Silicone sealant or caulk round the window frames ( upvc) after decorating?

I hate silicone sealant and was wondering if I could get away with using caulk?

 

caulk can be painted but silicone cant

 

use unibond flexible decorating filler from bq, it drys in an hour and wont crack like 99 0f other caulk,its in an orange ish tube, 3 or for quid a tube but does what it says on the tube.

 

Same sort of stuff is available from screw fix 'no nonsense gap filling caulk' or something like that - pretty cheap and easy to work with.

 

Yeah thanks guys, looked into it a bit now and plaster to upvc can use caulk no probs, upvc to upvc needs silicone so I can get away with caulk for what I want

Wish i'd have thought about it sooner, rest of the house is silicone

 

if caulk is not painted over and left it will stain and discolour within 6 months and wont clean up as new

where as silicone will last longer and when it stains/ages it can be made good as new with a solvent cleaner or nail varnish remover


food for thought

paul

 

Don't do this, it's the wrong thing to do. No paint likes silicone!

 

Cheers chaps, i'm going with what I said in post 5. I have loads of caulk round my skirting and none of it is discoulored so i'll be happy with that