{"id":24,"date":"2009-01-05T12:41:53","date_gmt":"2009-01-05T11:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.propertydecorating.co.uk\/blog\/?p=24"},"modified":"2018-11-21T15:33:39","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T15:33:39","slug":"tips-on-using-decorators-caulk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.propertydecorating.co.uk\/blog\/?p=24","title":{"rendered":"Tips on using decorator\u2019s caulk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is our first tip of the year and may be of use to you if you are planning on having new windows or doors fitted in the coming months. You certainly notice drafty old windows and doors in the depths of the British weather!!<br \/>\nSo, onto the tip&#8230;.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"floatright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.propertydecorating.co.uk\/assets\/masticgun.gif\" alt=\"Mastic gun\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tips on using decorator\u2019s caulk<\/strong><br \/>\nDecorator\u2019s caulk is a flexible filler that can be used to go around windows, doors, ceiling and coving line and along the top of skirting boards. It isn\u2019t any good for filling holes in walls etc, as it cannot be rubbed down like powder filler.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>To get the best results from using decorators caulk run it along the crack, not too much (you can always go over it again), once you have a line of caulk use a wet finger to run along the line of caulk to smooth it over.<\/p>\n<p>Once the caulk has dried it can be painted over. If you find once you have painted the caulk with emulsion it cracks, you can go over the caulk with an oil-based undercoat, let it dry, then re-emulsion the caulk.<\/p>\n<h2>Update<\/h2>\n<p>I have done a review on a caulk that doesn&#8217;t crack or craze, I have been using it for a while and the results are good.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.propertydecorating.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1773\">Read my Review Of Dunlop Pro Decor Flexible Acrylic Filler Caulk here<\/a>. And if you would like to buy some for yourself you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mypaintbrush.co.uk\/fillers\/dunlop-pro-decor-range\/dunlop-pro-decor-acrylic-filler&#038;tracking=5780f43b6e6d7\">buy Dunlop Pro Decor Flexible Filler caulk from here<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mypaintbrush.co.uk\/fillers\/dunlop-pro-decor-range\/dunlop-pro-decor-acrylic-filler&#038;tracking=5780f43b6e6d7\" title=\"Buy Dunlop Acrylic Filler\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mypaintbrush.co.uk\/image\/cache\/catalog\/dunlop\/8250%20Flexible%20Acrylic%20Filler-300x300.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is our first tip of the year and may be of use to you if you are planning on having new windows or doors fitted in the coming months. You certainly notice drafty old windows and doors in the depths of the British weather!! So, onto the tip&#8230;. Tips on using decorator\u2019s caulk Decorator\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[128,193],"class_list":["post-24","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips","tag-decorator-caulk","tag-filler"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.propertydecorating.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.propertydecorating.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.propertydecorating.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertydecorating.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertydecorating.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertydecorating.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.propertydecorating.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertydecorating.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.propertydecorating.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}