I was installing the fixtures in a bathroom using an expensive silicone caulk to seal around their edges when I ran into a problem. I was into my last tube of caulk, and I’d trimmed its nozzle to put down a 3/8-in. bead. But before I could finish up, I had to set the escutcheon trim plate in the shower. This last piece of trim required no more than an 1/8-in. bead of caulk. Rather than run out for another tube of caulk, I looked for a solution among the things at hand.
The nozzle cap turned out to be the piece I needed. As shown in the drawing, I drilled a hole in the cap from one of the spent tubes of caulk. Then, I sliced off the end of the cap to make a more delicate bead. The trick worked so well that I’ve saved a number of caps to fashion an assortment of tips.
Thomas E. Smith, Burlingame, CA
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I saw your post about the clever way you resized the caulk tip. I recently created a product that could also be a solution to that issue It replaces the top of the caulk tube after you cut off the top of the tube. You can check it out at http://www.tubeanew.com.