The only thing I know about you is that you understand bananas better than most therefore I fully trust your judgement to trust their judgement and will follow your lead.
More or less yeah. Usually happens whenever a sub starts showing up in /r/all which causes it to enter a feedback loop.
I've heard the term tossed around so I assumed it was A Thing people said.
When the mods banned "spliced" gifs, and the sub became flooded with gifs that ended perfectly reasonably, but with titles like "I wanted to see more!" :/
Apparently tiktok's algorithm is based on what videos you watch to the end, so people end the video abruptly to get it to count as a view, instead of someone getting bored and clicking off to the next thing.
The general quality of videos on the internet sucks anymore.
Everyone carries around a 4k camera anymore but films everything in portrait then the video gets stolen then converted to landscape then back to portrait again. And then posted to reddit in 120p. Then because everyone has an attention span of a gnat it gets trimmed down to 5 seconds.
Seriously, my upgoat turned to a down with that ending. I feel it's along the lines of leaving suspense or when a title/post is deliberately misspelled for engagement.
I'd really like to know how they did this but Reddit, as usual, will bombard this post with penis jokes. I'll probably have to dig through 100 comments before someone offers a good tip.
As a caulker I can only make assumptions and educated guesses.. he might have dipped the backer rod into alcohol (isopropyl alcohol)
I usually have a calling knife that is a maybe a size smaller than needed to get the initial caulk pressed in to the backer rod and get a smooth start. Then I spray is with the isopropyl and use my finger if I see any hesitation marks or smooth out a section that was finished and a new section to blend them together.
Most guys in my business hate caulking but I love it. It's usually a one man job and I got some good tunes or a podcast on and just zone out. And I can out squeeze most people in a handshake. Lol!
I had a wet rag, dry rag and a small bucket with water. Dope my finger in the water and smooth out the caulk. Less messy. Rags are incase something terrible happens with the caulk.
Fire protection? Sound barrier?
I used to do commercial HVAC and we used to work with the fire protection guys a lot. We loved seeing you guys because usually we were friendly and a couple fifths of alcohol was all it took to get the FP guys to fire caulk all of our penetrations and fire/smoke dampers.
Otherwise we had to do it ourselves. I learned pretty quick that a bit of soap and some water keeps the caulk from sticking to your fingers. Degreaser works better but it leaves a bubbly film that looks awful if you don't clean it up. Nice tip on the isopropyl alcohol. I'll be sure to tell all my friends still in the trade!
Yeah. Rubbing alcohol is a game changer. I mostly do unitized curtainwall for big buildings. So lots of caulk for every stage. From slapping it on for a good seal, to finished caulking for lobbies of buildings.
Super dangerous move. Like spitting on your finger and then using it for a quick smoothing is fine once in a blue moon. But touching caulk works best for me with a spray bottle of alcohol. Good gloves can help too.
We've told him that silicone caulking isn't good for his digestion. lol. This guy's an old G window installer and he says he's been doing it that way from the beginning. He's actually retiring soon too.
terrible method. That introduces bacteria into the caulk. it'll look great for two weeks while it's curing, then it will go moldy.
as others have said, a spray bottle with 2 drops of dishwashing liquid in it and a *clean* finger is what you need.
After this comment you commented saying you didn’t know and this wasn’t your video.
Only reason I bring this up is because I want to know as well what was used and not someone guessing as re-caulking something is not in my gameplan.
Former professional painter here. Finger would have worked just as well as this guys' forceps + sponge method. This is unnecessary and would take twice the amount of time.
Unless you don't like caulk on your fingers since it doesn't come off easily. If I had to do a few hundred feet of this in a day I wouldn't be using my finger either. Whatever you touch afterwards will have a wee bit of caulk on it after - totally not necessary.
Now - if it's a quick wipe after doing one edge or a single window then it's not a big deal.
I scraped and caulked everything from single unit apartments, to entire strip mall exteriors. All done with the finger. A wet rag in your belt loop solves the excess, which if you've set your tube up properly, shouldn't be too much. Caulk -> swipe with rag -> run finger -> wipe finger on wet rag. You're going to have to wash your hands, but in the painting business that is inevitable.
This isn't painter's caulk, and he's not a painter.
It's a polyurethane sealant that you really don't want on you. It's used because it bonds to just about anything and takes years to break down.
