Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:26:37 +0100 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.0.3 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145738#Comment_145738 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145738#Comment_145738 Sat, 12 May 2012 09:31:17 +0100 Joiner
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I've had this one for more years than I can remember, it came from Screwfix then but is no longer available from them. All anyone does nowadays is the silly finger-shaped tool that makes more mess than it's supposed to prevent, whereas this one leaves a clean profile and squeeges off the excess to leave a clean margin. Excellent for working into profiles.

Mine has had it at last, the tip starting to separate.

It's a plastic handle and the squeegy end 'clips' into it.

Thanks.]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145740#Comment_145740 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145740#Comment_145740 Sat, 12 May 2012 09:41:04 +0100 owlman http://www.ukfixings.com/product/342/447/Fugenboy-Kit-8-Silicone-Tooling-Kit-]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145741#Comment_145741 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145741#Comment_145741 Sat, 12 May 2012 09:49:05 +0100 Nick Parsons
Or has anyone done a 'road test'?]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145744#Comment_145744 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145744#Comment_145744 Sat, 12 May 2012 10:03:40 +0100 owlman https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145747#Comment_145747 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145747#Comment_145747 Sat, 12 May 2012 10:10:30 +0100 Nick Parsons https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145751#Comment_145751 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145751#Comment_145751 Sat, 12 May 2012 10:48:52 +0100 Joiner
A fall-back is always the good old lollipop stick and a small bowl of water with some washing-up liquid, but nothing beat that little tool for getting into awkward places and blending the run into its neighbouring long straight run. It's one of those brilliant ideas that hardly anyone cottons onto because the poorer alternatives get all the marketing and incentives-to-stock.

If I could find a sheet of rubber-type composite material of the right thickness I'd cut a new piece using the old one as a template. This one is "soft but strong".]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145752#Comment_145752 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145752#Comment_145752 Sat, 12 May 2012 10:53:35 +0100 Chris P Bacon http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SILICONE-SEALANT-SMOOTH-OUT-TOOL-PRO-PERFECT-SEAL-EVERBUILD-/150778023327?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item231b120d9f#ht_500wt_1180]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145755#Comment_145755 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145755#Comment_145755 Sat, 12 May 2012 11:16:13 +0100 Joiner ]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145778#Comment_145778 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145778#Comment_145778 Sat, 12 May 2012 15:26:06 +0100 Joiner ]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145781#Comment_145781 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145781#Comment_145781 Sat, 12 May 2012 15:46:37 +0100 Chris P Bacon
I'll be needing a new one myself in a few months time. I've had two of them previously the first one was perfect but the 2nd. one had slightly different plastic for the blade material and wasn't just as nice to use.]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145782#Comment_145782 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145782#Comment_145782 Sat, 12 May 2012 15:46:54 +0100 jamesingram the guys that do it all day long on big sites use various home fashioned wooden implements , dowels etc.]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145783#Comment_145783 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145783#Comment_145783 Sat, 12 May 2012 15:52:16 +0100 joe90 )]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145786#Comment_145786 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145786#Comment_145786 Sat, 12 May 2012 16:00:06 +0100 jamesingram bit of washing up liquid in water , say 5-10% , cover finger/tool liberally and smooth over sealant , the moment you feel a drag , pull off and clean tool , re wet , start just back from were you finished , more solution the better. then leave 24 hours and rinse off.
no washing up liquid then it's the old spit technique.
If you doing a bath fill it up with water and leave it in while you sealant it.]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145787#Comment_145787 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145787#Comment_145787 Sat, 12 May 2012 16:03:42 +0100 joe90 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145789#Comment_145789 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145789#Comment_145789 Sat, 12 May 2012 16:12:12 +0100 TimSmall https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145797#Comment_145797 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145797#Comment_145797 Sat, 12 May 2012 16:37:13 +0100 Joiner

This is him giving a lecture on the technique of applying silicone sealant using the lollipop stick and washing-up liquid... http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xdbmxx_uncle-knackers-shows-how-to-apply-c_school]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145805#Comment_145805 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145805#Comment_145805 Sat, 12 May 2012 16:53:35 +0100 joe90
Thanks Joiner]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145806#Comment_145806 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145806#Comment_145806 Sat, 12 May 2012 16:57:31 +0100 Mike George http://www.blissbooks.co.uk/Building-Defects/c2616/p778/BRE-Building-Elements:-Walls,-Windows-and-Doors--Performance,-Diagnosis,-Maintenance,-Repair-and-the-Avoidance-of-Defects/product_info.html]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145808#Comment_145808 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145808#Comment_145808 Sat, 12 May 2012 17:02:47 +0100 jamesingram ]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145809#Comment_145809 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145809#Comment_145809 Sat, 12 May 2012 17:06:21 +0100 jamesingram Commercial window jobs look for nice big beads as well.
I think getting a good steady flow out the guns makes it an easier job.]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145810#Comment_145810 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145810#Comment_145810 Sat, 12 May 2012 17:08:06 +0100 Mike George https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145813#Comment_145813 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145813#Comment_145813 Sat, 12 May 2012 17:31:06 +0100 Cerisy https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145819#Comment_145819 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145819#Comment_145819 Sat, 12 May 2012 17:42:18 +0100 Joiner
As for the profile of the bead? Personal thing, I guess, regardless of the advice. Never been aware of any problems with a concave surface, the ones in my bathroom have been there for close on 12 years and are all still sound.

I know a lot of the FENSA boys were always careful to leave a full bead around a window or door, with some pretty horrendous results against the brickwork. I only ever knew one guy who would make a finishing tool by drilling a hole in the middle of a length of wood and then cutting it across the hole to give a convex shape to smooth out the bead. But then I've never seen the need to go that far because once you've cut the end of the nozzle to an angle it leaves a flat finish anyway, and I never once heard a BCO mention that aspect of the finish on a job.]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145824#Comment_145824 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145824#Comment_145824 Sat, 12 May 2012 17:59:44 +0100 Mike George
The BRE book is one of the best I have come across for diagnosing and remedying defects.]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145833#Comment_145833 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9062&Focus=145833#Comment_145833 Sat, 12 May 2012 23:26:06 +0100 Cerisy