Emboldened by the caulking success in the bedroom, I turned my attention to the bathroom.
Most of the tub & surround were in good shaped but there were a few areas that weren’t.
It’s not as neatly done as the bedroom but this bathroom isn’t sticking around forever. {I’m hoping to completely gut it in the next 2 years, if not sooner.}
Before & After
Before & After
You should really try caulking. It provides incredibly gratifying results in record time.
Just stopped by to say hi and thanks for your comment on my blog about the Flip video. Great job on the caulking – it’s amazing how the small details make such a difference
I think we’ll be adding “caulk the bathtub” to our growing to-do list. Like you, I’m hoping to gut the bathroom within the next year or two, but maybe a little caulk will help me to feel better about the current state of affairs in the meantime. 🙂
That looks WAY better! I have so much caulking repair to do. The previous owners of our house were definitely NOT good caulkers!
Ugh silicone caulk. You like that stuff?
I think its great that it’s more durable, but its such a pain to clean up, and I feel like its more for professional caulkers to get it right the first time.
I prefer the traditional cheaper stuff with the wet finger trick. Perfect caulk lines ever time, easy clean up. Wet finger trick does NOT work with silicone
It was my first time with silicone caulk, actually. I used the water soluble stuff in the bedroom. Wanted to compare how both worked. I quickly learned that disposable plastic gloves were needed because it doesn’t clean up as easily. But after I put on the gloves it was fine; just chucked them in the trash afterward.
After comparing both, I think I would prefer using the latex just for ease of clean up but would be fine with either.
Our bathtubs are twins! It’s really sad to gut bathrooms with those nice deep tubs in older homes. Now tubs are cheaper – but not deeper. Har har. Too bad tubs can’t look gorgeous forever! Also, I use the DAP ‘easy caulk’ for kitchen and bath without the caulk gun. My plumber friend uses it too and it’s very easy.
http://www.dap.com/product_details.aspx?BrandID=23&SubcatID=5
Don’t worry, this bathtub is not that old or anything special! See – http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3431/3854353461_7bd95da2e0_b.jpg? The cool claw foot tub is on the 2nd floor. While it desperately needs to be reglazed, it’s 1000% staying.