the difference between silicon and latex?

[Yrrol]

What is the difference between silicone and latex?

When I went to buy wood filler, I saw that they had an identical tube with latex filler.

Is latex filler the same thing as the latex you can buy in cartridges?

 

[Togo]

One difference between latex and silicon is that you cannot paint over silicon, which you can do with latex.

 

[lajsiiwan]

Latex should also not be used in wet areas as far as I know

 

[andersmc]

What is the difference between silicone and LaTeX

As you write it - "LaTeX" - it has nothing to do with putty. Then it is a typesetting system.

 

[Yrrol]

Well, it was Firefox that thought it should be spelled like that...

But silicone - most of them usually say they are paintable.

I'm working on my walls right now, and everyone is pointing out latex, so I got curious why latex and not a silicone one...

 

[bigsnucke]

It usually says that the silicone goo is not paintable?! I try to keep my distance from these tubes, as it's a real sticky mess... I have very rarely felt the need to use it in the house. A single bead by the kitchen counters, and that's enough... Akrylat(ex)-sealant is easier to work with.

 

[Yrrol]

The painter thought I should use silicone when sealing inside the walls, he had heard that mice liked latex?

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