One of the important steps during repair or assembly of structures is the design of the joints. It is precisely how qualitatively they will be sealed, the duration of the operation of the room, individual nodes and the preservation of their attractiveness depends. The modern building materials market allows you to choose the perfect fit sealant. Most often is a solution on silicone basis. But to get a really high-quality result, it is necessary not only to buy the right material, but also know how to use the sealant. You will learn about this from this article.

What are the advantages of silicone sealant?

To understand why silicone sealant is most often used, it is enough just to get acquainted with its main advantages - this is:

• the high degree of elasticity, which makes it possible to apply it also on moving structures, without reducing the quality of the sealing of the joints;
• excellent strength - on average, the service life of the material is about 20 years;
• beautiful adhesion that allows you to process any types of materials, including in constructions from combined parts from plastic, metal, glass, ceramics, concrete, wood;
• absolute resistance to ultraviolet;
• good data regarding the lack of destruction in any chemical impact - including when using home consumer chemistry;
• high thermal resistance threshold - the standard range is permissible temperature fluctuate from -50 ° to + 300 ° C;
• perfectly opposes the destruction during organic effects - the peculiarities of the component composition completely exclude the reproduction of the colonies of mold, fungi and other pathogenic microorganisms.
  

  Important! The preservation of all technical characteristics is possible only if the sealant is properly applying. Therefore, before proceeding to perform work with this material, be sure to read the instructions.

Where can I use silicone sealant?

Another significant advantage of the silicone is that the spectrum of applications of such sealant is indeed virtually unlimited. It is used in different directions of industry - from the assembly of equipment before mechanical engineering.

In construction using such a material, a number of the following works can be carried out:

• installation of tiles - ceramic, stone;
• sealing window openings when installing frames and boxes;
• registration of all seams during roof arrangement;
• inserting all the joints in the bathroom and the bathroom - the place of adjoining plumbing, installation of mirrors, connecting nodes of water supply and sewage pipelines, transitiones between the shower or bath and the wall.
  

  Important! This list of permissible building solutions is far from complete. In general, silicone sealant use almost all internal and external work, including when assembling furniture and other mobile structures.

How to choose a silicone sealant?

To evaluate all the advantages of your choice and fulfill all the outlined work quickly and efficiently, when buying silicone sealant, be sure to consider what it varies on:

1. The number of components is single and two-component solutions;
2. The type of base is alkaline, acid and neutral sealant;
3. Color - Many manufacturers provide a wide choice, from the usual neutral to a steel and golden shade;
4. Type of fillers - to increase adhesion, to reduce the viscosity of silicone performing an antibacterial function.
   

   Important! Find out the most suitable composition of your requirements is quite simple - carefully read the recommendations from the manufacturer on the package. All high-quality products are always a preferred use option - for external work, for bathtubs, etc. If not sure, check with the seller of the consultant, which makeup is better suitable for your task.

How to use silicone sealant?

The whole process of work consists of 3 simple stages:

1. Preparation of materials.
2. Directly use sealant.
3. Technical pause for grabbing silicone.
   

   Important! Consider the preliminary preparation of all necessary tools will allow you to quickly and gently apply sealant. Compliance with the rules of its application will provide a really high-quality result. And so the necessary technical pause before further operation will provide a long period of preserving the strength and tightness of the decorated joint.

Materials and tools for sealing joints

• clean soft rags or paper napkins;
• mounting tape;
• silicone pistol;
• a container with a sprayer filled with soap solution;
• professional degreaser or acetone or alcohol;
• special spatula for silicone to give the desired form silicone.
  

  Important! Some decide to save and do not buy spatulas, but simply roll up the whole mass of your fingers. Consider, it's not worth it to do this! First, then it is quite difficult to rain the frozen silicone from the skin. Secondly, this is a fairly caustic substance that may not just cause insignificant discomfort, but also lead to more serious consequences - allergies, skin and nails, etc.

  

  
  

Silicone consumption

When buying a consumable material, consider the number that you need to complete the completion of the sealing of the junctions 1 time. According to the standards, silicone consumption is about 300 ml on 17 rose meters with a thickness of the applied layer of 3-4 mm.

Application sealant

Proper silicone application will give a qualitative result of the sealing of the joint. Therefore, adhere to the next sequence of actions during the work:

1. Clean the seam from dirt and dust.
2. Make sure the surface is dry.
3. Moch your small amount of degreaser or alcohol.
4. Wipe the surface on which you intend to apply silicone.
5. On both sides of the seam, with an indent in the thickness of the lines of sealant, go the mounting tape.
   

   Important! This simple action you reduce the costs of your personal time on rubbing the unnecessary silicone on the excess surface area.

6. Open a tube with silicone.
7. Cut the spout.
8. Tighten the nozzle-syringe on it.
   

   Important! If you make a slice clearly according to the designated line, the seam will be very thin. If you cut off at an angle of 30-45 degrees, respectively, the thickness of applying sealant will increase.

9. Charge a tuba to a gun.
10. Press a small lever above the curcken to reduce the pressure inside the tube and prevent its constant expenditures.
11. Squeeze the sealant, pressing the lever on the gun, and immediately apply it to the desired surface.
    

    Important! Start applying silicone from the corners, keeping the gun itself under a slight tilt. Try to perform the procedure so as to apply the desired number throughout the seam site at a time or more or less evenly.

12. Square the surface of the silicone-applied soap solution.
    

    Important! Do not dilute strongly. You need literally a small amount to facilitate the molding of the seam.

13. Spatula Remove the desired line shape by pre-processing the tool with soap solution.
14. Slightly press the spatula along the line to force to provide a thick silicone adjacent to the walls.
    

    Important! Spatula in the direction "To yourself," without taking it off from the seam. The entire line must be carried out 1 time. If it did not succeed, repeat again, from the beginning of the seam.

15. Remove the mounting tape.
16. Wipe all the tools with a clean cloth, if necessary, slightly mixed it in alcohol or acetone.
17. Hold the technical pause 24 hours before the next object or surface.
    

    Important! The time of formation of the film on Silicone is standard for 20 minutes. The full curing time may vary depending on the component composition of the sealant. Therefore, to observe the time the required technical pause, be sure to specify this information on the package.

Conclusion

As you have already been convinced, it is very simple to perform sealing seams using special silicone sealant. The main condition is to buy the right, high-quality material and observe the sequence of work. In this case, you will not have to spend a lot of time and your strength at this stage of repairing your housing.