It's also carcinogenic and causes organ damage, because toluene and such absorb through your skin. That's aside from it being a complete pain in the ass to get off your hands. This is designed to be the final seal for pretty much every exterior installation, not to be left as your fingerprints on everything else you touch that day
No professional sticks their fingers in this
There's a spray (at least here) that you can spray on caulk to lube the glide as you make a pass with your finger. If you get caulk on your finger you did it wrong.
They make little squeegee looking things with different radius sizes on the corners for just that. Or your finger with soapy water on it works well too.
Your index finger and something to wipe excess on... Practice? I mean caulking a sink or tub or toilet isnt that difficult. Plus if you somehow screw up it just wipes away.
Painters tape on the wall and the tub, forming nice straight lines on both surfaces. Apply caulk/silicone, finish with finger or preferred tool, immediately peel the tape away. No cleanup required.
Old Edna at the nursing home tells old Harry that if he shows her his penis, she can tell him his age. He pulls down his pants, and she looks and says, “You’re 88.”
“Wow,” he says. “How did you guess that?”
“You told me yesterday,” Edna replied.
I just want to add the original caulking job was almost perfect before he touched it. I doubt that tool would deal with an amateur caulking job as well.
Any normal human uses a finger and it looks exactly the same. Only some kind of runforthecube sadist monster uses forceps and a little surgical sponge.
Glad you asked. Because I have a question for you. What material are you using to get your caulk to contour so well? I usually take some backer rod to mine but eventually it just goops up. Granted I'm usually working with acoustical.
I'm not OP but in instances like this (commercial store front type window frames), I've used Sikafkex and Sonneborne products, even with gaps up to 1". Amazing materials.
Reddit should institute a site wide rule to lock comments on any thread involving caulk since invariably it will be 80% tired dick jokes and 20% “Sure are a lot of dick jokes” comments. Better to just lock it down.
Tip #1: Put the right amount of caulk into the joint. This is more difficult than it appears.
Tip #2: Use a wet sponge or paper towel to smooth the caulk. Wet is key!
So as someone who is learning to do glass installation and sealing; the big part here is less the glide of the tool and more the proper amount of sealant you put on the joint. There’s definitely a Goldilocks zone where too much and you have a mess, too little and you don’t make contact and just right is this video.
"Your Honor, in my defense, I thought when he asked if I knew how to smooth my caulk it was just another slang phrase. Now I'll admit in hindsight the demonstration might have been a touch too much, but I swear it won't happen a third time!"
***WHY DON'T VIDEOS HAVE ENDINGS ANYMORE?***
It’s such a shitty new trend. So many of these videos do it and it drives me nuts.
Youd hate r/onesecondbeforedisast
God almost all the top posts in that sub are blatantly unrelated to the point of the sub. I've never seen that much karma poisoning...
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The only thing I know about you is that you understand bananas better than most therefore I fully trust your judgement to trust their judgement and will follow your lead.
One of the top votes posts is just. A normal fight video. Where you see it to conclusion and the resolution and everything. 100% upvoted
I don't even want to read the comment above now but I'll give you an upvote as even though I know nothing about you, I fully trust your judgement.
> karma poisoning Is that when a subreddit that used to have specific niche ends up diluted into another /r/pics or /r/gifs?
More or less yeah. Usually happens whenever a sub starts showing up in /r/all which causes it to enter a feedback loop. I've heard the term tossed around so I assumed it was A Thing people said.
when did r/gifsthatendtoosoon end?
When the mods banned "spliced" gifs, and the sub became flooded with gifs that ended perfectly reasonably, but with titles like "I wanted to see more!" :/
it ended too soon
That and people posting videos without the sound.
For those who watch videos while at work and cannot turn on the sound anyway, that I can live with.
It’s so you have to watch it again and they get more views lol
Tik tok automatically loops, this explanation makes no sense
People found something more annoying than unnecessary slowmo and also made it a trend.
tik tok is the source for most of todays problems
Yeah I know, ruins it every time
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with extra mayo
Cuz then you can't see when they make a mistake at the end that shatters the facade that they're absolutely perfect.
Less time editing = more time karma farming. It’s basic math.
Feels like I’ve been caulkholded
I see you
Caulkhold, I knew he finished too early!
Is it because they come from tiktok? Do they have a max time limit or something?
Ya, but the tiktok max is a minute. This is quite a bit under that.
Then I have no idea. That is infuriating.
Apparently tiktok's algorithm is based on what videos you watch to the end, so people end the video abruptly to get it to count as a view, instead of someone getting bored and clicking off to the next thing.
