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   JeffyT | Mar 11, 2009 10:09pm | #1

   chaulk?

   j

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   und76xx | Mar 11, 2009 10:14pm | #2

   Probably caulk?

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   atrident | Mar 11, 2009 10:31pm | #4

    Heck, my FIL pronounces it "Corkin"

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   DanH | Mar 12, 2009 12:32am | #5

   Yeah, the trim was shot by someone with a nailgun, and they need the chalk outline for the police report.
   The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. -John Kenneth Galbraith

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   GregGibson | Mar 12, 2009 02:58am | #6

   I chalked an outline of a body on the sidewalk in front of my house when the J.Witnesses were too prevalent. That, and a little bit of crime scene tape, they quit coming around.Chalk, chaulk, it's all good.Greg

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   seeyou | Mar 12, 2009 03:12am | #7

   I chalked an outline of a body on the sidewalk in front of my house when the J.Witnesses were too prevalent. That, and a little bit of crime scene tape, they quit coming around.

   You're working too hard. Answering the door dressed however they interupt you works well. Last time they rang the bell, DW and I were doing the nasty, as the kids like to call it. I'm not sure why they didn't come come in when the nude fat man with an erection invited them. How rude of them. http://www.quittintime.com/      View Image        

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   AitchKay | Mar 12, 2009 05:15am | #13

   Maybe we should gawk, not chaulk!AitchKay

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   craigf | Mar 12, 2009 05:46am | #15

   A guy I used to work for said he looked out the window after he got out of the shower and saw some J. Witnesses coming down the street.He hears a knock at the front door and answers it buck naked.The JW's had gone across the street. The neighbor had knocked on the door.She didn't visit much after that.

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   seeyou | Mar 12, 2009 05:56am | #16

   She didn't visit much after that.

   Might have been her loss.http://www.quittintime.com/      View Image        

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   craigf | Mar 12, 2009 05:59pm | #17

   Maybe she "sized" the situation up and decided not.

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   Timuhler | Mar 12, 2009 04:12am | #11

   I chalked an outline of a body on the sidewalk in front of my house when the J.Witnesses were too prevalent. That, and a little bit of crime scene tape, they quit coming around.

    

   Trust me, it will not stop them.http://www.pioneerbuildersonline.com

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   From Lot 30 Muirkirk

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   JeffyT | Mar 12, 2009 05:10am | #12

   So, is 'chaulk' made in Britain and therefore classier? Makes a better outline around the dead trim? :)nice Galbraith quote, btwj

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   Dam_inspector | Mar 11, 2009 10:25pm | #3

   Don't use cheap painters caulk. Get something with stretch like Big Stretch caulk. Painters caulk gets hard and brittle. No silicone at all, even so called paintable caulk!

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   ted | Mar 12, 2009 03:42am | #8

   I like Polyurehane caulks for exterior applications. It can be pretty goopy if you're not careful though. Also Tightbond makes some good sealants now sold through Lowes I think it is a acrylic polymer that also can be messy but has a lot of stretch and won't dry out like painters or acrylic caulks.

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   mmoogie | Mar 12, 2009 04:07am | #9

   If it's just a matter of seasonal movement and the gaps close in the summer, I would advise them to cut the caulk away cleanly, and don't re-caulk. It'll keep on failing and I think a clean gap looks better than a raggedy torn-up caulk line.

   Steve

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   DanH | Mar 12, 2009 04:09am | #10

   Yeah, if it keeps failing it's either seasonal movement or a failure to properly prep the area before caulking.
   The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. -John Kenneth Galbraith

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   jamiep | Mar 12, 2009 05:22am | #14

   Dynaflex 230 from Dap. But don't use the clear; it shrinks too much. Use the white (it's paintable). It stretches like nobody's business.

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