The cheap caulk gun trick that saved me from a kitchen remodel disaster

I was doing a backsplash in a kitchen over in Greenville a few weeks back and the grout lines were looking like garbage. Kept squeezing too much out and making a mess no matter how slow I went. Finally an old timer at the tile supply place told me to just cut the tip at a real sharp angle instead of straight across. Dude even drew it on a napkin for me. Tried it on the next row and holy crap it worked way better than any of those $40 fancy guns. Made the lines clean and even and I finished the whole job in about half the time. Anyone else got a simple hack like that that actually works better than the expensive tool?

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max_schmidt772d ago

Ngl that's genius. Simple stuff always beats the overpriced junk.

kai_ramirez382d ago

Honestly for me it was using blue tape to mark the exact depth on my drill bit when I was putting in shelf brackets. Kept blowing through the drywall before I tried that trick.