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I got tired of seeing the adhesive and paper residue from a sticker that was put on the center panel of my tub surround when it was packed. No idea why they put it on the front instead of the back. According to instructions, the front was supposed to have some sort of peel & stick plastic. They put it on the back instead. I was scrubbing and trying to get the sticker off, then I was searching for something else and found my mineral spirits. Worked great to get the adhesive off. I started cleaning the surround with it. Got the residue from some sort of tape they used off of the left panel. Cleaned the tub edge. Spotted some construction adhesive that must have gotten on the tub from an empty tube. Chiseled the thicker stuff off and got the rest with mineral spirits.
Then I scraped the thinset off of the exposed part of the L-bead trim with the back end of the chisel. The center panel is taller than the wrap arounds for the side so I used caulk and pieces of the tear-away strips from the L-bead trim to cover it. I'm gong to use cove molding in the corners above the surround and then above the trim.
I'm still working on a solution for gaps on the side. I think some quarter round will go fine on the edge of the left side but the right side is a different sort of transition. Since the wall is not straight there is a larger gap in the middle of the wall than on the top and bottom.
Went to Samsclub and grabbed some stuff. My back objected to lifting the cases of water. I got 2 rotisserie chickens. When I went to load my truck there were two ladies talking to a man. They were from the truck parked next to mine. One of them said "We didn't get *everything*" and one said "Yeah, we left some for her!" and gestured in my direction. It cracked me up.
I decided to leave the water in the truck for now. I took all the meat off the bones of the chickens and put it in a ziplock bag. I'll get it in the morning. Taking a break and using my heated massage pad on my back.
I was proud of myself for getting the hole drilled for the showerhead by myself and not messing it up. Nice tight fight for the shower arm.
This shows the gap I was talking about.
Before I filled the gaps:
After I scraped away the thinset & filled the gaps:
I obviously still need to do some more caulking. The tension rod will be for hanging hooks to hold loofas and back scrubbers and stuff.
I got tired of seeing the adhesive and paper residue from a sticker that was put on the center panel of my tub surround when it was packed. No idea why they put it on the front instead of the back. According to instructions, the front was supposed to have some sort of peel & stick plastic. They put it on the back instead. I was scrubbing and trying to get the sticker off, then I was searching for something else and found my mineral spirits. Worked great to get the adhesive off. I started cleaning the surround with it. Got the residue from some sort of tape they used off of the left panel. Cleaned the tub edge. Spotted some construction adhesive that must have gotten on the tub from an empty tube. Chiseled the thicker stuff off and got the rest with mineral spirits.
Then I scraped the thinset off of the exposed part of the L-bead trim with the back end of the chisel. The center panel is taller than the wrap arounds for the side so I used caulk and pieces of the tear-away strips from the L-bead trim to cover it. I'm gong to use cove molding in the corners above the surround and then above the trim.
I'm still working on a solution for gaps on the side. I think some quarter round will go fine on the edge of the left side but the right side is a different sort of transition. Since the wall is not straight there is a larger gap in the middle of the wall than on the top and bottom.
Went to Samsclub and grabbed some stuff. My back objected to lifting the cases of water. I got 2 rotisserie chickens. When I went to load my truck there were two ladies talking to a man. They were from the truck parked next to mine. One of them said "We didn't get *everything*" and one said "Yeah, we left some for her!" and gestured in my direction. It cracked me up.
I decided to leave the water in the truck for now. I took all the meat off the bones of the chickens and put it in a ziplock bag. I'll get it in the morning. Taking a break and using my heated massage pad on my back.
I was proud of myself for getting the hole drilled for the showerhead by myself and not messing it up. Nice tight fight for the shower arm.
This shows the gap I was talking about.
Before I filled the gaps:
After I scraped away the thinset & filled the gaps:
I obviously still need to do some more caulking. The tension rod will be for hanging hooks to hold loofas and back scrubbers and stuff.