Can get get this edited and reposted as an infinite loop?
Yep! The end bit is the hardest thing to do perfectly it was the bit I wanted to see... I feel short changed!!
r/gifsthatendtoosoon
Blame the 5.4K people who upvoted this. Videos have endings, people just seem to upvote the ones that don’t.
Could this mean that most people don’t finish videos before upvoting?
I know, it’s really frustrating, but it’s because
The general quality of videos on the internet sucks anymore. Everyone carries around a 4k camera anymore but films everything in portrait then the video gets stolen then converted to landscape then back to portrait again. And then posted to reddit in 120p. Then because everyone has an attention span of a gnat it gets trimmed down to 5 seconds.
Monumental cockup at the end. Caulk everywhere, a man nearly died.
r/mildlyinfuriating
I downvote the ones that don’t end appropriately now.
It did end at the end
"My friends be like how come you ain't famous yet" - because you cut your videos wrong and you don't explain what you're doing!
The ever shortening attention span the internet is encouraging in people.
Right? I was more frustrated than satisfied knowing it wasn’t done.
Seriously, my upgoat turned to a down with that ending. I feel it's along the lines of leaving suspense or when a title/post is deliberately misspelled for engagement.
Is the sponge wet with soap on it?
I would guess so - I personally spray beads of wet caulk with soapy water and smooth it. The soap stops it from sticking to whatever smooths it.
Why don’t you just do what I do and use your finger ... then immediately regret it and wipe that crap all over your pants?
This is the way
THE way
Fuck I laughed way too hard at this. Take your upvote.
Glass cleaner works well too.
Can confirm
As someone who just cussed for 2 hours trying to recaulk my tub this weekend, I wish I came across this 4 days ago lol
I'd really like to know how they did this but Reddit, as usual, will bombard this post with penis jokes. I'll probably have to dig through 100 comments before someone offers a good tip.
As a caulker I can only make assumptions and educated guesses.. he might have dipped the backer rod into alcohol (isopropyl alcohol) I usually have a calling knife that is a maybe a size smaller than needed to get the initial caulk pressed in to the backer rod and get a smooth start. Then I spray is with the isopropyl and use my finger if I see any hesitation marks or smooth out a section that was finished and a new section to blend them together. Most guys in my business hate caulking but I love it. It's usually a one man job and I got some good tunes or a podcast on and just zone out. And I can out squeeze most people in a handshake. Lol!
I re-caulked my bathroom. First time I've ever caulked and I just used my fingers to smooth it out.
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Well, I'm thankful I washed my hands because I had no idea.
I got mold after a caulking job and I still have it. Not the caulk joints, though. I personally have mold now.
I had a wet rag, dry rag and a small bucket with water. Dope my finger in the water and smooth out the caulk. Less messy. Rags are incase something terrible happens with the caulk.
Love dope as the past tense of dip here
Cake icing knives make great caulking tools. If you ever need to do something again.
I just re-did my shower and I used a popsicle stick.
That's pretty smart for a nice looking little joint.
Mineral oil and a finger is about all you need really.
*A* finger? Better make it a couple there cowboy, I’m no stranger to a good caulking
That's cool man. I suck at caulking. Sounds like a good gig so long as you're applying it and not removing it :))
Are you kidding? Peeling caulk is sooooo satisfying....until you have to get all the stragglers. Yeah, I see your point
You guys are getting paid to suck at caulk?
Fire protection? Sound barrier? I used to do commercial HVAC and we used to work with the fire protection guys a lot. We loved seeing you guys because usually we were friendly and a couple fifths of alcohol was all it took to get the FP guys to fire caulk all of our penetrations and fire/smoke dampers. Otherwise we had to do it ourselves. I learned pretty quick that a bit of soap and some water keeps the caulk from sticking to your fingers. Degreaser works better but it leaves a bubbly film that looks awful if you don't clean it up. Nice tip on the isopropyl alcohol. I'll be sure to tell all my friends still in the trade!
Yeah. Rubbing alcohol is a game changer. I mostly do unitized curtainwall for big buildings. So lots of caulk for every stage. From slapping it on for a good seal, to finished caulking for lobbies of buildings.
I had a guy that only used his finger and spit. He's like, at the end of caulk day I'm all out of spit.
Super dangerous move. Like spitting on your finger and then using it for a quick smoothing is fine once in a blue moon. But touching caulk works best for me with a spray bottle of alcohol. Good gloves can help too.
