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Make Perfectly Straight Caulk Lines

Apr 21, 2015 · 5 Comments

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Get perfectly straight caulk lines in your bathroom and kitchen with this ingenious household caulking tip.

How to Make Perfectly Straight Caulk Lines - easy DIY project.  Finish your kitchen or bathroom with perfectly straight caulk lines with this easy DIY life hack | DIY hack |

Make Perfectly Straight Caulk Lines

Last summer, we totally remodeled our bathroom.  Top to bottom, totally gutted.  It was, quite frankly, a mess. But the end result is lovely (stay tuned in the next few weeks for the reveal!).

Mr. Gracious did most of the work himself with some help from family here and there, and as always, he had a few fun tricks that he did along the way.  I wanted to share a very useful one with you today!

 

Perfectly Straight Caulk Lines

We re-tiled the bathroom: floor, shower, and even a tub surround.  So we needed to finish off the tile by caulking all the edges, corners, and around the tub.

Mr. Gracious started by doing it the traditional way: putting a line of caulk on and smoothing it with his fingers.  It worked well enough.  However, Mr. Gracious is somewhat of a perfectionist, and he didn't like that after all his hard work grouting, he had a slightly messy caulk line.

Enter his ingenious trick.

It's simple really.  Use painter's tapealong to line the edges.

How to Make Perfectly Straight Caulk Lines - easy DIY project.  Finish your kitchen or bathroom with perfectly straight caulk lines with this easy DIY life hack | DIY hack |

Place the painter's tape evenly on both sides of your desired section, leaving an adequate gap for the caulk.

How to Make Perfectly Straight Caulk Lines - easy DIY project.  Finish your kitchen or bathroom with perfectly straight caulk lines with this easy DIY life hack | DIY hack |

How to Make Perfectly Straight Caulk Lines - easy DIY project.  Finish your kitchen or bathroom with perfectly straight caulk lines with this easy DIY life hack | DIY hack |

Then just caulk as normal and remove the tape when you're done.

How to Make Perfectly Straight Caulk Lines - easy DIY project.  Finish your kitchen or bathroom with perfectly straight caulk lines with this easy DIY life hack | DIY hack |

Voila! Perfectly straight caulk lines. Matches the grout lines pretty great, right?!

How to Make Perfectly Straight Caulk Lines - easy DIY project.  Finish your kitchen or bathroom with perfectly straight caulk lines with this easy DIY life hack | DIY hack |
The left is a picture of the caulk without using the trick, and the right picture is the perfectly straight lines from the trick.

 

Did you like this Caulking Tip idea? Find more household tricks on my For the Home, DIY, and In the Kitchen boards on Pinterest!

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  1. Pamela Smith says

    April 21, 2015 at 9:12 am

    Seems so obvious, right? But yet, I always complain that the lines look messy! This will be my trick next time! Thanks!

    Reply
    • Michelle says

      April 21, 2015 at 9:38 am

      You're welcome! Glad I could help 🙂

      Reply
  2. Angela @ Simply beautiful by angela says

    April 21, 2015 at 11:47 am

    Genius! I just finished the kitchen backsplash and have been nervous about this last step but you totally saved the day! 🙂

    Reply
  3. Gentle Joy says

    April 22, 2015 at 10:21 am

    This is a good idea especially where the lines would really show up. Thank you. 🙂

    Reply
  4. Elizabeth says

    May 01, 2015 at 10:36 am

    What a great idea. Love the use of tape. Thank you for sharing at Snickerdoodle. Hope to see you again tomorrow!

    Reply

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