How To Paint Silicone Caulk

rocco

I've run into another problem on the job. I am painting exterior stucco and all around the windows is silicone. It comes out onto the stucco and I will have to cut in around the windows but the paint is not adhereing to well. Any suggestions?

slickshift

Then paint

Brenda

Would re caulking work?
Brenda

Teetorbilt

slick, are you saying that BIN will stick to silicone?

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ProWallGuy

Sure will. I usually wipe it down with a thinner rag first to remove the majority of oils on the surface.

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Bret

If the caulk is pure silicone, then I would cut in around it. The only other option I know of is to remove it and use a good outdoor latex base caulk, unless someone knows of new product that is designed to bond with it.

Bret

Teetorbilt

I see and use 'paintable' silicones but that stuff that Mr. HO buys I've always had to remove.

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Tom Rohland

I don't know of any product that will bond to non-paintable silicone caulking.

God knows I've removed my share of it and would love to find a product that bonded to it.

Let me know if you find something that works.

Tom
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prolinefinishes

I've tried and tried to tell counter and cabinet guys when caulking interior stuff to NEVER use the stuff. It's not paintable! They still have time and time again
I recall on more than 1 job wiping down and caulking over the sylicone with latex. Painting it and it looked fine. That's not to say that it looks good now. Not really sure how it looks. If it took, or if it cracked and fell away from the sylicone.
I'll have to try the BIN next time i have this problem. Just seems like such a pain for something that could have been avoided in the first place!