Guidance needed on recaulking a bathtub (old silicone caulking)

Guidance needed on recaulking a bathtub (old silicone caulking)
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answer:I always try to get everything I can off before going in with new. If the old stuff was any good, I wouldn’t be redoing it, so I don’t want to base my new work on the hope that the old stuff won’t come free and cause the same problem. Also, from an earlier questions - Do I absolutely have to remove old caulk before applying new?
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