Talking to my landlord changed my whole approach to caulking

My landlord stopped by last Tuesday to check a leak in the bathroom and he mentioned he's been using silicone caulk with a 25 year rating for the last decade. I always just grabbed the cheap $4 tube from the hardware store, never thought about the lifespan difference. He said it's saved him from redoing bathrooms every 2 or 3 years, and honestly the extra $6 per tube feels worth it now. Has anyone else switched to the higher rated stuff and noticed it actually holds up better?

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elizabeth_king10d ago

Oh sure, rub it in. Here I am recaulking my tub for the third time in five years while your landlord is out here living in 2099 with his fancy space-age silicone. $10 a tube is basically the price of one decent burrito bowl, and I've been cheaping out like it's gonna buy me a second house or something. Now I gotta go redo every seam in my place because I can't un-know this information. Thanks for ruining my weekend, but also genuinely thanks because my shower was starting to look like a science experiment of mildew.