Lmao....

Why not grout the corners tight then caulk over it ????

@AKJammer1

9 ай бұрын

You can, but then you just have a thin layer of silicone sitting on top of the grout. Without the grout, the silicone can get in and bond with more of the material giving a longer lasting seal.

@stevenperry4941

9 ай бұрын

Silicone any time the walls change direction or plane. Most framing is wood and if one of those walls is an outside wall the wood will move differently with temperature changes! Go into almost any restaurant restroom and look at their corners. Most were grouted and within a year or so the grout has cracked!

Moe Norman with a caulk gun

That floor is annoying to look at with it's straight lines in it, when the pattern is messy. Other than that, love the end job!

Wait... you left a bunch of your power tools back in Ottawa but you brought that old caulking gun along all the way to Florida??? Buy a dripless!

@AKJammer1

9 ай бұрын

I've got the exact same caulking gun, even same color. I love it!! It was one of the first really professional tool I bought and it's still going strong. I'd bring that as well to any job.

@YellowBunchofBananas

9 ай бұрын

@@AKJammer1 I have one too. It's good for thick sealants but for regular caulking it dribbles. A dripless brand one is better for regular caulking.

“How NOT to silicone” great video

The tool is the sponge you wipe your finger on

Big stretch and lexol are better products and much easier to use than silicone. Technics to apply are the same. .

@genecarden780

9 ай бұрын

Big stretch and Lexel are consumer grade sealants. Neither one of these are even marketed to the caulking industry, because they are lesser quality sealants. A good quality silicone is the only acceptable sealant for this application. Lifetime guarantees are a consumer sales gimmick. Read the actual warranty.

@wags99999

9 ай бұрын

@@genecarden780 you could. It be more wrong. 90% of sales are professional contractors

@genecarden780

9 ай бұрын

@@wags99999 But Zero percent are marketed to the professional caulking industry. Only to home builders, carpenters painters Etc. They are NOT professional caulkers and as a rule know very little about sealants. These products ARE NOT marketed to professional caulking contractors that use probably 100 times more sealant. Because they are low quality.The average life of sealants on homes is 7 years. The average life of sealants installed by professional caulking contractors is 20+. The home building industry, as a general rule,uses the absolute lowest quality sealants,this is a fact.Big Stretch in particular is a water based acrylic, the absolute lowest quality type of sealant available. So Big stretch is the best of the worst.Lexel is only slightly better. (there are some residential contractors that use quality sealants but they are far outnumbered by contractors that use low quality sealants) We are often required to give 20 year performance guarantees. The low quality sealants that home builders use would never give a 5 year performance guarantee. They are low quality sealants not marketed to the caulking industry. The caulking industry considers them consumer quality products.

Why do you have so many different size gaps in the tile, makes for an ugly joint

@canadianthought

9 ай бұрын

They are 3d textured, that's why.

@hereticxxx9317

9 ай бұрын

@@canadianthought yea bullshit, I've installed a few thousand feet of that and don't have that problem.

@AKJammer1

9 ай бұрын

@@hereticxxx9317 If you've installed a few thousand feet, then you'd be considered what we call "an expert". I would expect all your joints to be no more that 1/8". Now for the rest of us DIY folks, that do maybe a tile job every 2 or 3 years, we're going to have gaps of varying size that will be covered and filled with caulking. Jeff, as a handyman, probably does more tiling than we do, but since that's not his sole job, he probably does a lot less than you experts. He's trying to show us how to make our DIY tiling look the best, and he does a pretty fine job of it.

Ok dad

My caulk skill is bigger than yours 😂

Silicone does not belong in showers, you will get mold! Use grout instead, that's what grout was made for. This guy is nuts.

Hey if you are new to tiling chat; DON'T do this! Use grout caulk instead. It is silicone based but matches the color of your grout lines.

@AKJammer1

9 ай бұрын

Yes, you'll need to buy the expensive stuff if your grout is a fancy color, but if you have white grout, then the white silicone is the way to go. Much less expensive.

@boardingbear

9 ай бұрын

Just had to rip mine out because it didn't even last a year. Go with 100% silicone.

I’m a piece of shit landlord so I use polyurethane in my bathrooms. I do it at home too. Vulkem’s good enough for swimming pools it’s good enough for me

The 100 percent silicone is hard to work with. It’s sticky. I don’t agree with no tape. I used it and tape once now I’m sold…

You’re no longer grouting your corners I see

Water travels to the where it’s dry. That’s why it’s important to use siliconized CAULK and not 100% silicone. Especially horizontal joints! So that water that gone past tile grout up above has a chance to escape thru a shelf CAULKED joint

Shit your crazy. That caulk tool and denatured alcohol will look 100x better then your finger. That is facts. Not on a textured tile but anything else it will be perfect

@genecarden780

9 ай бұрын

Using denatured alcohol to tool silicone with is absolutely wrong. Every major manufacturer says not to use liquids to tool with if you look close enough at their tech manuals. Here is what DOW ( one of the largest silicone 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.” That’s a fact

@YellowBunchofBananas

9 ай бұрын

If you do that you may get a bead that is more aesthetic but you will definitely get a bead that is inferior from a materials science perspective.

@genecarden780

9 ай бұрын

@@YellowBunchofBananas 👍 it is absolutely amazing the amount of misinformation about sealants on KZread. And in the home building industry in general. Almost no one understands that the reason for tooling is primarily to improve adhesion and create the proper profile, aesthetics is secondary.( but important)

NOT LIKE THAT. Not with your finger. There are dirt cheap rubber spatulas/spatulae for this. After applying silicone use a spray bottle with CLEAN water and spray all the corners gently. Silicone won't stick to wet surfaces, but it is already stuck in the corners. So it is easier to form nice bead without SMEARING everything around. You can use your fingers at the end to gently correct some spatula mistakes. Always apply silicone in sections that can be sprayed and formed. If there's more than one colour, you need to 40-60 minutes before applying the next colour. The best indicator if the silicone is set or not is the sprayed water. If it dried, silicone is set, if there are wet places, silicon is not set. I also always use wet wipes for cleaning my hands and tools. Been doing this since 1998 and my clients are always amazed how good my silicone beads are.