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First time for both. Peco track & using clear acrylic caulk as an adhesive. Used the caulk a hundred times, but never for this.
Problems are;
1. The rail joiners are smaller than Atlas (which I had little trouble with 15 years ago). They look better, ...
Started by videobruce on
, 8 posts
by 4 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at modelrailroadforums):
You can get in clear be to get all the rail joiners... .
It stays wherever it goes.
The trick is to spread the caulk really thin, almost transparent thin on the roadbed, then lay, but I use adhesive caulk instead of regular caulk.
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I've been gone from the forum for a couple of months. I just searched the forums for caulking.
I need to remove and re-caulk above and below the rub-rail, as well as the rear gunwale plates. Thanks to Mrrobalo, 519, and others, I know about using razor...
Started by treefrog07 on
, 14 posts
by 7 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at robaloboatowners):
I thought the TV info ones were a joke but a few guys wrote me back saying
how much of working with sealants & caulk....
Once you have laid your bead of caulk, dip your finger in some soapy water, then run items to caulk.
On this one.
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I just purchased a home with a 1500 sq ft bluestone patio. It was wet laid, the mortar is cracked and some of the stones sound hollow underneath (I hear this means the cement base is bad.
My question is, can I pull up the bluestone and dry lay it? What...
Started by Lanelle on
, 7 posts
by 4 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at groundtradesxchange):
This way doesn't require.
caulk like NP1 or similar) and then repointing with pretty good success.
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Laying Coro on the Roof I am thinking about framing a Coro singing tree quartet and mounting it to the roof of my house.
I would like to lay the trees down in order to not visually block the roof outlines.
Would snow or water cause a problem for an element...
Started by ebrady on
, 4 posts
by 4 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at doityourselfchristmas):
Just like a driveway, a dark material will tend to melt snow better than a light one.... .
Re: Laying Coro on the Roof Corro shouldn’t have a problem in itself if the light spacing isn’t too great, though you could potentially have an ice dam issue.
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Ok, here's a question for those who've made layouts. What's the best way to lay flex, turnouts, ect. if you aren't sure the layout is going to be in it's permanent home? For instance, I have some bench work up in the back room that I want to put some ...
Started by MRDawg on
, 10 posts
by 5 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at kitforums):
I think caulk is....
It will hold the track and/or roadbed and you can remove the track later that would look bad .
It will hold the track and/or roadbed and you can remove choice is an adhesive caulk.
Best choice is an adhesive caulk.
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On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:08:34 -0800 (PST), Jeff B <jbxnyr@gmail.com
Can anyone point me to DIY sites that can give me some tips and steps
for laying half-thick bricks over concrete steps? The stoop on my
late 70s house had some small settling over...
Started by Jeff B on
, 8 posts
by 6 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at omgili):
If
it does.
I can either use caulk to
seal the joint (under a large roof overhang) or standard mortar.
The kicker is really "no further.
Use a
flexible caulk in the joint between steps and sill.
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Well got everything caulked up last weekend. Layed down 2 coats of primer with my sprayer today, 10 gallons, 5 hours start to cleanup. Going to shoot two coats to color tomorrow.
Started by MoC on
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by 7 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at jeepforum):
Tamp it all down, lay the fabric, then around 1.5 yards of sand and I will ready to start installing.
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The gray plastic border holding the glass in place in my side mirrors is cracked and falling away. I thought that it would be a nice spring-time project to clean them up and do something about that cracked plastic.
Does anyone know of a direct replacement...
Started by Amskeptic on
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by 8 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at itinerant-air-cooled):
You know...the stick you knead to mix that hardware stores have? I just used velcro under mine to hold the mirror on, it was a suggestion... .
If you end up going the epoxy route, the epoxy putty might work better, altough it is a dark gray unless you paint it .
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Heidi has sent these pictures of her homemade wipeout tool.
She said, The second pic shows the screws in the pencil ends and the third shows new tips screwed into the threads older and worn down tips are laying next to the "tools" in the last photo.
Hope...
Started by Carol Korros on
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by 2 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at ppioforum):
Sharpening the end of a brush works as a WOT , just use a pencil sharpener Jill in England
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So we have a 3-dayer this weekend and we're going to attempt a retiling our 25 yr old bath/shower. After 5 yrs in the house, the white with gold fleck tile has seen it's better days.
Tiling is nothing new to us, but I know there's some extras that should...
Started by TNT Sr on
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by 6 people.
Answer Snippets (Read the full thread at woodmagazine):
Color match caulk to your grout (HD stuff is good and caulk should be easy to....
Straight silicon is very hard work with.
"Siliconized" caulk is fine.
Of tile (mosaic) or you will spend forever getting the mortar out before grouting .
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