Silcone some now, then some more a bit later.

[Albumen]

I'm trying to do as much of the tiling round the bath with the bath out.

So in some places (tiles to ceiling and vertical tiled corner) I want to silicone now. But later there'll be a bit more to add to those lines. Will that work OK. Will new silicone stick to (let's say) week old silicone?

Thanks.

 

[jctilingservices]

I'm trying to do as much of the tiling round the bath with the bath out.

So in some places (tiles to ceiling and vertical tiled corner) I want to silicone now. But later there'll be a bit more to add to those lines. Will that work OK. Will new silicone stick to (let's say) week old silicone?

Thanks.

best way forward with that is to complete the tiling around bath then seal, new silicon will adhere to old silicon but not 100%.

Are you tiling floor to ceiling, or bath height to ceiling ? because either way i cannot see a problem with completing the tiling because as you say " the bath is out"

A little tip for you, check your corners to make sure they are not way out, you dont want to finish tiling the area to put the bath in only to find a big gap on 1 side of the bath

 

[Albumen]

The tiling is 80% done. Everything I could do with the bath out, so from one course above the bath up to the ceiling, and not done the last row at each end (as I need the bath in to do the tile edging).

Just that it would be easier to do the silicone before I fix the bath, the shower riser, the curtain rail. In fact it would be a PITA to do the silicone with all that lot in the way. Thing is I can't actually do the last bit in the corner down to the bath, or the last 20 cm of the tiles to ceiling join. So I'll be 'restarting' the silicone line. Not too worried about the ceiling joint, but the corner is a bit more critical, leakwise.

Would it be ok to cut the last inch off the older silicone, just to get to uncured stuff?

 

[jctilingservices]

Would it be ok to cut the last inch off the older silicone, just to get to uncured stuff?

dont understand what you mean mate, if you leave silicon a couple of days, its ALL fully cured, there will be NO uncured silicon if its been left overnight

 

[Albumen]

Ah right, I see.

Ok, so if i do part of a silicon joint then stop, then start again a few days later will the 'new' silicone stick to the 'old' silicone well enough to make a watertight joint, do you think?

 

[jctilingservices]

Ah right, I see.

Ok, so if i do part of a silicon joint then stop, then start again a few days later will the 'new' silicone stick to the 'old' silicone well enough to make a watertight joint, do you think?

personally, if you have made your mind up to do it in stages i would at least start and finish a full run, not stop halfway along a wall, so if you stop at corners the next run of silicon will set fine for you