Caulk Savers are these thin orange doohickeys that you insert into opened caulk tubes to plug them up. In addition to the plugging-action, the long stem of a Caulk Saver creates a channel in a caulk tube, preventing the caulk from drying up and clogging the neck of the tube.
The Caulk Saver’s dual-action of sealing a caulk tube to outside air and preventing tough clogs from the inside should help keep your opened tubes fresh and ready to use.
We’re actually in the later stages of a 12-week test of these Caulk Savers, so keep an eye out for our full review. For a little over $1 each, a single Caulk Saver costs a lot less than having to run out and buy a whole new tube of caulk.
Caulk Savers via Amazon
Caulk Savers via McFeelys
Product Info via Caulk Savers
This falls into the category of “why didn’t I think of that?”
Those look very interesting.
I have been using these for about 4 months now and love them: http://littleredcap.com/ The little red caps seem to be less messy but the caulk saver looks like a winner too, I may have to try them out.
As someone who is quite concerned about keeping the ‘ol caulk fresh, I’d love to see someone develop, say, a stretchy, clear polymer sleeve that could be stretched over the caulk if you found yourself using your caulk in high-risk types of activities. I suppose this is a reasonable-enough measure, certainly a good start.
I’ve seen Little Red Caps before, and for the most part I’ve heard great things about them. It’s hard to say whether one system is better than the other since they go about accomplishing the same thing in pretty different ways.
Alex, I cannot tell if you’re referring to what I think you’re very subtly referring to! Are you talking about latex finger cots?
Those look okay but I recently bought these caulk tube plugs from Sears called the Twist-n-Seal. It’s Made in the USA not China and they actually work great. I got three for less than two bucks.
I have always just used a 3″ screw and put it in the tip of the caulk tube. even though this works, i always have a hard time getting the dried stuff out before i get to the fresh caulk. this has to be better than my method!
You folks should check out this caulking cap with puncture feature called SmartCap. An awesome product distributed throughout Canada.