Painting Silicon Caulk

On 7/10/2008 4:33 PM [email protected] spake thus:

> Any suggestions on painting silicon caulk? Is there a primer than
> might help?

I've never seen silicon caulk; seems like it would be rock-hard. Sure
you don't mean silicone caulk?


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"David Nebenzahl" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 7/10/2008 4:33 PM [email protected] spake thus:
>
>> Any suggestions on painting silicon caulk? Is there a primer than
>> might help?
>
> I've never seen silicon caulk; seems like it would be rock-hard.

It's for repairing computer chips

[email protected] wrote:
> Any suggestions on painting silicon caulk? Is there a primer than
> might help?

Make sure the label says paintable. If you have the unpaintable type
already on -BTDT- then try cutting and scraping as much as you can out
and then go over with the paintable type.
Kevin

[email protected] wrote:
> Any suggestions on painting silicon caulk? Is there a primer than
> might help?
Yes, there is a primer. I used to buy it from GE and Dow Corning. BTW,
it's silicone. Silicon is something else.

<[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Any suggestions on painting silicon caulk? Is there a primer than
> might help?

Get some paintable caulk and cover the silicone caulk and then paint it if
practical. If not take the silicone out and start over.

Yes - as others have said you can't paint non-paintable silicone caulk.
You can only paint on the paintable caulk.

I found this out the hard way not realizing there was such a difference
and my solution was to cover the "non-paintable" with a thin layer of
"paintable" and then it took the paint just fine. Wasn't a big deal in my
case since both were clear and I was repainting with same underlying color
- so it was tough to see any problems anyway.

But this all brings up the question. Why is there paintable and
non-paintable caulk?? Now I always check and always by paintable just in
case I'm going to use it in a paintable situation later.

Is this a trick just to frustrate us? Try to sell more caulk? Is one
better than the other??

Inquiring minds...

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Richard Thoms
Founder - Top Service Pros, Inc.
Connecting Homeowners and Local Service Professionals
http://www.TopServicePros.com

I think when Consumer Reports tested calk many, many years ago, the
paintible silicone was inferior. But technology has changed and it could
very well be superior by now.


"topservicepros" <richard[at]topservicepros[dot]com> wrote in message
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> Yes - as others have said you can't paint non-paintable silicone caulk.
> You can only paint on the paintable caulk.
> I found this out the hard way not realizing there was such a difference
> and my solution was to cover the "non-paintable" with a thin layer of
> "paintable" and then it took the paint just fine. Wasn't a big deal in my
> case since both were clear and I was repainting with same underlying color
> - so it was tough to see any problems anyway.
>
> But this all brings up the question. Why is there paintable and
> non-paintable caulk?? Now I always check and always by paintable just in
> case I'm going to use it in a paintable situation later.
>
> Is this a trick just to frustrate us? Try to sell more caulk? Is one
> better than the other??
>
> Inquiring minds...
>
> --
> Richard Thoms
> Founder - Top Service Pros, Inc.
> Connecting Homeowners and Local Service Professionals
> http://www.TopServicePros.com

On Jul 10, 11:38 pm, "Art" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think when Consumer Reports tested calk many, many years ago, the
> paintible silicone was inferior.  But technology has changed and it could
> very well be superior by now.
>
> "topservicepros" <richard[at]topservicepros[dot]com> wrote in message
>
> news:OeednSlEY_I2U-vVnZ2dnUVZ_qninZ2d@giganews.com...
>
>
>
> > Yes - as others have said you can't paint non-paintable silicone caulk.
> > You can only paint on the paintable caulk.
> > I found this out the hard way not realizing there was such a difference
> > and my solution was to cover the "non-paintable" with a thin layer of
> > "paintable" and then it took the paint just fine.  Wasn't a big deal in my
> > case since both were clear and I was repainting with same underlying color
> > - so it was tough to see any problems anyway.
>
> > But this all brings up the question.  Why is there paintable and
> > non-paintable caulk??  Now I always check and always by paintable just in
> > case I'm going to use it in a paintable situation later.
>
> > Is this a trick just to frustrate us?  Try to sell more caulk? Is one
> > better than the other??
>
> > Inquiring minds...
>
> > --
> > Richard Thoms
> > Founder - Top Service Pros, Inc.
> > Connecting Homeowners and Local Service Professionals
> >http://www.TopServicePros.com- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -



Thanks everyone, even those who corrected my spelling :-)

On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:33:20 -0700 (PDT), [email protected]
wrote:

> Any suggestions on painting silicon caulk? Is there a primer than
>might help?

It's a bitch to paint, and near impossible with latex paint. But I
have found that putting some spray paint on it. let the spray paint
dry then paint it. It still will be spotty though but it helps a lot.
The aluminum (silver) spray paint seems to work the best. Not sure
why....