Designing Kitchens and Bathrooms - Caulking

I recently had a guy come out to my house to re-grout and caulk my shower. He since has been back out to my house 2 times because he did a half ass job. The other day I noticed that the caulk had starting to crack on the bottom of the shower stall. I tried calling this guy but he won’t return my calls. I’m convinced I won’t ever see him again.

So yesterday I went out to Lowes and picked up a caulk removing tool and a 6 oz. tube of Polyseamseal. I removed the old caulk and cleaned that area. However, I noticed what looked to be wet grout behind the caulk.

Do I have to completely remove the grout? Do I need to re-grout that area or can I go ahead a caulk?

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Can't say for sure if the grout needs removal [I'm a painter] but for the caulking to work/last the substrate needs to be good and dry before you apply the caulking. Any moisture behind the caulk will hamper it's ability to bond and last.

It should be pretty dry by the time I get home tonight, I just need to know if I should grout it first.

If you used the shower this morning - I doubt it will be dry enough to not interfer with the life of the caulking. A hair dryer might help speed up the drying process. If there is any moisture behind the caulk, that can be a cause for failure.

Since I am going to redo the caulk because it looked too messy, I figured I ask it again because it's a pretty big gap between the bottom tile and base of the shower stall.

Can I grout that area of the shower stall before caulking?