How To Silicone a Bath

in this video I'm going to show you how to install silicone now this is not painters caulking this is an actual silicone this is a professional-grade stinky stuff and if you don't do it right you're going to make an absolute mess so I'm going to show you all the my tips and tricks for putting it in and make it look pretty [Music] so we're pretty much at the last stage of our project and this done the tub the shower the tile the fixtures were all done so now it is time to do the silicon this is the last step that we have to do to finish inside the tub surround and there's a few tips and tricks that I'm going to share with you so follow me along with as we go through this when I'm doing a tub shower I always want to have two types of silicone one is it clear and the other one is my white or the color that matches my stone if I'm going with the natural brown stones of course I use the page there are greys and there if you go to a nice supply store you can get silicone in about 15 different colors okay so don't be afraid to shop around and make sure you're going to get the look you want when you're done but because we have a glass mosaic I'm going to start with my clear silicone and we're gonna do all the clear silicone areas at the same time and then we'll switch it all over okay so here we go first remove the tip now my cocking gun has a cutter on the side makes my life simple boom done alright and then I also have this little wand that's attached to it it's a little filthy here but and that is used because the tube itself is sealed and I have to puncture the seal so that I can have the silicone to be released once I'm done its its back on the handle put it in the cradle line it up no I cut it on a bit of an angle and purpose because I find it easier for installation one of the things you need when your silicone is you want to have towels around okay you want to keep your hands clean and keep your area clean as you go now because you punctured it with a dirty stem I'm just gonna start off by cleaning it out and making sure what comes out of the tube is exactly perfect no because it's glass mosaic if I use white silicone here over top of my grout I'm gonna get a really uneven nasty line on all my glass so I'm just going to start right here and I'm gonna just run a nice little bead to there okay and then put my dry finger on it as soon as I feel like I'm getting a lot to build up I'll pull it off all right done that's simple and in this corner just a little bit of pressure now this particular gun when I let go the handle but I have to put a fun pressure here and that releases the pressure inside the tube so the cocking should stop coming out and we'll just start with the dry finger the other place I need clear silicone is on my fixture it to my tile wall now depending on the stone that you use you may or may not need to do this but because I did a subway tile I have a little bit too much texture on the wall and too many grout lines interrupting my installation so I want to make sure that the water that's running down this wall can't get in behind my wall now I don't need to go all the way around but I want to just start at the top with a dry finger of course wipe that on the towel and then come the other way here we go yeah next thing I want to do a new towel show you a little trick here wrap your finger in your towel and set it on your plate use your other finger against the plate pinch your finger and then just run it around the plate okay what this does is it make sure that it cleans the silicone off of the chrome nice and tight to the wall so it has a good look and finish so we also want to do the same thing to our tub spout and here we are again we don't need much there's not a gap here really but I hear a lot of people get quite concerned about this scenario and they're probably right to be doing you know we have a waterproofing system there are holes in the wall and this is the most common penetration point is around the fixtures just a little bit of pressure here you don't want to put so much pressure they wipe it all off I need you the same time you don't wanna leave it on there either okay I'm going to clean that similar system for wiping that off only this time well I'm holding the towel I pinch my finger and I stick my other finger out and I use it like I'm scribing okay there we go now remember when you're buying your silicone at the store if you're going to the building store they have usually three kinds all right they've got kitchen and bath silicone and then they have kitchen or bath mold and mildew resistant and then they have kitchen and bath mold and mildew resistant but it's really awesome and it's gonna last 20 years I have never seen a bathroom that cocking it was 20 years old that didn't need to be replaced so I don't spend the extra 5 bucks for something that tells me it's gonna last that long I only get the 10-year and the caps snap right back on again yeah don't lose your teeth it is only plastic oh I mean really yeah now there's a lot of debate about silicone in a bathtub I've seen people say you shouldn't groped the inside corners don't grope the tub to the tile wall shouldn't be grouting to the ceiling I'd like to do all the grit get it all sealed up because when I silicone I only do one application I don't want to have to put so much silicone in there that is just making a huge mess I don't want to have to tape the sealing and tape the walls so if I grab first then I have a backing for the silicone to bind to so what I do make sure you wear your shoes and you do this or you'll slip right off and your socks start from your inside corner with your tip angled like this so when I'm applying my and I'm pushing it out in front of me but I'm not scraping it off the back I'm gonna just leave enough there I'm filling the hole and really this takes a little bit of practice how the right amount of pressure if you're not comfortable with this you can always tape it and then you can wipe it and then you can pull the tape off later but this is the best way to do it right here okay again dry finger and really I'm just connecting the ceiling to the wall here and that's it I'm feeling there's too much okay so I'm gonna have my rag with me come back you have to leave and come back again come back a couple of inches and gently into the corner and slowly apply your pressure again all right BAM okay so generally I'm working my top down okay I want to be able to clean as I go and I start in the corner and I pull and I clean you can see the difference for the cocking isn't where the cocking is it's a very easy visual thing to manage let me get my tip proper here there we go you just run it along move the cocking gun just a little bit ahead of the cocking no you always wipe back towards where you were just like doing drywall mud on your ceiling joints so what we're doing here now this side of the wall because the room wasn't level and square I have a pretty significant grout gap and when you only sell the kiln the grout to the ceiling but not the tile you're really gonna see it show it'll always scream at you so I did the top joint and now I'm filling in the bottom while the top is still wet blending them together here okay so instead of my finger on an angle like that I'm going more straight along now I'm trying to fill this gap with the silicone right down to the tile okay mmm how about you I am pretty darn pleased with that okay the next is you gonna bring it down from the ceiling inside corner and we're gonna just fill that in concave you know there's cut tiles and different joints going