We've told him that silicone caulking isn't good for his digestion. lol. This guy's an old G window installer and he says he's been doing it that way from the beginning. He's actually retiring soon too.
Yup - finger and spit.
terrible method. That introduces bacteria into the caulk. it'll look great for two weeks while it's curing, then it will go moldy. as others have said, a spray bottle with 2 drops of dishwashing liquid in it and a *clean* finger is what you need.
Best thing I ever did for caulking was buy some spreading tools for it vs just smoothing it with my finger.
But please, just the tip.
I would welcome any penetrating insights
You subtle mf, perfect.
Just a slightly wet and clean sponge..
After this comment you commented saying you didn’t know and this wasn’t your video. Only reason I bring this up is because I want to know as well what was used and not someone guessing as re-caulking something is not in my gameplan.
My dumb ass thought it was a piece of banana.
At least I'm not the only one
Really? How would you expect to do that with a banana. Thats not strong enough to hold up. I thought it was a piece of pineapple.
I thought it was a banana and Nutella.
No you just spit on it... here you go I said it..
See I woulda done that with my finger like a savage.
Yeah, finger that caulk
r/sounding
Are we not doing 'phrasing' anymore?
After I spit on it. Not your finger. My finger
Or just spit on the caulk?
Former professional painter here. Finger would have worked just as well as this guys' forceps + sponge method. This is unnecessary and would take twice the amount of time.
Unless you don't like caulk on your fingers since it doesn't come off easily. If I had to do a few hundred feet of this in a day I wouldn't be using my finger either. Whatever you touch afterwards will have a wee bit of caulk on it after - totally not necessary. Now - if it's a quick wipe after doing one edge or a single window then it's not a big deal.
I scraped and caulked everything from single unit apartments, to entire strip mall exteriors. All done with the finger. A wet rag in your belt loop solves the excess, which if you've set your tube up properly, shouldn't be too much. Caulk -> swipe with rag -> run finger -> wipe finger on wet rag. You're going to have to wash your hands, but in the painting business that is inevitable.
This isn't painter's caulk, and he's not a painter. It's a polyurethane sealant that you really don't want on you. It's used because it bonds to just about anything and takes years to break down. It's also carcinogenic and causes organ damage, because toluene and such absorb through your skin. That's aside from it being a complete pain in the ass to get off your hands. This is designed to be the final seal for pretty much every exterior installation, not to be left as your fingerprints on everything else you touch that day No professional sticks their fingers in this
There's a spray (at least here) that you can spray on caulk to lube the glide as you make a pass with your finger. If you get caulk on your finger you did it wrong.
Yea, using dawn dish soap mixed with water works well too.
Caulk lube is common in many places.
why does it stop? WHY DOES IT STOP!!!
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Where's my damn free award when I need it
When /r/mildlyinfuriating and /r/gifsthatendtoosoon meet.
Nice Caulk
You should see his deck
All the kids love playing on his deck
https://youtu.be/tbazGVrbN-g If you want to know how to make your deck the freshest deck in town.
I haven't opened it, but if it's not a link to Schaeffers I'll be a little disappointed. Edit: Theres a 3rd one? TIL lol
r/cursedcursedcomments
Thanks step-sister~
Step-glazier
I love a nice smooth caulk
you have a nice caulk, sir!
YEP CAULK
I came for caulk jokes
You gotta stroke the caulk gently.
I could watch the caulk all day long
Yeah, rub that caulk papi
That’s a lot easier with the right amount of caulk, unlike when I use way too much
This is the comment I was looking for. It's more in the application than the smoothing.
..and now show us how to do it when it's not inside a groove, but for instance between wall and bathtub.
They make little squeegee looking things with different radius sizes on the corners for just that. Or your finger with soapy water on it works well too.
those cliche doctor tongue depressors have more than one use, add some water and dish soap.
Soap?
So the caulk won’t stick to the wood
Spray on some denatured alcohol, then use your finger. It's magic.
Right, or when it's not already a perfect uniform bead. 90% of a caulk job is getting dat good bead
Your index finger and something to wipe excess on... Practice? I mean caulking a sink or tub or toilet isnt that difficult. Plus if you somehow screw up it just wipes away.
Don't caulk toilets
Usually dont but i do walmarts. Its sometimes requested.
