Painting - cracked caulk in door panels

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fredo
02-28-07, 10:58 AM
The shifting of the panels in the wood doors in our house has resulted in cracked caulking, etc. Any suggestions on how best to remove the old caulk prior to re-caulking?

marksr
02-28-07, 11:12 AM
Door panels are not supposed to be caulked! They are meant to 'float' in the door frame work with the changes in humidity.

You can carefully cut out the old caulk with an utility knife. Usually if you cut the sides and then get a hold of the caulk it will pull off. You will have to scrape and sand any ridges left behind.
BobF
02-28-07, 05:31 PM
I've had 6 panel doors where the movement of the panel was 1/4 inch. Don't caulk them.

slickshift
02-28-07, 08:08 PM
Yup

Ditch the caulk, nix on re-caulking