Stop Tossing Half-Used Caulk Tubes: Upcycle Your Nitrile Gloves
Every van builder or weekend DIYer knows the pain: you reach for yesterday’s caulk tube and the nozzle is rock-hard. Half the tube ends up in the trash. Meanwhile, the nitrile gloves you wore for last night’s job are in the garbage with the rest of the single-use waste.
What if one small hack could solve both problems?
Try this! snip the fingertips off the used nitrile gloves and stretch them over the caulk nozzle and tape it down. Airtight seal, saves money, and reduces waste.
Step-by-Step: Finger Caulk Cap
- After finishing the job, remove the nitrile gloves and snip off the fingers.
- Stretch the gloves finger over the nozzle and wrap a line of tape around it.
- Store the tube nose-up in a cool environment.
- Start you glove finger collection 😊
One glove = ten caps. Two gloves = twenty caps. This quickly provides you enough caps for months of touch-ups in your van conversion!