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Thread: Push or Pull
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16th March 2013, 01:37 PM #1
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Push or Pull
Ever read the instructions for the application of sealants in cartridges?
Every one I have read says to push the sealant ahead of the cartridge - I understand to logic of this as it says it will push the sealant into the groove etc. I have tried it a number of times without success - it ends up as a hell of a mess of wasted sealant clinging to the nozzle and plastered over any masking tape used as defining edges. I tend to pull the cartridge with the nozzle forced against the groove and finish up by running a silicone tool or suitable sized piece of curved poly irrigation pipe [dipped in the appropriate solvent] to force it into the groove and to finish the surface.
Never seen a tradie or anyone use the push method.
Anyone use it successfully?
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16th March 2013, 02:04 PM #2
I pull it, but only because I've never read the instructions! Though I can see what you are saying in relation to the push method.
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16th March 2013, 02:22 PM #3
Nope. I cut the nozzle on about a 45° angle, put the angle almost flat against the surface and pull. That's how all the tradies I know do it, too.
- Andy Mc
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