Milwaukee M18 Cordless Caulk Gun

Posted by 141drew Posted onSep 20, 2011 at 1:19 PM and filed under Reviews & Features


Milwaukee sent this over the other day… It’s a cordless caulk gun. Of course, I thought all caulk guns were cordless. Hell, I didn’t even know someone made a powered caulk gun. I recon if you are doing a large project with lots of caulk, this is the bees knees…

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Shipfittin

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That looks like a nice idea for someone that does a lot of caulking. It's way to pricey for the average DIYer. I want to say that I've seen other powered caulking guns. Could have sworn that Home Depot carried a Ryobi varient at some point.
 
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Panasonic has a cordless caulking gun for years. They're very popular with auto glass installers.
 
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i want one, i have a ton of caulking i hvae to do on the siding on my house, and doing it cleanly while on a ladder in some awkward spots with a hand tool doesnt seem like the best idea.

i think the 200 or so for the bare tool may be worth it
 
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I have an air caulk gun and it allows me to apply a more consistent bead. It took me a while to learn how much of the caulk tube tip to cut off and the PSI but now it's an indispensable item from the garage.
 
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I dont mean to pee on your parade but MILWAUKEE tools are junk ..the sawzalls and right angle drills break more then any other power tool i own. The idea is great but not this brand.
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I have a ton of Milwaukee tools, including most of the V28 cordless line, several of the M12's, a corded drill, and the 12 volt cordless version of the caulk gun.

I haven't had a single failure on any of their tools in the last 15 years.

I think the weak point on milwaukee tools are the batteries. Nothing compares to Panasonic cordless tool batteries.

Now about the caulk gun. I think 18V for one is pretty much overkill. My 12V will empty a conventional tube of caulk in no time at all. It has a pretty good range of speeds, so it's not to hard to vary the bead size.

If you are doing a lot of caulking, it is a wrist-saver - it is significantly heavier than the manual caulk gun, so that takes away from the benefit somewhat. You can buy the big tube carriage shown above, but I never bought one.
 
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Agree Milwaukee batteries are junk. I have the 18v lithium drill/ impact driver set and beats duhwalt every time but the batteries wear out too fast and need to replace them.(and not cheap either)
 
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I have a Ryobi gun that I bought when I put 18 new windows in my house.

I flat out dig that tool and the only thing I would improve is the balance. It's kinda unwieldy, even after you get comfy with it. A cool feature is how when you get off the trigger, it stops. Great control.
 
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I have a pneumatic caulk gun. It is great for a smooth even bead. And definitely can not be beat for dispensing construction adhesive especially on a cold day.
 
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I purchased the older Milwaukee cordless gun about 4 years ago to do all of my windows around my house. I first tried the simple manual ones but he caulking I used was very viscous and after one window I could see a simple carpel tunnel syndrome creeping in so I found this item. It has saved my hands for the jobs that require lots of it, but for the simple door seals the manual ones work fine.
As for the Milwaukee batteries, the one I have on mine is great. It sat on the wall hanger for two years and when I went to use it, it had plenty of power to do the job.
Batteries sitting on the charger for long periods of time or charging half drained batteries is not good for them.
 
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Skaal-tel 79 said:
This tool is ridiculous. Caulking application does not need to be sped up or powered. It needs to be done right.
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for small jobs yea, way over kill, but when you have to run through several cases of caulk thats the ticket.

i have to do alot of seam work on the siding on my house, the walls are 27ft, there are tons of corners and windows...just the time saved will make the money worth it
 
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I used to caulk alot when I did radon work. We would use anywhere from 3-50 tubes of caulk per job. There is no where a cordless caulk gun would have helped. To do the job right, do it by hand. Also that thing is quite large and would not work in some of the areas I worked in.
 
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the model shown is for the big tubes, not the 10oz ones, and they do make several differnent attachment/dispensing systems for the main tool. like i said its not a be all end all but def helpful in the right instances
 
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I've sold a lot of firestop, and and a lot of it comes in tubes, customers were always asking if we carried powered caulk guns, I could have sold tons of it if we had carried one... when you're using a hundred tubes of anything you don't want to do it all by hand. especially when the finish isn't what you're worried about because it's going to be covered by a drop ceiling, or an industrial application where it'll all be exposed anyway.
 
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I have a pretty cheap black & decker gun that has worked surprisingly well. Other than going through AA batteries really quick, it did an excellent job when replacing about 20+ windows over the past 2 years.

http://goo.gl/JpqiX
 
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Sterff said:
I used to caulk alot when I did radon work. We would use anywhere from 3-50 tubes of caulk per job. There is no where a cordless caulk gun would have helped. To do the job right, do it by hand. Also that thing is quite large and would not work in some of the areas I worked in.
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Im thinking of buying this milwaukee calk gun for my girlfriends dad. But he is a caulker by trade and i know alot of skill goes into a good job. I not sure if i would be helping or if it would be like family members buying me dollar store tools as gifts.
 
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I have been using them for years. I installed auto glass for longer than I care to admit, and power glue guns are a MUST!
 
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I have a few projects coming up where one of these, particularly the 10oz/standard construction adhesive sized tube model of this would be useful.

I already have a one M18 series tool so I'd like to stick with that battery series size.

Can any one here point me to a good source for one with a battery that is under $200 shipped?

If not, what's the best price I can expect to find on one?


Thanks
Wes
 
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