Silicone calking removal

johnq · Guru

Silicone calking removal

oldbobsbus · Guru

Have a look HERE, I am sure you will get your answers.. smile

Chicken strangler · Senior Member

Selleys silicone remover? remember seeing it in a Mitre10 store.

Ralph

chicken strangler

Peter_n_Margaret · Guru

No manufacturer would have used silicone as a calking compound....................
That is something that only a novice DIYer would use.

Cheers,
Peter

03_troopy · Guru

Sorry Peter, I beg to differ there. The company I'm about to finish with (Mine service vehicle fitout) use that stuff all the time. They just don't understand that there are so many other, better products available. It's cheap and easy and quick, seems to be their motto. They even use the acid cure stuff on alloy and inside electrical enclosures, which is a big NO NO.. You can't rely on manufacturers always using the right product.

johnq · Guru

Peter_n_Margaret wrote:
No manufacturer would have used silicone as a calking compound....................
That is something that only a novice DIYer would use.

Cheers,
Peter

No, it is a fairly new home. The (trades) gold card builder and the gold card tradies who installed the moisture barrier for the sealed, tiled balconies did it. I assume because they didn't see fit to lap the moisture barrier up the wall as is in the Standard and manufacturer's installation guidelines, and the builder didn't put the slight slope of the floor away from the walls as required by the building plans and specifications.

No, it is not possible to have the builder correct faults when building. It is up to the owner to pay for final completion and then prove that any failure was because of a fault that could not as a wild stretch of the imagination be called a 'maintenance' problem.

Honestly, why have a building code, Australian Standards and manufacturers' guides if it is not obligatory for builders and trades to meet them as a minimum. The same comments could be applied to caravan and motorhome construction.

Any wonder decks fail (and caravans leak).

johnq · Guru

Chicken strangler wrote:
Selleys silicone remover? remember seeing it in a Mitre10 store.
Ralph
chicken strangler

Thanks.

A lot of these products are expensive white spirits (or similar) and some with maybe a bit of sulphuric acid added.

johnq · Guru

wiped, duplicate post, sorry

-- Edited by johnq on Wednesday 17th of September 2014 12:53:23 PM

johnq · Guru

oldbobsbus wrote:
Have a look HERE, I am sure you will get your answers..

Thanks. I did look earlier but couldn't find a materials safety sheet which would have indicated the ingredients.

Legendts · Senior Member

When I removed the rear window of our Evernew the sealant used was white Silicone (maybe Sikaflex but I doubt it) and after managing to get the window out without any damage the cleanup went like this after advice from a caravan repairer. Scrape/peel as much off as you can with plastic scrapers (those cheap plastic knives do the trick too) then use turps liberally to soften it and continues with the scrapers. Finally use one of those non scratch scourers soaked with turps to get the rest off. Worked for me but takes a lot of time. Hope that helps a little.

johnq · Guru

Thanks Jeff and thanks all. I was trying to avoid the usual damage and hard work of removal. As well trying not to waste dollars on commercial products that are just common chemicals.

Turps is mentioned as clean-up by some silicone makers so I will try it then white oil - which seems to be the active chemical of some of the expensive commercial removers.

-- Edited by johnq on Thursday 18th of September 2014 06:41:14 PM

Legendts · Senior Member

Let's know how it works for you John. I'd be interested in how the white oil works.