Where is the love for MS polymer sealants?
Trevor_Lambert
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I only recently discovered this category of caulking, because most retail stores don’t carry it. I tried it out on a few different surfaces and conditions, and am very impressed. Virtually no odour, owing to the fact it is solvent free. The workability and lack of messiness is second to none. It adheres as well as anything I’ve used and better than most. Seems to be much stronger than silicone. Is there something I’m missing as to why this is not more popular? It’s on the expensive side, but in the same general ballpark as polyurethane (which works well, but is nasty and messy and has ridiculously long cure time).
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Trevor, I just learned about these too, so I can't give an opinion on them but wondering what brands you found available and where? Local lumber yard, Big Box, on line order?
The brand I found is Xcel. I think it's a UK company, with a sales office in Canada, not sure about the US. I happened upon it at Home Hardware; there was a separate display away from the caulking section, so if you came in specifically looking for caulking you wouldn't see it. This goes a long way to explaining their poor sales; when I pointed out that most it was expired they said they got it in on a trial basis and it mostly just sat there. I expect if I want to buy it again I'll be doing it online and paying a much higher price.