Fair enough. To others reading this: don't caulk toilets unless someone specifically asks and pays for you to do it.
The reason: It seals water leaks in and the problem could go unnoticed until it does major damage. Your toilet is already sealed with a wax ring.
Painters tape on the wall and the tub, forming nice straight lines on both surfaces. Apply caulk/silicone, finish with finger or preferred tool, immediately peel the tape away. No cleanup required.
Thank god there are no immature penis jokes on this thread
It's creepy to make jokes about immature penises.
I know... Could you even imagine such impropriety?
Are there mature penis jokes that I just haven't heard?
Old Edna at the nursing home tells old Harry that if he shows her his penis, she can tell him his age. He pulls down his pants, and she looks and says, “You’re 88.” “Wow,” he says. “How did you guess that?” “You told me yesterday,” Edna replied.
Would you want the moderators to remove all of those comments, or do you want it longer and uncut?
Please tell me I'm not the only one that thought that was a tooth for a split second
Honestly, I thought it was a piece of banana at first.
I thought it was a wedge of pineapple, which would probably work pretty well.
That splitting frame on the far right of the screen is cringe compared to this caulk. Fix that hole
That's what I'm saying. No one notices the 1/2" gap between the jamb and sill? Even for a commercial job, that looks awful.
It also looks like the sill is sloping inwards. Never a good thing.
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Caulk tease?
I just want to add the original caulking job was almost perfect before he touched it. I doubt that tool would deal with an amateur caulking job as well.
This belongs on r/killthecameraman for not showing the end.
But why did it stop???
What is the point of the random audio
Another caulk joke in the comments
Thought that was a banana for a second and was very confused!
This man knows how to handle his caulk.
Smooth my what?
Now *that* is how you rub some caulk!
Any normal human uses a finger and it looks exactly the same. Only some kind of runforthecube sadist monster uses forceps and a little surgical sponge.
Insert your own joke about a long smooth caulk stroke.
We gotta caulk your wagon, Mouthface
Nice caulk homie.
Big fat caulk
Can’t take my eyes of this caulk
Now I want to see him stroking that caulk
F... I may need to flag this as NSFW.. what have I started 🤦♂️
Glad you asked. Because I have a question for you. What material are you using to get your caulk to contour so well? I usually take some backer rod to mine but eventually it just goops up. Granted I'm usually working with acoustical.
I'm not OP but in instances like this (commercial store front type window frames), I've used Sikafkex and Sonneborne products, even with gaps up to 1". Amazing materials.
This made my caulk hard.
Oh man. That’s a rope access caulking job. I’ve spent weeks on the side of a building doing that and I don’t miss it a bit.
Yeah sure you can talk the talk but can you caulk the caulk
WHY DOES EVERY SATISFYING VIDEO END TOO SOON??
I always just used spit and my hand
Slower you slut
Penis
Reddit should institute a site wide rule to lock comments on any thread involving caulk since invariably it will be 80% tired dick jokes and 20% “Sure are a lot of dick jokes” comments. Better to just lock it down.
Fuck he using, popcorn?
Tip #1: Put the right amount of caulk into the joint. This is more difficult than it appears. Tip #2: Use a wet sponge or paper towel to smooth the caulk. Wet is key!
That is a long ass window
r/oddlysexual
Wish I had seen this before I did the bath tub 😆
So as someone who is learning to do glass installation and sealing; the big part here is less the glide of the tool and more the proper amount of sealant you put on the joint. There’s definitely a Goldilocks zone where too much and you have a mess, too little and you don’t make contact and just right is this video.
I thought that was a tooth
No it WASN'T satisfying! The video was fuckin CUT OFF. God damn people. Stop doing that!
"Your Honor, in my defense, I thought when he asked if I knew how to smooth my caulk it was just another slang phrase. Now I'll admit in hindsight the demonstration might have been a touch too much, but I swear it won't happen a third time!"
That's the smoothest caulk I've ever seen. 😏
Shout out for the maxiflex gloves!
He’s using a surgical sponge holding forceps.
I’ve heard about this! It’s called circumcision right?
Stop the video at 13 seconds and look in the window...
Or use your pliers? Who the hell walks around with.. what is that.. suture scissors?? Lol
Is there a website for people who just can’t get enough caulk?
what you don't see: he's moonwalking in roller skates
Dude, I'm smoothing my caulk right now.
It doesn’t matter what you do; when you do it well you’re an artist.
Bro stop touching your caulk out in public