I am kinkshaming your weatherproofing supplies

[metaphortunate]

You may remember that I made some pathetic efforts to silicone caulk around the back door recently, and the Junebug was fascinated; therefore, he easily identified what the handyman we saw out the train window this morning was doing.

"LOOKIT!" he announced loudly, to the entire train car. "HE HAS A CAULK GUN! MAMA, LOOKIT ALL THAT PINK CAULK!"

It was indeed, for some reason, possibly only for the amusement of those around small children, bright pink caulk.

Comments

[glaurung]

Bright colours on caulk, spray foam, etc, make it easier for the building inspector to visually confirm the the stuff has been applied as required. Ditto for a lot of other construction materials -- it's gaudy so you can tell it's there, and easily see gaps, holes, rips, etc.

[metaphortunate]

I suppose I'm only used to fire caulk being bright red! That makes sense, though.

Harimad here

[(Anonymous)]

There are some products - such as spackle - that start out colored, then turn white when dry/cured. For some reason, pink is a popular color for this.

Re: Harimad here

[metaphortunate]

Useful!

[azurelunatic]

Oh, very sensible!

[spuffyduds]

Thaat is glorious.

[jrtom]

See, this is one reason why being a parent (or, at least, being around children) can be awesome: it gives one occasion--and license--to laugh uproariously at things like that.

[jesse_the_k]

"Kinkshaming Your Caulk" would be an AOK band name.