Wednesday, June 17, 2020

HOW TO LOAD A BULK CAULK GUN

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Many people who pick up a bulk gun for the first time get frustrated.  Why?  Because it is messy and it requires some practice. So, what...
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Monday, May 7, 2018

How to Tool Sealants in Horizontal Joints

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The best advice we can pass along for tooling sealants in saw cut and expansion joints in concrete slabs comes from Wayne BelCher from Unit...
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Tuesday, August 2, 2016

The Best Just Keeps Gettin' Better!™

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The Best Just Keeps Gettin' Better!™   B12S20 Sausage Gun More than just a catch phrase, The Best Just Keeps Gettin' Bette...
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Tuesday, July 5, 2016

How to Release a Jammed Manual Gun

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If you are like many sealant and adhesive users, you have probably pulled hard on the trigger of a manual gun in order to dispense the last ...
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Friday, July 11, 2014

Which is the better tool for powered dispensing, Cordless or Air?

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When your sealant or adhesive dispensing project would benefit from a powered tool how do you choose between cordless, battery and air...
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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Grouting and Pointing

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Many bulk caulk guns can be used to dispense grout and mortar.  20 oz capacity guns seem to be the most popular for this application, but la...
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Why does my caulking gun drip?

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Dripping, or run-on, from a caulk or adhesive dispensing gun, is caused by several different factors. Some can be minimized by the design ...
Sunday, January 9, 2011

The Equation F=PA

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Why do we have so many different types of tools, and how do we select the right tool for the right application? This is one of the hardest ...
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Monday, December 13, 2010

Age before Beauty

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This is bragging rights.... a tool came back to Albion just the other day in need of a new trigger. The tool was built in June of 1992 an...
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Monday, March 8, 2010

The Basic Cartridge Gun

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The caulking gun gets a bad rap because of the occasional user of the cartridge gun. Someone who has to fix a leak around their bath tu...
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Monday, February 22, 2010

Bulk Loading Low Viscosity Material

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It is not difficult to load very liquid materials into a standard bulk gun. The biggest issue is that once loaded, removing the tool from ...
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Mixing Two (or more) Component Sealants Efficiently

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At the World of Concrete trade show, Albion provided live demonstrations showing some of the tricks to the trade. A helpful trick which w...
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Sausages Part III: The mess!!!

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Simply put, you have to take care of your tool when dealing with material packaged in a sausage. We have found that it is easier for someo...
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Sausages Part II: The Go/No-Go Gauge

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Albion provides material manufacturers a set of go and no/go gauges FREE OF CHARGE to insure that sausages are made consistently and will ...
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Friday, January 29, 2010

Loading a Sausage Gun with an oversize sausage pack

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Production is never perfect. Periodically there is a malfunction within the process and the sausage is oversize. Generally sp...
Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Sausages Part I: How they are made.

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Watch this interesting video showing you how a Sausage is filled. The process is significantly faster than the process of fil...

Sausage Package For Dispensing Sealants

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A Sausage (also known as a Chub or Sachet) is sealant or adhesive packaged in a Mylar bag. They are dispensed with full barrel tools. T...
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Sunday, January 24, 2010

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I have heard numerous excuses to not attend the World of Concrete Trade show and none of them seem justifiable. When you don’t come,...
Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Smooth Rod Caulk Gun & "Dripless"...... What happens

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This graph is interesting to talk about. It illustrates the measured results of a standard smooth-rod drive tool versus a similar driples...
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Friday, January 8, 2010

Trade organizations which may bring value to you….. next is FCIA

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What is Firestop? It is sealant that hopefully is never used but when it is needed (during a fire) it does its job and saves lives. It i...
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