Re: Installalation Tips and Tools

["Jim" <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

Frank Olson wrote:
> bdolph wrote:
> > Some nice caulking tips.  Reminds me of the fun of installing up north
> > in the cold weather.
>
>
> Putting a tube of caulk in the microwave could be dangerous (most have
> metal ends that don't react well).  In Alberta (where I did a lot of
> installs), we used to put the tubes right on the van's defroster.  They
> were nice and warm by the time we got to the job site.  Another trick
> (on pre-wires) was to place the tubes (and several boxes of wire) in
> front of the propane heaters the contractor would set up.  Pulling
> station Z when it's minus 20 ain't pretty...  :-)

Usually only silicon comes in metal tubes. I've been using the acrylic
and it always comes in the all plastic tubes.  By the way, I'm not
talking tubes that go into a caulking gun. I'm talking the little
tubes.  And anyway. Nowdays with micro waves with the metal shelves in
them are usually able to take metal object as long as they don't have
sharp corners. Like when you want to warm up chicken wings or legs.
wrap the ends in foil so they don't get like a rock. Works pretty good.
Old micros had a lot of problems with metal. New ones not so much.