(intro sound effects)
- Welcome to Mother Daughter Projects. I'm Steph.
- I'm Vicki. And we're here today to share
how we store these caulk tubes,
'cause we've had some problem with storing these,
and them drying out before we can use them another time.
So we're gonna share some of the ways that we,
some of things we've tried
and some of the things that have actually worked.
- So the first thing we're gonna talk about
is some of the products you've probably seen in the section,
the caulk section at the store.
So this is actually the first thing that we found.
This is just a little cap
that goes right on top of the caulk tube, just like this.
And it works okay.
But it's maybe works well if you're using the caulk
within the same day. - Yes
But we haven't seen great success with this.
So we kind of went back to the drawing board,
looking for other options. And what this one doesn't do
is it just kind of caps the top, but it doesn't actually,
the caulk still gets dried in, like, the tip of the tube.
So then we found this.
And this actually goes down inside
to help preserve the inside, the caulk inside the tube.
And so it helps that from
getting all dried out. - Right.
And this worked okay, but still wasn't the right solution.
So then we actually found this.
And this is actually a new tip. So some,
this caulk tube doesn't have it, but some adhesives do.
And this actually would be a whole new tip
that you can put on the top
so that when all that caulks gets dried in there,
- [Vicki] And it will.
- and it will, you can just put a new tip on it.
And so this actually worked okay. But still
has not work that great. - There's one more problem.
And then this is also another one that kind of
slips right on the top.
And again, still not perfect.
So, what we have figured out
is, this is good, you wanna cap this area.
But this area right here,
once you've used a caulk tube once,
this area actually will allow air in here,
and this will get dried out.
So we've had many experiences.
You wanna show,
show what we have here. - Oh, yes, yes.
- We've actually had one of these adhesive tubes in here,
basically exploding here, because it dried at the bottom.
And when this tries to push through,
push that up through in there, just caulk everywhere.
So we have caulk in here, caulk here.
It was just, it was always,
it was almost so bad that we were gonna throw it out.
But we did manage to get it cleaned out enough,
so we could use it.
But that's an example of how it dries in the bottom.
And so this works. And
it doesn't actually push it forward.
It just sort of explodes in there.
- So after we tried all of these, and we had this issue
where we almost had to buy a new caulk gun.
And actually this is our favorite caulk. We've done a video
about this one. This is battery powered.
We'll put a link to that for you, but, down below.
But after we did all of that, I was like, Mom,
there's gotta be another way, a better solution.
So what I found online was this right here.
And this is a caulk tube that actually
seals from the top and from the bottom
so that you can preserve the caulk way longer.
So this actually, this is one of the items
that we use pretty often.
This is construction adhesive.
We use this for so many different projects.
And this is actually been in this tube
for about four months.
And we haven't actually tried using this.
I did put this in the tube, after a week,
I tried using it, and it worked perfect.
So I know it worked well after a week.
But this has been there about four months.
So we're actually gonna try today to use this to see
if it has preserved it.
And the, there's no claims
of how long it will actually preserve for.
This is probably maybe too long, four months.
But I don't know. And this also has one of those
removable tips that I had mentioned.
- Oh, look. It's actually coming off,
so it's not dry. - And it is coming off.
So that's a good sign. - So that's a good sign.
- And this is gluey. So that's a good sign.
- Yeah.
- So we're gonna try this today to see
if this still works after four months.
But what I also wanna show you
is, what we thought of is,
this works really well in the short-term.
We're gonna see if it works well
in the long-term today. - Yeah.
But also what we realized,
if you don't wanna invest in that,
which is only like eight bucks,
it's really not a huge investment.
But you could also try to just use cling wrap
to preserve the top and the bottom.
And that's what we've done here with,
this is just regular caulk.
And this is Glad Press'n Seal.
So this works a little bit better
than regular cling wrap, - Yes.
'cause it's kind of like clings to it.
So we're gonna open this today
and also see if this preserved it.
We've used this tube probably four or five times.
But it's been four months since we last used it.
So we're gonna see today how these work
and then kind of, - We'll see.
end this out and see, - We're evaluating.
Yeah, see where we're at.
So let's, let's get this set up.
(tube clicking in)
- [Vicki] Okay.
(machine operating)
- All right.
(machine operating)
(gasping)
All right. Let's try, try using it.
- Oh, really? It's gonna work?
(machine operating)
Look at that. That is amazing.
(machine operating)
Wow. That's pretty cool. Pretty cool.
- So that worked after four months.
And this was in the Press'n Seal.
This was actually in the airtight for, like maybe a month.
Then I used it again.
And then I put the construction adhesive in it.
And then I put it in the Press'n Seal.
So it's been,
(friction sound)
it's been through the paces.
- So that Press'n Seal works.
- Yes. So you can see this,
everything came up perfectly from the tip.
And the biggest thing is the bottom right here.
This is where we were having issues before.
And you can see it pushed through.
There was a tiny bit of drying that happened.
But it still pushed perfectly through.
And this tube, this has had a good life.
And this was like two bucks. - Yeah.
So we got our money's worth. - That's more than two bucks.
No, this one was.
This one's two buck. - Really? Okay.
This one was like, yeah, really inexpensive.
So we got our money's worth out of this.
So now let's load it up with - Yes.
the construction adhesive - Okay.
and see what we're - And see how
working with. - that works. Yeah.
And these are more expensive. These are,
I think, around $11, so. - Yes. $11.
And we don't wanna be wasteful.
That's been the biggest issue
is we didn't like having to be wasteful
when we only needed a little bit.
(machine operating)
(gasping)
- [Vicki] Wow.
Four months later.
- [Steph] Wow.
(machine operating)
So I think it's a little, - Little stuck in there.
It's a little stuck in there.
But I'm gonna keep trying a little bit more.
(machine operating)
Wow. That's really good.
- Yeah. That is good.
- So I'm gonna pull this out
to see what we're working with inside.
'cause that's, - See if it's clean.
you know, it could be the biggest place
where there's issue.
Well, it's not bad. - Wow.
It's not bad. There's just a little bit area
where it's, kind of, came out a little bit. But-
- That's way better than what we've had in the past.
- Yeah, and we can easily clean the end.
We didn't get any on this.
So I would say the best way to store
the caulk tube in,
in our opinion, I would say, - Yeah.
is this product right here.
This is a great little, kind of, oddball little product
we found on the Amazon. We'll put a link to it below.
But if you don't want to purchase this,
it also looks like this Press'n Seal.
Using that, just wrapping the whole caulk tube.
And this would probably work
pretty well - Yeah.
Probably just as well.
these are two different types of products.
This is construction adhesive, and this is regular caulk
that you'd use kind of in your bathroom.
So these are very different products.
This one is a lot more sticky.
And it's glue, essentially.
Highly recommend this. This is definitely something
that we are going to keep.
Because this has been an annoyance.
I don't know. - This has been an annoyance.
And it's almost destroyed our favorite caulk gun.
So we're glad that this works.
And now we know that it lasts
four months, - Four months.
if not more.
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