STOP Throwing Away Half-Used Dried-Up Caulk Tubes! How To Fix It To Last Forever!

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You can teach an old dog new tricks, I'm 69 years old and this young guy just taught me something new. Great lesson!

Congratulations. Finally someone with exceptionally communication skills and the ability to explain something in straight forward and plain language. Excellent instructor and instructive video. Thank you and keep up the great work.

Our suggestion is to use what my Dad taught us to go 1) Use a tight fitting screw to seal tubes for short term storage (a few days). 2) If long term storage is needed, we pack them in an old fridge that keeps them cold. Six months later, we can still use the tubes as new. Hope this simple idea helps someone out.

I've also used wire nuts as caps for these types of tubes. Very easy and inexpensive to use!

I push a couple dabs of vaseline down into the nozzle. Works every time, and haven't had it fail yet. Keeps it air tight.

A solution to one of my real annoyances! I don't care to think of how many tubes I have discarded believing them to be useless. Thank you for the advice!

Thank you so much for these solutions! I’ve battled dried out caulk tubes for many years.

For years I've been frustrated by leftover caulk drying up, even when I've used long nails, which sometimes rusts; I ordered some 3" long plastic golf tees and that solved my problem. I like that they work and they slide out of the caulk tube easily.

Thanks a bunch for this info, my man! I’ve left so much money on the table by throwing away, partially used caulking tubes

Exactly what I needed for this weekend projects! Excellent tips. Thank you for sharing!

You bet it was SUPER HELPFUL!! Where were you some 70 years ago when I first started working with caulking tubes? Muchas Gracias Senior!! what a SUPERB VIDEO!!

Great video young man. Great research. Great demonstrations. The tubes are a problem as I don't ever need all the caulk when I do small jobs around the house. It is really troublesome to use caulk without a caulking gun so the large tubes are better than the tooth paste versions that require He Man strength to squeeze the product out and because of this, it does not come out in a uniform stream. The smaller "tooth paste like dispensers" which are cheaper because they have less caulk are also messy. However, as you have demonstrated the large tubes can be wasteful to buy because the tip dries up before all the caulk is used up. But now I see there are a number of great solutions to this problem.

Folks like you make me really appreciate smart people. Thanks.

Here in the UK nearly all mastic tubes have screw on nozzles, so when one has dried out, you just change it for a new one. The dried out nozzle seals off the mastic inside the main tube and it could last for over a year on most tubes.

You just saved a bunch of space in our landfills. Thank you.

Great video! In a pinch, I have tunneled through the hardened caulk/Liquid Nails to allow the remaining good stuff to exit the tube. I used a drill bit that's about 4" long.

These are great ideas for saving used tubes of caulking. Thanks for sharing. I've had to throw away many half used tubes in the past. Now I know what to do.

My dad owned a painting business in the 80s and 90s in Florida. When I go down to visit him he showed me a trick. Depending on how big of a hole you cut out of the tube. You get a wire nut and screw it on and just squirt just enough to seal that little end up inside the wire nut. I’ve been doing that for as long as I can remember. And just now a year and a half later I go out take the wire nut off squeeze the handle and look the tube still working properly.

AWESOME video! Thanks for the information!! I'm a DIY guy and I am constantly wasting half used tubes of caulk!