I finally figured out why my caulk lines looked so bad for years

I was redoing a bathroom in my old house last month and kept getting these lumpy, messy seams. My wife pointed out that the new tube of caulk had a diagram on the back showing you're supposed to cut the tip at a 45-degree angle, not straight across. I'd been doing it wrong for a decade. I tried it her way on a test piece of scrap trim and the bead came out smooth and even. How did I miss something that basic for so long? Has anyone else had a simple tool tip change their whole result?

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kelly_hart286mo ago

I always cut straight across too. That little diagram is a total game changer.

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ruby4946mo ago

My friend Sarah wasted half a roll trying to cut perfect triangles for her kid's craft project. I showed her the straight-across trick from that same diagram last week. She finished the project in ten minutes flat.

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