Caulk Failure
Manifestations
- The areas where caulk failed are pulled away from the painted surfaces and cracks are created
- Causes
- Poor quality of caulk
- Wrong type of caulk is being used for a certain surface and/or wrong application method
- Solutions
- Use only high quality water-based or siliconized acrylic caulk
- Do not paint over pure silicone caulk