Once you've caulked, leave that room for an hour so dust etc. is not stirred up.
Silicone or latex caulking will it discolor the silver on mirror
Caulking can be done either before or after painting depending on how steady a hand you have. Be sure to use a "Painter's" caulk, which is latex based. Silicone based chalks can NOT be painted over.
You can't charge caulking by the square foot. -Trust me, people will laugh at you. Establish an hourly rate for your services and people will accept that. (as long as it's reasonable)
Wal-Mart.
you can't paint silicon... however you can paint contact cement... clean silicone , paint with contact cement carefully ,paint contact cement with your paint, covering all contact cement
Any hardware store. Just get 100% silicone caulking. 100% silicone caulk will not take paint, but it does have an excellant lifespan.
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after it has "cured" dried out.
Silicone or latex caulking will it discolor the silver on mirror
Try some WD-40 spray
Silicone is used to make a great, water-proof caulking compound which can also be used as a form of glue. There is also a silicone based lubricant.
I am using silicone caulking forsealingthis ceiling. The ceiling sealing is going well, so far.
I recommend that you caulk around the edges with transparent silicone caulking compound.
Polyseamseal silicone caulk would be the best caulking to use with bathroom tile, if you're not going to pain the caulk. If you desire to paint the caulk, MAPEI latex caulk would be best to use with the bathroom tile.
A bead of silicone, a strip of automotive weatherproofing or gasket material, shoe-goo, caulking, RV putty sealant?
I believe that you mean acrylic caulking, not latex. In any event, not all brands are the same; sometimes there is an inner seal of aluminum foil that you have to puncture before you can extrude the caulking compound, but usually there isn't. You slice off the tip of the tube, and since the tip is tapered, you get to choose the side of the opening that you want, for heavy caulking or light caulking. Then put the tube in your caulking gun, to squirt out the caulking compound. If you don't have a caulking gun, you can still push on the plate in the back of the tube, the opposite end from the one you sliced open, with the handle of a hammer. The caulking compound comes out, you put it where you want it, and smooth it into place, using a finger tip. Acrylic is perfectly safe to touch, because the solvent is just water. Silicone caulking compound (which uses acetic acid as a solvent) can give you a blister if you have excessive skin contact, so you would use something else than a bare finger tip.
There is a type of silicone caulking compound which is specifically designed to be used with concrete; this will work to attach insulation (but only if the concrete is DRY).