http://littleredcap.com/
these are good for protecting your caulk...well at least Lone's anyway:shifty:

 

Ha! tiny condoms for tiny caulks.

I have never seen those before Tom, thanks.
I get a bunch of the stupid squeeze tubes of color match for laminate counters, and they all have a cap on them.
I throw out the caulking and save the caps for my regular caulking tubes.

 

I use a deck screw and a piece of duct tape. Works pretty well for everything buy vertical urethane that sits for longer than a month.

 

I'll push some of the caulking up to the top so it is almost coming out and then push a screw in so the caulking dries and gives air tight seal.

 

Thanks guys, I think I'll try those little red caps.

 

I have pretty good luck with duck tape, silicone is harder to keep for any length of time but when i can
I buy the one where the entire nossle tip screws off and it makes it easier to clean out a dried plug. Remember
to check the dates on the tubes and dont use out dated tubes.

 

I have pretty good luck with duck tape, silicone is harder to keep for any length of time but when i can
I buy the one where the entire nossle tip screws off and it makes it easier to clean out a dried plug. Remember
to check the dates on the tubes and dont use out dated tubes.

Shoot, you mean caulk is dated like my beer?!

 

I use Tyvec tape on my caulk, but sometimes it still gets hard:w00t:

 

Those red caps don't work any better than duct tape, at least the ones from CR Laurence.
http://www.crlaurence.com/crlapps/s...ge.aspx?Productid=25513&GroupID=13074&History=39324:112:2875:3110&ModelID=13074

 

i don't worry about expiration dates:no:
the way you guys use caulk the manufactures are haveing a hard time just keeping up:clap:

 

I just throw the partial's away.

I don't need to hoard 36 tubes of caulk that are 25% full.

 

I have never tried it but, what about small balloons?

You never know when your bright idea is going to strike. I guess I'll go back to bed. My idea has come and gone for today.

 

I second the duct tape or have used these & seem to work ok.
http://www.harborfreight.com/caulk-saver-97561.html

Have seen these other places too.

J

 

I have ALWAYS shoved a nail down the tube. One large enough to constrict the tip opening. It has ALWAYS worked out well.

 

In my experience, it depends on the caulk. I mostly use Solar Seal and have done nothing to cap them and used partials months later with no problems (without cutting the tip larger.) Same with OSI Quad. The little bit exposed to the air dries and doesn't seem to dry too far down.

Latex is tough to keep around for long unless you cut the tip larger to get the dried caulk out, even with tape or a nail. Same with Vulkem.

Any partials of non-latex caulk that hardens too far down in the tip, I just save for under a door or for other non-visible purposes.

 

Just squeeze a little bit of the caulk itself into a large wire nut and screw it on . . .

 

I've actually had pretty good luck using a 4.5 gallon mud bucket with about 1" of water in it. I put the tips into the water and it prevents air from getting to the material and drying it out. Throw a lid on to help prevent the water from evaporating in it and you're good. Some of the cheap caulk will actually "soak up" the water though...if u use the tube after a few days your first few squeezes of the trigger will shoot mainly white water....but I've only had that happen with that DAP crap Alex caulk. None of the Sherwin Williams latex has done that to me yet. Gotta be careful not to have too much water in the bucket when you've got a cardboard type tube too....

 

For latex caulk & tubes of wood filler with caps I have discovered that soaking a tiny bit of rag with water then taping or shrink wrapping that to the tip keeps the caulk good for far longer than any other method. In the case of a tube with a cap just stick a little wad of wet rag into the tip of the cap & screw on tight. Still looking for a good solution for storing silicones. Thrown out way too many tubes of Geocel & worst of all nearly full 5200 even though those comes with a removable & cleanable tip. Often end up cutting a dried tube in from the back & applying the caulk with a putty knife. I save the dried tip tubes for jobs where putty knife applications are warranted. Pretty pitiful...

 

 

Winchester , "your" caulking one hell of a crack with that big of an opening on the tube. lol

 

he may have read the tube and found out how big a caulk gap should be:blink:

 

I have been using Keokuk Caulk Wax for about 2 years, and it has never failed me. I have not burned one tube of Caulk since I started using it, and I have had latex and silicone last for over a year without any drying at all. it beats the hell out of the constant search for nails, screws, tape, and wirenuts. Here is the website:
www.keokukcaulkwax.com

 

Looks like one of my first threads. :laughing:

Still haven't found a good way to keep them longer than a couple weeks.

L44, is this your product??




Delta

 

Interesting. I bet it works

 

He must have some vested interest.... First post, and a link to buy!:whistling

 

No, a buddy of mine came up with it, so yes a bit of a vested interest, but it doesn’t change the fact that it works. He got the idea from his uncle who used an old Wax toilet ring, but he found that it would melt out in hi heat, and who wants to keep an old toilet ring in their truck, so he came up with some mixture that wouldn’t do that. Again, I keep tubes in the truck in the middle of summer, and have never had an issue.

 

I like the look of it, and its less than a one tube of caulk!:thumbsup: