Caulking nozzles

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Domus

Guru
Location
Sunny Radcliffe
Looking for blank caulking nozzles, all the ones I can find have about 4mm holes. Looking to cut a very fine hole for a narrow bead.

Any ideas?
 

Drago

Legendary Member
Mask the job off with tape and use a slightly wider nozzle?
 

Over the Ord

Well-Known Member
Location
Caithness
I agree with Drago.
I haven’t had a problem with the nozzles having a hole to big, my issue is finding the knife so I can cut a hole in the nozzle.
 

Randomnerd

Bimbleur
Location
North Yorkshire
Standard 290mm cartridges come with a nozzle and you cut the tip to suit the job, no? You can buy packs of standard blank nozzles from builders merchants, Dulux paint centres or probs Hammerson.
 

newts

Veteran
Location
Isca Dumnoniorum
Slightly overfill with good quality decorators caulk (not silicone) & the existing nozzzle, wipe excess of with a wet cloth/decorators sponge.
If the finished bead is too small it'll crack as it won't have enough elasticity to cope with movement between surfaces.
 
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slowmotion

Quite dreadful
Location
lost somewhere
@newts is right. A cured bead of silicone can only handle movement of 30% (?) of the bead thickness. More than that and it'll pull away from the substrate.
 
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