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Caulking gun technique I had backwards for 6 years, a window trim job in Phoenix exposed it
I always pushed the trigger while pulling the gun toward me, figured that was how everyone did it. A buddy watched me work on my back porch last month and asked why I was dragging the bead instead of pushing it ahead of the nozzle. Now I get clean lines on the first pass, no more smearing with my finger. Has anyone else found out they had a basic tool grip backwards for ages?
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wesley_fox921mo ago
Wait, is anybody else using the trigger with their pinky and ring finger instead of their index? I switched to that grip years ago for a different reason, arthritis, and it forced me to push the gun ahead naturally because my wrist angles different. The drag versus push thing is just a symptom, the real fix is how you hold the damn tool in the first place.
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Dragging the bead" hits different, it's wild how we stick with wrong habits just because nobody ever calls them out.
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