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Re: Broken/Replacement Shower Faucet
Reply #25 –
I stand corrected. There was caulk underneath the old base plate. Nothing of it stuck to the base plate but all of it is still on the shower cabin wall and left a nice, regular pattern there (which I thought to be part of the wall).

I guess I should get some caulk remover and get the old caulk off. Does is matter whether I use i. e. "Dap 18026 Caulk-Be-Gone" or "Goof Off Foam and Caulk Remover" or is there a different "preferred" product around?
2001 26.5 Mid-Bath
Re: Broken/Replacement Shower Faucet
Reply #26 –
My faucet had caulk under the base plate, from the factory.  However, I would think that the base plate, if flexible, should form an adequate seal without caulk.  Further, if you put it on without caulk and it leaks, you could add caulk easily in the future.

Ken F in NM
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Re: Broken/Replacement Shower Faucet
Reply #27 –
I would think if one was installing anything in a very wet area, some kind of calk would be a must. What kind, I'm not sure but Dap has a pretty good line of products.
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Re: Broken/Replacement Shower Faucet
Reply #28 –
Caulk may be desirable, but a soft rubber-like plastic gasket, such as my base plate, pulled against the smooth shower stall inner wall by the edges of the faucet and the retaining nuts behind the wall, should be water-tight enough that one would not HAVE to use caulk.  If there are any surface deformities - a scratch, a nick, then caulk would fill that.  That is why I used it, and why Nick may not need to do so.

Nick, removing the old caulk - I used (carefully) a single edged razor blade at a very low angle.  When done, I saw no residue but I could feel some lumps and bumps.  Some vigorous rubbing with a dry cloth, and it felt clean to me.

Ken F in NM
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