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A Quick History of Caulking and Its Ways to use Home Repairs
When caulking first arrived on the scene, it would fill small cracks with very little problems, of flaking or checking later on, but as people began to feel larger cracks, the caulking itself would begin to crack and separate from the edges of the areas that they are suppose to bond to.
Then they announced silicone caulking, but you couldn't paint it. There were lots of contractors who use silicone caulking, because it promised not to separate or crack. This solves one problem but created another. When the painter was finished painting, there were little cracks or checks within the paint that was over the caulking.
Don't disappear yet, they announced paintable silicone caulking. Now everybody was happy, accept that silicone was hard to neat and use not to mention it's bad for the environment. Silicone was very successful, but was still just a little pricey, when compared to regular caulking which was sold at that time.
Within the building industry, one thing that sticks out more than others is an, if your method is too costly, it will not be used that often.
Then comes the miraculous 15 year caulking, only to be outdone by the Twenty-five year caulking, and so the ultimate 35 year caulking. What's the difference between these? I couldn't really tell you exactly what the difference is, but I let you know this. Caulking was designed to fill small gap's, usually just one quarter of an inch and that's when it works the best.
Any gaps that are larger than that, below a half inch wide, should make use of a polyethylene-based caulking. If you are going to fill a gap that's larger than a half inch wide, you should use a filler piece and then caulk between your filler piece and the edges of the crack or gap.
Of course, read the instructions on the caulking to ensure that you can use it on the products you'll be repairing or filling. While using right home repair product to fill the best hole, will prevent you from repairing the same spot later on or at best the near future.
