Thanks for your review. After seeing it, it does not seem it will serve purpose to remove caulk around my bathtub. Those tools all work great, when the installer did the job right and put a thick bead of silicone on top of a generous gap between two surfaces. If it was not done right, that is why you have to go back and fix it, and will find that all those caulk and grout tools that will work for a proper installation, will not work when up against a bad install. In my case, they left a very fine gap between tile and tub. The grout saw did not work, the gap was too small. Not able to really scrape out the cracked grout to clean it up. The silicone caulk was also a very thin/flat layer, in which renders that tool useless as shown at the end of the video. The silicone layer is flat and the tool needs enough of a caulk bead radius to pick up on. A good install should not have the gap between the bottom of tiles to the top of tub not filled with grout, only filler silicone or sand caulk. It's not the tool that is bad, it is the installer!
Looked promising but that plastic scraping edge is going to get destroyed (dented) very quickly. And the metal scraping tool could scrape stone materials (granite, etc). I like the 5 different tooling/shaping heads but since they are either a soft or rubberized plastic I can see them wearing out over time. Not convinced. Decent video.
Thank you for demonstrating. I am trying to remove old caulk from a shower door. I took the shower door off, but the caulk underneath the track is at least 50 years old and not budging. Do you have any ideas I can use with the tool to get it off maybe?
I would use Acetone to loosen the caulking and a razor blade to scrape off the caulking. Make sure you wear protective gloves when using the acetone. Here is an example of a Razor blade you can use. ua-cam.com/video/TAoVkw3qicc/v-deo.html
if you need to remove old dried up Caulking, like I do from around a AC window unit, it's not gonna work out. Just wasted $16,99 on one. Frustrated because I need to get an old AC out of a window, to put a new one in, but so much caulking around old one, can't get it out lol. So looks like back to using a screw-driver and WD-40 again. And as for smoothing caulking out, you can use a plastic condiment knife and save you money. And reason I'm using WD-40 is it helps soften the dried caulking up for easier removal. Smells not great, but it is helping. As for that 3n1 tool it's worthless 🙃
These tools are all useless gimmicks.The primary reason to tool silicone is to improve adhesion. The secondary reason is aesthetics. These tips completely ignore the primary reason for tooling. They are all pathetic gimmicks that insure premature failure. All they do is scrape of the excess. TOTAL GARBAGE. I have been a professional caulker for over 45 years and this kind of crap is why homeowners are always having to replace sealant. All of the misinformation on sealants is totally disgusting. And causes homeowners untold amounts of dollars not even taking into account the hidden damage caused by leaks due to these ridiculous short cuts. You should be sued fir ndg
Thanks for the refresher on this caulking tool but this caulking job looks like a hot mess
Thank you so much!!! You gave excellent instructions. I am now able to do this easily. ⭐️
Your welcome.
Thank you for showing us how to set up the tools but the caulk application is a mess. 😋😝
Thanks for your review. After seeing it, it does not seem it will serve purpose to remove caulk around my bathtub. Those tools all work great, when the installer did the job right and put a thick bead of silicone on top of a generous gap between two surfaces. If it was not done right, that is why you have to go back and fix it, and will find that all those caulk and grout tools that will work for a proper installation, will not work when up against a bad install. In my case, they left a very fine gap between tile and tub. The grout saw did not work, the gap was too small. Not able to really scrape out the cracked grout to clean it up. The silicone caulk was also a very thin/flat layer, in which renders that tool useless as shown at the end of the video. The silicone layer is flat and the tool needs enough of a caulk bead radius to pick up on. A good install should not have the gap between the bottom of tiles to the top of tub not filled with grout, only filler silicone or sand caulk. It's not the tool that is bad, it is the installer!
Looked promising but that plastic scraping edge is going to get destroyed (dented) very quickly. And the metal scraping tool could scrape stone materials (granite, etc). I like the 5 different tooling/shaping heads but since they are either a soft or rubberized plastic I can see them wearing out over time. Not convinced. Decent video.
Thank you for demonstrating. I am trying to remove old caulk from a shower door. I took the shower door off, but the caulk underneath the track is at least 50 years old and not budging. Do you have any ideas I can use with the tool to get it off maybe?
I would use Acetone to loosen the caulking and a razor blade to scrape off the caulking. Make sure you wear protective gloves when using the acetone.
Here is an example of a Razor blade you can use. ua-cam.com/video/TAoVkw3qicc/v-deo.html
I would have like you to smooth a larger gap with one of the curved tips.
if you need to remove old dried up Caulking, like I do from around a AC window unit, it's not gonna work out. Just wasted $16,99 on one. Frustrated because I need to get an old AC out of a window, to put a new one in, but so much caulking around old one, can't get it out lol. So looks like back to using a screw-driver and WD-40 again. And as for smoothing caulking out, you can use a plastic condiment knife and save you money. And reason I'm using WD-40 is it helps soften the dried caulking up for easier removal. Smells not great, but it is helping. As for that 3n1 tool it's worthless 🙃
Thanks for posting.
WD 40 has alot if uses.
Thank you sir ❤
Your Welcome.
Rough as are you for real, and I've just ordered this 🙈
Glad you ordered it.
I take it that this thing wont remove old silicone from a plastic tub and surround .
It should work.
Thank you!
Your welcme.
U can just used a sponge and make it better
Yes , good idea thanks for posting.
Watch the company one., Smart Saker. Trust me.
Thinking about buying one, do you have one ?
Silicon caulking tool lmao
someone bought this for me and i dont know who
Poly Dab works much better
You never showed us how to remove the old silicone with that tool and your demo was poor so I don't know if the tool or
you are at fault here.
Thank you. Try to do better in future videos.
I hope you don’t make a living at this
I definitely won't buy after watching this mess
This video is more likely to put people off buying this tool.
lol
lol
Sorry the whole point of a chalking tool is to make the job easy so why would you use painters tape? Not a very good video do one without the tape.
Thank you for your comment. Try to do better in future videos.
These tools are all useless gimmicks.The primary reason to tool silicone is to improve adhesion. The secondary reason is aesthetics. These tips completely ignore the primary reason for tooling. They are all pathetic gimmicks that insure premature failure. All they do is scrape of the excess. TOTAL GARBAGE.
I have been a professional caulker for over 45 years and this kind of crap is why homeowners are always having to replace sealant. All of the misinformation on sealants is totally disgusting. And causes homeowners untold amounts of dollars not even taking into account the hidden damage caused by leaks due to these ridiculous short cuts. You should be sued fir ndg
Amateur hour with caulking
Looks terrible
thank you.
u probably never even used a hammer.
What a mess!
Thank you.