on here I remember we have clear here so don't run into the clear what you want to do is use your thumb and just push it back and start right at the joint of the tile okay so visually I want my silicone to start where my tile is okay and even then the grout is fine but don't bring it down with a glass that'll just look really cheesy and it'll scream so now I start up at the top with your finger press it in run that down dry done okay of course keep in mind always looking to see if the tile has been polished properly okay if there's any dust on there just take a second and get rid of it you don't want to be attaching your cocking to dust or it'll just end up wiping away all right so we're done silicon in our walls now with the silicon the tub but before we get down there hands in these remember when we originally were working on this project if you haven't seen this you got to watch the other videos we were removing the wall without damaging the ceiling which is tough because they had drywall tape now we've installed our tile and we've used a silicone on the ceiling that ceilings already finished paint if you're in a situation where you have to paint your ceiling you only have two options you can wait to silicone until after you're done painting or if you're just trying to touch it up and you have silicone in the ceiling you can actually when this is dry you can put painters tape over top of that to create an edge and then you go to the store and you buy a can of kills ki ll Z it's in the paint department in an aerosol can and you just a couple of quick shots that kills on silicone and you can paint latex paint over top of that and you won't run into any problems okay so the last thing we have to do is silicone around the tub to the tile to create that nice clean joint now remember it's not part of the waterproofing process but it is part of what makes it look pretty now if you are not familiar with acrylic tubs and you've only used steel then you can just go ahead and do it with a steel tub you just do the seal and walk away but if you have an acrylic tub there is something you have to do before you silicone and that is put weight in the tub okay and the best way to do that just turn on the water and let it get about half way full so now the reason we have to do this is because this is a very flexible material and although it has supports and all kinds of spraying underneath if I was to demonstrate any other technique for a large majority of subs that are sold out there I mean fair disappointed not every tub has as much support underneath it or as much reinforced spraying with the fiberglass underneath so if you go to the hardware store and you buy yourself a tub and you get a great price on it it's probably because when you fill it full of water it's going to sink okay and it's going to pull away from the wall a little bit and so if you add the silicone when it's empty when it pulls away it'll break the joint on you and then you'll get all the water and the dirt and behind there and even though it's waterproof it'll start to go ugly because it'll trap all the colors from the dyes and the shampoos and the dirt off you and then before you know it a couple weeks goes by and your silicone joint looks like garbage then you got to do it all over again and that's a lot more work than doing it right the first time so same kind of process we're gonna set our gun into the corner and we're not gonna add too much like again I've already grounded that joint and I've grown at the joint because I use a tub that's reinforced and it has feet and I know it's not going to move it around too much so I'm not going to get that breaking out take my cloth set my finger in the corner and I was feeling a lot of silicone there okay so there was too much what I do is I push against the back wall and not on the bottom and I just clean up the edge there we go now a lot of this is just experience but a little bit of practice and you can get really good at this and I would suggest if you're gonna do a renovation project like this before you tear it all apart cut out the existing silicone on your ugly tub and tile and then try sealing it again just so you have a chance to get some experience with the product that way when you're ready to do your finishing work you already know how kind of pressure to use and how comfortable you are with this kind of process now this is incredibly important here you need good pressure on the silicone because this bond is part of your waterproofing system this is not just for being pretty most water the penetrates between the tub and the tile is in this wall area right here there isn't a waterproof joint after the silicone between the wall board and the tub there's nice light bead leave a little bit of a dollop at the top of course you know the pressure I'm using here I want to actually feel the tub and the tile with my finger on both sides rock around the corner here there we go nice clean look okay yeah we where I going on I can't stress the importance of having clean towels around-- toilet paper also works but this is nice and durable okay so now we're ready to do the last joint which of course is the tub to the tile make sure you vacuum clean make sure there's no dirt and the same thing you want to just leave that bead really consist in here move and a nice consistent pace with consistent pressure and you'll end up with a great result now this is part of the waterproofing system this silicon here is actually going to keep the water from getting between the tub and the floor tile so I'm actually trying to force it in the gaps out here that's why it takes a little bit more effort to get a good look because I'm actually forcing it in there pretty tight I'm getting it the side of the wall of the tub and all across the floor so like I said it's a little different process here okay this time I'm going to put all the pressure on my finger on the floor and not on the tub just so I can move that line back you can only do this with the drive finger if your fingers wet you're just gonna smudge it around and make a mess so remember the last thing you're gonna do is take a look at your wall tile and your floor tile and think about the water that's gonna potentially be coming over here especially if you got young ones having a tub in here seal this area as well just a tiny little bead so it's almost insignificant okay and there's two things you're doing here one you're getting rid of any little gaps and cracks and your finish so that it always looks pretty this is also cosmetic but by filling this up with silicone you're also waterproofing this joint okay so that's about everything you need to know to apply your silicone again the steps are pretty basic lots of pressure make sure you fill your gaps make sure the surfaces are nice and clean and then let it dry don't be in a hurry most of these silicones you want 612 even 24 hours so read the instructions on the can they'll all have that information there let all this sit with the water in the tub overnight for sure and then maybe in the morning you can come by and drain it and wash it all up and see if you've missed anything if you've missed anything you want to get this is the touch-ups done within 24 hours okay if you let it all perfectly clear and then you add silicone on silicon it doesn't bond very well so the next morning is the time you want to have a look if you got any air bubbles go address them right away and your bathroom will stay nice and dry [Music] you

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Length: 17min 22sec (1042 seconds)

Published: Tue Dec 11 2018