Got a corian top with a corian bowl. Plumber is coming to set the trim next week, and it occurs to me that I don’t know if corian qualifies as “plastic”, as in “do not use plumber’s putty with plastic”. Anyone who actually knows, what would you set the tailpiece with?
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Plumbing and hardware stores sell silicon in a tube you use on fake marble showerpans and other no putty situations.
not PP.. silicone..
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Don't use plumbers putty! It will stain. Clean silicon is right.
http://www.virginiakmp.us/uploadBulletins/Permagum.pdf
Plumber putty will work. Will it stain? Probably under the lip, but unless you take the tailpeice out it wont be visible. It won't leach into the surrounding materail though. Just make sure to clean it up as it oozes out. We've been using putty for more than 15 years on Corian and never had a problem related to it. Even when the Corian sinks were a full 3/4" thick. Now you're lucky if they are 3/8"
I don't understand plumber's enchantment with that antiquated plumber's putty. After 5 years it looks like what the kids tracked in the entryway. Can somebody explain to me why they don't like clear silicone?
Fonzie:1. Because the plumber's putty works.2. Because the plumber's putty is always ready to use in the can, where as silicone hardens in the tube.3. Plumber's putty costs less.4. Plumber's putty is so much easier to use. The excess you wipe off the drain goes back into the can. No waste. Silicone is so messy to wipe up and remove from your hands.Frank DuVal You can never make something foolproof because fools are so ingenious.
What do you use around the tub spout or faucets in a bath/shower? or to bed a sink faucet?
clear silicone
I never use silicon......way to tough to remove tailpiece without crushing/destroying it......use the putty and be sure to clean up all the excess and squeeze-out......or try that permagum link, looks interesting.....
Geoff
Not heard of this before... not disputing your statement but would love to know the "why" behind it. Thanks.