Boy, was I bummed to wake up this morning to discover that last night's glorious caulk victory had turned, in a mere 11 hours, to this:
At first, I thought the caulk had separated as it dried, but careful examination showed that no, the caulk itself was intact, but discoloration (rust?) had leaked through! I was filled with despair until I noticed that the discoloration extended exactly across the front of the sink and halfway along the left side...the same location, coincidentally, that I had used the first tube of caulk; the places where I had used the second tube, of a different brand, were the same divine white they were when I went to bed.
Fortunately scraping out not-quite-set 11-hour-old caulk is a much easier job than 20 year old caulk-turned-sedimentious-rock, so I cleared it out, let it try, and tried again. Hopefully this time the pretty will last more than a day:
Lessons learned during this caulking session:
1) Use a caulking gun, NOT the caulk that comes in "easy to use" tubes. MUCH easier to control.
2) Use GE brand caulk instead of whatever-the-brand-was-in-the-tube-that-is-buried-under-a-half-bag-of-garbage.
