hi this is Nicholas ROG the home source guy president known of source development Inc a residential and commercial construction company in garnet Ville New York and this is how to remove silicon with tile solvent now I want to emphasize the fact that if you are applying caulking or silicon to a tub or tile application you want to make sure you have a flat razor handy and remove as much access as you can right from the get-go but there are instances where you know homeowners might not be very you know used to the motions and they get a little sloppy with the application so what do you do you could try scraping the XO's excess off with a flat razor even after it dries but if you do have to use a tile solvent I'm going to walk you through it now again some of these tile solvents well most of them have precautionary measures that you really have to safeguard yourself with you know make sure you're working in a well-ventilated area make sure you're not around any sparks because this stuff is highly flammable you have to check for fastness of the material you're working with you know is it going to eat through you might have like a resin bathtub you might have some surface that will get harmed by using these these products you really want to make sure you check the labels and and work out which product is best suitable for the application you're going to use it for but I've had good luck with lacquer thinner personally it evaporates quickly this is good for this xylene here is good for resins but if you have an acrylic tub it might damage the tub so you really have to be aware of what you're doing put apply some to a rag or a sponge or a scotch brite and wipe off the excess and that was how to remove silicon using tile solvent this is nickel Sorachi the home source guy president known of source development Inc a residential commercial construction company in garna Milne York helping you build a better life we'll see you next time and reach out to me on Facebook at the home source guy