Pl sealant stuck

[Parrot lady]

Is there a secret of getting the pl sealant out of the tube? I've bought 2 different tubes and they were both hard

 

[JRS]

Polyurethane can be thicker than the average sealant but should not be hard unless it sat on the shelf too long.

 

[Parrot lady]

I ordered one from Amazon and got the other from home depot. They had to be old! Lol. I thought about laying them out in the sun to warm the tube but I don't think that would have worked. Thanks

 

[addy1]

I usually put mine in the sun to make it easier to remove from the tube. If you can't easily push a wire into the stuff in the tube than it is hardened.

 

[mrsclem]

You do have to open the tube with a nail or screw, the tube is sealed and needs to be punctured prior to 1st use. I have been able to use tubes that had been opened by cutting the tube and getting the sealant out with plastic knife.

 

[poconojoe]

As stated, and you may already know this...after cutting the tip of the tube off, you need to send a nail or stiff wire into it to puncture the seal.

Agree with mrsclem. If I have a tube that seems to have gone bad and hardened, I'll take a razor knife and cut open the tube. Sometimes there's enough in the middle that's still useable and I'll scoop it out with something like a putty knife.

 

[Parrot lady]

Thank you all!

 

[addy1]

WEAR GLOVES! That stuff is miserable to get off your hands. Mineral spirits works the best.

I had some other stuff in a tube, forgot about puncturing the seal................did I push before my mind went you idiot!