Recomended Caulking

[duraleigh]

Hi, Scott,

I simply do not have a good answer. I've only installed it...never removed it. I can imagine it is a real pain trying to get it out of there.

Scott you might try johnbridge.com. It's a forum much like this one but for ceramic tile. Lots of really knowledgeable guys on there and they may have a good answer. If so, I hope you'll post back and let me know, too.

[Sprint54]

Hi Dave, well after I posted my question regarding how to remove the old caulking, I went out at lunch time to my local hardware store to take a look at their inventory of hand tools thinking maybe I would see something that would help with the removal. I left there with a 1/4" wood chisel. Got home and spent about 10 minutes with the chisel and was able to remove about 2 feet of the old caulking. Initially I had troubles getting the chisel started into the old caulk. I took a 'sharp' utility knife and made a verical cut into the caulking. This allowed me to get the chisel under and into the old caulking. Once I got into it, it was just a matter of applying a slight tug on the old caulking with one hand while wiorking the chisel into the edges and under the caulking with the other. The stuff just started peeling off, but it did take considerable work and force in some spots. Tonight after about 2 hours I removed half of the old caulking. Only another 55 feet to go.....I will have to go back over the exposed joint with a wire brush and compressed air to remove the loose material and pieces of caulk that still remain, but the 1/4" wood chisel does the trick. Here's a tip, about every 5 feet I would stop and sharpen the chisel. It looses it's sharpness rather quickly against the concrete and tends to push the caulking out rather than cutting and lifting. Mayber I will post a picture to document my progress. This is step one of many before the pool is open for the season. Thanks again.

Kind Regards,
Scott

[duraleigh]

Hi, Scott,

That's cool!! I don't think I would ever have thought of that but you can bet I'll file it away for future reference.

Sounds like you're being really thorough on your pool renovation. Gives a lot of satisfaction to do good work on a difficult task, doesn't it?

Dave