Found out I was caulking baseboards totally backwards for like 3 years

I kept getting these jagged lines on my baseboards no matter how careful I was. Finally watched a guy on YouTube cut the tube tip at a really shallow angle instead of the 45 degrees I was doing. Turns out you gotta slice it around a 30 degree angle and push the bead instead of pulling it. I tested it on a scrap piece of trim last weekend and got a perfect smooth line first try. Anyone else struggle with getting that clean caulk finish?

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diana_park23d ago

I messed up caulking for years til @morgan_lewis18 sorted me out too.

morgan_lewis1823d ago

Oh man, the push vs pull thing is a game changer. But I gotta gently push back on the angle. You don't actually want 30 degrees either. You want closer to a 60 degree angle off the tube, so the opening is almost parallel to the surface. That gets the bead down flatter and way easier to tool smooth. Took me a few tries to get it right but once you do it's night and day.