Greg Cook
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I've been doing a bunch of remodeling in my house and have had the need to use a caulk gun from time to time. Mine was the standard metal, squeeze handle, leak when you're done kind you get at the Borg for a couple of bucks. I think I have had 2 or 3 in just the last year or so as they always seem to crap out just when I really needed them. The last one, a blue model, had the handle get sticky on me. I would get one pull done and have to stop, push the handle back out and begin again. This made my latest project, caulking after putting up crown molding, a long and frustrating job.
I went to my local Miller Paint store (employee owned local chain) to get some more wall paint...and I found exactly what I was looking for in a caulking gun.
The gun is made of plastic/composite material, has a rubber handle and is very smooth. It has a built-in caulk tube tip cutter and a long wire rod to unplug the tip, if necessary, that folds into the handle. When you stop pulling on the handle, it releases the pressure on the pusher rod just slightly. This stops the flow of caulk and the tube doesn't leak!
http://www.dripless.com/
The gun was $12...but works so well, is so light and smooth, I'm just sorry I didn't get one sooner.... 3 ~ 4 cheap ones sooner.
I went to my local Miller Paint store (employee owned local chain) to get some more wall paint...and I found exactly what I was looking for in a caulking gun.
The gun is made of plastic/composite material, has a rubber handle and is very smooth. It has a built-in caulk tube tip cutter and a long wire rod to unplug the tip, if necessary, that folds into the handle. When you stop pulling on the handle, it releases the pressure on the pusher rod just slightly. This stops the flow of caulk and the tube doesn't leak!
http://www.dripless.com/
The gun was $12...but works so well, is so light and smooth, I'm just sorry I didn't get one sooner.... 3 ~ 4 cheap ones sooner.