4200 & 5200

[Mike Paul]

Does anyone have a method where you can put the cap back on a tube of either of these products and not have the hole glog up so that you cannot use it again. I am sick and tired of buying tube after tube.

Thanks

 

[miky2884]

Not really any way around it, I take a drill bit and drill out the first few inches of the tube each use and that usually works.

 

[Brent]

I replace the cap and store the cartridge in freezer after securing permission from the Admiral 8) . Sometimes but not every time I mark the purchase date, date opened, where it was purchased and the price. m2cw it seems to cost less at Home Depot

 

[Noahs_Ark]

I keep a screw in the top...and keep it in a zip lock bag

 

[DaleH]

Try this ... when done, squeeze out a good inch or 2 and tightly cap the tube immediately! These products cure when exposed to air, so when using it if you goop out some, but then release pressure on the tube and it goes back into the tube, that portion will begin to cure!

My regimen now is that I squeeze out the amount that I need to use onto a pice of plastic and cap the tube immediately! Then I use a small piece of scrap wood or wood tongue depressors/stirrers to put it on the item needing to be bedded. This prevents the goop from going back into the tube to spoil. I too keep it in the refridge.

Oh, and it is only $6 a tube at Home Deport, not $13 for the same tube at West Marine ...

 

[Mike Paul]

Thanks Dale. I will give your method a try. I knew someone other there must know something that I did not.

I am going to skip the fridg part. I''ll just buy more 5200 and pay a premium before I listen to all the racket my wife would say about having caulk in her fridg.

 

[Megabyte]

I am going to skip the fridg part. I''ll just buy more 5200 and pay a premium before I listen to all the racket my wife would say about having caulk in her fridg.

I put mine in my beer fridge.
Beer, bait, and boat products go in MY fridge.

 

[mildew2]

I am going to skip the fridg part. I''ll just buy more 5200 and pay a premium before I listen to all the racket my wife would say about having caulk in her fridg.

(I put mine in my beer fridge.
Beer, bait, and boat products go in MY fridge.)

AMEN..............

 

[miky2884]

Put it in a zip lock bag no harm done