Here's a helpful construction tip for anyone working with a caulking gun in the winter. I was working with a product called Liquid Nails. Sounds like something a manicurist would use, although Construction Girls don't have silly fingernails. To use the product you first have to snip off the tip. If you have a cool gun, there's a little hole in the side that will snip the tip right off.
Once I loaded the gun with the tube of sticky adhesive, I squeezed the trigger but it would hardly budge. I tried squeezing with two hands, which made it difficult to hold the gun steady. I was afraid it was the first test of my strength as a girl on this job. Although I wished I didn't have to, I had to let Don try to squeeze out the adhesive. He too had difficulty.
Here's why.
In order to make the sticky paste squeeze out smoothly, you have to heat up the cylinder first.
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I guess I already knew that.