I have to reseal a shower tray tomorrow. Didn't go so well today as I had hoped.

The basic problem I ran into today was that my masking tape wouldn't stick to the wall tiles, and the silicon sealant I put on was a bit rough, so I took it all off again and will try again tomorrow.

Anyway, I still have the problem that the masking tape won't stick to the wall tiles. Anyone got any little secrets about how to get tape to stick?

I'm gonna try cleaning the area tomorrow before I start using meths.

HM

Forget the masking tape, just cut the nozzle at 45 degrees (but not too much from the end!)

If you struggle smooting the silicone with your finger then mix up a bit of washing up liquid with water and dip your finger in it before you smooth, you will find the silicone wont stick to your finger.

Also dont put too much silicone on.

use a nice clean wallpaper scraper to wipe the silicon, much neater finish than the half round effort yer finger gives.

or

will insulating tape stick? or sellotape or pressure sensitive tape or duck tape?????

or

put a bath sealing strip on it, cut to size.

or

tell her its leaking because her tiles are wrong and theres nothing you can do about it.

[quote author=HM  link=1105980108/0#5 date=1105997572]You got me there billyboy. I'm sure I know what a wallpaper scraper is, but what exactly is a wallpaper scraper when it's at home?

HM
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I am sure this is a wind up, its a bit of metal cut flat at one end, you can use it to scrape wallpaper off a wall or finish a bead of silicon, or scrape the plaster off the laminate, or sometimes turn screws when you cant be arsed getting yer tools outta the motor.  its got a handle and everything! its like a palette knife but wider.

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?ts=48092&id=72387

they call it a strip knife  I need to type without an accent so y'all can understand me!

put silicon on, not too heavy. Then place this thing on its side and scrape along a bit(so the "scraper" edge is against tile/wall", wipe off and do some more. Leaves a very nice square edge. Looks far far better than the miniscus efffect your finger leaves in my opinion.  if you have a bit of quadrant left, nail it upside down against a bit of wood, silicon the rounded back edge and then scrape with that, look for yourself how neat it is.

So is it best to use plastic quadrant or not?  I am concerned about the difficulty of getting great lumps of mastic  off again in years to come, especially near fibreglass baths.


John Davies

tha bath seal quadrant strips normally come with a tape backing to seal down onto the bath/tiles.

use good quality silicone with anti fungel agent dow corning 751 sanitary sealant as with everything preparation and cleaning.if redoing a shower make sure all the spores are removed before applying the new silicone 8)