Tape off the wall.
Caulking wide gap around tub.
Start by closing the pop up drain in the tub and covering the entire tub with a drop cloth to.
Caulking tubes are designed to apply pressure to the caulking within them so that you can squeeze out a bead of caulk with ease and precision.
Do i use backer rod grout and then caulk.
A dry nonabrasive pad scours away every trace of caulk residue.
That said a handyman wouldn t recommend sealing cracked grout by placing a line of caulk over it.
Wait until the caulk is completely cured before coming back to put a surface bead on.
Measure the size of the gap that needs to be filled.
Gaps up to 1 2 inch wide.
Do cut the tube of caulk the right length.
Caulk is usually applied around the perimeter of the bathtub where your tiles meet your tub.
Not really sure here.
If you have tile on the wall adjoining the tub.
In those cases you will likely apply some caulk in places where you also have grout.
A single bead of caulk can fill gaps up to 1 4 inch.
Fill gaps up to 1 4 inch in width with caulk.
How to caulk a bathtub in 4 steps 1.
Fill gaps between 1 4 and 1 2 inch in width with two beads of caulk set side by side.
Gap is roughly 1 2.
How would i go about filling this large gap around one of my unit s tub and then go about caulking the tub.
I ve never grouted before and i m pretty sure you can t use caulk to fill in a 1 2 gap.