DeWalt 18v caulking gun

[Grahams]

Has anyone used this or similar? Are they any good? I’m quoting on a job with 1km of mastic to put in. Don’t think I’m up to squeezing that much through a manual gun.
I already have some DeWalt tools so have the batteries already.
https://products.dewalt.co.uk/powertools/productdetails/catno/DCE580N/
Thanks
Graham

 

[V8Druid]

didn't @fred have one of these for sale recently?

Take it you got that ply wall job then with 1 klik of joints to fill

 

[Shovelhands]

I’ve got a Makita version, honestly, it’s not an everyday tool, but it’s one of the most useful bits of kit I have! Definitely well worth investing in. I don’t know about the DeWalt, but mine only came with a 600mm foil pack setup, I have since invested in the standard tube setup to compliment the gun, bit of a faff to change, but only a few minutes and makes it into a much more useful tool.
Definitely recommend it.

 

[Grahams]

didn't @fred have one of these for sale recently?

Take it you got that ply wall job then with 1 klik of joints to fill

Haven’t got the job. They have only now got round to deciding how they want it fixed. Initially it was said that mastic was not suitable as it had not been ballistically tested, but common sense has now taken over when they realised refixing all the wood with no gaps would only lead to problems again when it expanded or contracted.
They have specified the exact type they want, so that is easy, but I have to guess how much I need. Had a quick work out distances and there is approximately 1000m of joints, so that is a lot of masticing. Some gaps are only narrow, but others you can get your fingers in. As I say, didn’t fancy trying to do that amount by hand. On line reviews are good, but at about £240 per gun (I’d want two) I was interested to hear if anyone else had used one.
Graham

 

[Stubota86]

Haven’t got the job. They have only now got round to deciding how they want it fixed. Initially it was said that mastic was not suitable as it had not been ballistically tested, but common sense has now taken over when they realised refixing all the wood with no gaps would only lead to problems again when it expanded or contracted.
They have specified the exact type they want, so that is easy, but I have to guess how much I need. Had a quick work out distances and there is approximately 1000m of joints, so that is a lot of masticing. Some gaps are only narrow, but others you can get your fingers in. As I say, didn’t fancy trying to do that amount by hand. On line reviews are good, but at about £240 per gun (I’d want two) I was interested to hear if anyone else had used one.
Graham

Have you considered getting a mastic pointer in?

We get them in on anything we can now cos the speed and finish is hard to beat

 

[Grahams]

Have you considered getting a mastic pointer in?

We get them in on anything we can now cos the speed and finish is hard to beat

Do you want to expand a bit. Is it some kind of high speed caulking gun?
Graham

 

[V8Druid]

Haven’t got the job. They have only now got round to deciding how they want it fixed. Initially it was said that mastic was not suitable as it had not been ballistically tested, but common sense has now taken over when they realised refixing all the wood with no gaps would only lead to problems again when it expanded or contracted.
They have specified the exact type they want, so that is easy, but I have to guess how much I need. Had a quick work out distances and there is approximately 1000m of joints, so that is a lot of masticing. Some gaps are only narrow, but others you can get your fingers in. As I say, didn’t fancy trying to do that amount by hand. On line reviews are good, but at about £240 per gun (I’d want two) I was interested to hear if anyone else had used one.
Graham

going to kill a few batteries a day doing that Gra ... does anyone do an air powered jobbie? know you'd have a hose to contend with but'd be a continuous operation ..... that will be some volume of mastic to squirt

LOL ... wrote this hours ago and forgot to post it

 

[Stubota86]

Sorry

Do you want to expand a bit. Is it some kind of high speed caulking gun?
Graham

Sorry mate I mean a guy/company that only does mastic pointing

 

[fred]

Haven’t got the job. They have only now got round to deciding how they want it fixed. Initially it was said that mastic was not suitable as it had not been ballistically tested, but common sense has now taken over when they realised refixing all the wood with no gaps would only lead to problems again when it expanded or contracted.
They have specified the exact type they want, so that is easy, but I have to guess how much I need. Had a quick work out distances and there is approximately 1000m of joints, so that is a lot of masticing. Some gaps are only narrow, but others you can get your fingers in. As I say, didn’t fancy trying to do that amount by hand. On line reviews are good, but at about £240 per gun (I’d want two) I was interested to hear if anyone else had used one.
Graham

I still have it, it will save you LOADS of time. On Its highest setting you nearly have to run to keep up with it. It also has a fillable tube as you wont be wanting to buy tubes I'm guessing.

 

[Grahams]

I still have it, it will save you LOADS of time. On Its highest setting you nearly have to run to keep up with it. It also has a fillable tube as you wont be wanting to buy tubes I'm guessing.

Thanks for the imput. I looked back through the classifieds but couldn't see the advert. The specified material only comes in tubes, so will need it to work like a normal mastic gun.
Graham

 

[Grahams]

Sorry
Sorry mate I mean a guy/company that only does mastic pointing

Didn't know such people existed. Unfortunately the logistics are a bit awkward to sub it out. It is about a 16 hour round trip for a site meeting and they will need the right level of security clearence. I will price it assuming we are doing the work, but will investigate specialists if we get it.
Graham

 

[fred]

Thanks for the imput. I looked back through the classifieds but couldn't see the advert. The specified material only comes in tubes, so will need it to work like a normal mastic gun.
Graham

it takes normal tubes as well.

 

[Grahams]

it takes normal tubes as well.

I genuinely couldn’t find the advert, so don’t know the details. What model is it and how much do you want for it?
Thanks
Graham

 

[V8Druid]

I genuinely couldn’t find the advert, so don’t know the details. What model is it and how much do you want for it?
Thanks
Graham

https://www.planttalk.co.uk/threads/christmas-cleanout-for-sale.344/

 

[Grahams]

https://www.planttalk.co.uk/threads/christmas-cleanout-for-sale.344/

Thanks, foolishly I was looking in classifieds. Still can’t see the model number though.
Graham

 

[Brendan]

Didn't know such people existed. Unfortunately the logistics are a bit awkward to sub it out. It is about a 16 hour round trip for a site meeting and they will need the right level of security clearence. I will price it assuming we are doing the work, but will investigate specialists if we get it.
Graham

Yeah it's a thing, mastic men and apparently the guys on sites are on £200+ a day on pricework

 

[Russell]

I know a mastic a mastic man. It's definitely a skill so I'm not surprised it's good money.

 

[Grahams]

Just used the mastic gun - 227 tubes of mastic in under a day and a half. Trust me, if you have a lot of mastic to do buy one. I was only running it at less than half speed as the access platform was like being up the mast of a sailing ship. I didn’t want to rush about. Fantastic bit of kit. Where it is continuous pressure you get a nice smooth bead right to the end of the tube.

 

[fred]

yep they are good, on full speed its almost a water pistol!