Recommend a good bath sealant please

Jeepers_Creepers

I wonder if what Ferry is referring to as 'thin' are the two sides of the beading as it makes contact with the bonding surfaces? If he uses a finger to form the bead shape, he'll end up with a concave profile with both sides of this bead tapering to virtual zero as they smear on to the wall and pottery. I wouldn't be surprised if this rubs off easily with cleaning.

Ferry, try the '45o bevel' profile and you should end up with a gorgeous, solid, crisp and well-attached bead with no lift-off :-) 

fifthofwhisky

Depending on your surfaces you might want to look at stick on finishing trims designed for that purpose. I have a similar job to do and plan to investigate accordingly. I've found that silicone does tend to get mould after some time. I think the trims might be easier to keep looking good (as it's a pain to redo the silicone job).

neilmcl

fifthofwhisky said:

Depending on your surfaces you might want to look at stick on finishing trims designed for that purpose. I have a similar job to do and plan to investigate accordingly. I've found that silicone does tend to get mould after some time. I think the trims might be easier to keep looking good (as it's a pain to redo the silicone job).

I can't think of anything that looks worse, not to mention cheap, than those stick on trims.

Apodemus

A lot of good advice to follow.  One other thing I would add is to apply the sealant with the bath full of water, otherwise the sealant may distort with the weight of water and occupant in the bath after it has set.