You know when you remove the seal from around the bath...

[lucysmam]

& in your head it peels off, rather satisfyingly, as a continuous strip of the stuff??

Yeah, that didn't happen & now I'm trying to get rid of the little bitty bits that are left before I re-seal it 🙄

Every morning I look at the seal around my bath and know that I have to replace it. I also have that little fantasy of one strip but it will be the zillion bits.
I shall now put it off for another day - again.

Is this the bit that sits between the bath and the wall tiles?
If so, how do you get it off and reseal it? Ours is pretty grim underneath and needs some sprucing up

Good plan Hester

I'm having a break from it & wondering whether the paint scraper will help.

Make sure you fill it full of water whilst resealing it (learns from past mistake)

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Get a glass scraper works wonders especially if tiles are smooth remember to fill the bath up when you're resealing it.

Fizzy I slid a craft knife blade along it, top & bottom, & peeled...in bits 🙄

@Coldwinterahead1

Make sure you fill it full of water whilst resealing it (learns from past mistake)

Thank you for that reminder!!

I did know that, but I'd completely forgotten about it!

I'm petrified of the seal around the bath! (Or massive shower in my case).
I'm scared about removing it and scared about replacing it.
It's got to be one of the most 'simple' jobs with the potential to go completely wrong!!!!

White spirit works for removing the last bits of sealant. Put some on a cloth, rub it over the sealant, then scrape it off.

And don’t use your saliva to smooth it over afterwards! (ie. lick your finger to do it). Apparently it can cause the black spots. Found out the hard way - after our cowboy builders did it everywhere.

@Puffinhead

And don’t use your saliva to smooth it over afterwards! (ie. lick your finger to do it). Apparently it can cause the black spots. Found out the hard way - after our cowboy builders did it everywhere.

That is grim!

Don't get too precious with it, a few little bits that will be covered with new sealer won't matter. I tend to go for it being perfect then wonder why I bothered!! Good luck!

Oh goodness, it wouldn't have occurred to me to smooth it over with spit on a finger! That's just gross🤢

The taps are stupidly close to the wall so that bit's still got lots of little bits but as you say bird it'll be covered. Not looking forward to that bit!

don't get the sealant removal stuff - it turns it into nasty goop. I just use a sharp stanley knife run down one edge then the other then used to pick up an end and pull off best you can then use knife to clean edges. One you have scraped out any detrious use an antimould cleaner then apply new stuff. I cut the end of the tube at an angle to get a good layer directly in then use a glove wet the fingers and seal. Try not to get it too fine or it will easily break. Also if you are doing round a bath run a bath (cold so no steam) to weight the bath and leave water in till sealant goes off - that reduces the stress on the sealant of weight in and out of the bath

I also like masking sealant - i.e. putting masking tape down on either side of the corner and then smoothing it out between then so I can remove the tape and - assuming it's not too thick at the edge - you've got a nice neat finish.

Don't use spit - just wet fingers is fine (as I say I also use a cloth) with a damp cloth/paper towel nearby for excess

Use WD40 to remove. Spray on, leave 2/3 minutes and use the proper sealant removal tool which is very cheap and can be obtained from B&Q, Amazon and other good diy stores. It’s literally a 5 minute job with the right tools.

Yeah I thought mine would do that...did it fuck. Good luck x

@Moooooooooooooooooo I did that it still came off I little bits that I had to chip at. Had the right tools.

@Puffinhead

And don’t use your saliva to smooth it over afterwards! (ie. lick your finger to do it). Apparently it can cause the black spots. Found out the hard way - after our cowboy builders did it everywhere.

You also get those black spots even if you reseal it properly with no saliva🤔 wondering what I am doing wrong😩

Anyone else reading this as seal, the sea creature? It's much more fun.

We had woodchip on hall, stairs and landing. Did that come of in great satisfying sheets. No. No it did not.

Some really good tips on here, thanks. I've been putting off doing my shower as using sealant always stresses me out, it seems to take so long to get it neat.
I'd add - cut a hole in the nozzle a bit smaller than you think you'll need as if you make the hole too big, the stuff spreads everywhere

[quote BashfulClam]@Moooooooooooooooooo I did that it still came off I little bits that I had to chip at. Had the right tools.[/quote]
It’s getting the pressure right on that sealant tool. Most of mine comes off in long strips, not often I need to get the ‘bits’ off separately.