MY FAVORITE "THINGS" (& stuff) #2

So, Suzie (ever so carefully and timidly) told me her sister Kay is coming to stay with us for a week or so... or so. Nice. Actually, it will be fun to see her. Kay and Ray live in Georgia and they don't come home to Utah very often and it has been several years since we have seen them. The problem with people coming to visit is that there is always a list of 'things and stuff' that has needed to be done for ages that now has to be done immediately! Touch up the paint, clean the pantry, get the guest bathroom ready. The problem with getting the guest bath ready? It is really not a guest bath. It is Erin's bathroom. Sami's bathroom has a nice big clawfoot soaking tub but Erin's bathroom has a shower. Do they use the tub? No. Does the shower get gross? Yes. I hate scrapping out the old caulk. It is hard to get out. It is messy. It is hot, sweaty and tiring. It never really all comes out and it takes forever!!


Finally, this brings me to my new favorite thing (for this week anyway!).

This funny looking thing is the '3-in-1 CAULK TOOL' from Husky Tools. It is distributed by Home Depot and it works like magic! Seriously! To remove the old caulk you simply push or pull the metal blade (left side above) along the seams and it cuts the caulk right out.It makes it easy to get clear into the corners and get out all of the old stuff. It also works like a scraper to remove any old discolored caulk.

The right side works as a squeegee. To replace the caulk, lay down a bead of caulk using a caulking gun or a tube. Before the caulk sets up, use the triangular rubber blade with a pulling motion to smooth it into place. The silicone rubber blade can be rotated to any of three different positions giving you a choice of a narrow, medium or wide caulk bead.

I was totally amazed. What used to take hours every time we have house guests took me less than an hour from start to finish! It gave me some much needed time to just kick back and relax and wait for our guests to arrive. Oh, just kidding. I could actually get back to touching up the paint, washing some towels. You know, 'things and stuff'....