I do hate silicone. I see no advantage over using mastic 99% of the time. But for some reason that I can't fathom, installers occasionally decide that mastic doesn't work and they start using silicone again. Fortunately, I don't get quite that mad about it...
On Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at 3:04 PM Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't hate silicone. > I do prefer mastic under a lag bolt on the roof these days, but I do use > silicone on a cable entry hole. > > > On 2/18/2021 3:59 PM, Steve Jones wrote: > > I think I may be aging out of my job, spend a lot of time too pissed at > stuff. > > I came across a box of some new stuff the boss ordered for the installer > (i dont know if i ever mentioned i got a "promotion" a few years ago to a > "supervisor" position but got cucked everytime i turned around, I despise > micromanagement). Anyhow in the box was a cool elbow fro protecting cable > from varmints, that was pretty cool, i used to keep pvc and conduit to > bend, I wished i had had something like that when i was installing. > then I see it, i pile of tubes of silicone > FUCKING SILICONE > I despise silicone, it should be banned from the planet, it had its time, > like manual push mowers. > I banned this shit years ago. I put it in the garbage and remind techs to > never use it, if you want caulk, butyl. otherwise always use mastic, it > stays malleable and moves if the hole chnages for nay reason, you can pull > it, reuse it in the hole, you can paint over it, etc. silicone hardens and > all you can ever do is put more silicone on it, and if you ever came in > after a guy who doesnt believe theres such thing as enough silicone you > have a half a day jus getting through it. > > A whole box of this shit. I went ballistic. planned to call back the > headhunter tonite to get me a new job, started plotting violence in my > head. Almost walked out. > > over silicone. > > Pretty sure that level of rage is unhealthy, but so is the amount of bacon > and butter I consume, so it probably evens out. > > get off my lawn > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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