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Hi all, This is my first post here. I've just had my bathroom completed and have small marble Carrara (I believe) mosaic tiles up. Before they went on the wall they were quite bright and clean looking; since being installed they seem dirty and hazy in patches which I put down to grout hazing...

Hi Wonder if anyone can help me regarding an issue I have with a customers grout. We used Granfix Bahama Beige as the customer was happy with the way it blended with the tile. However when it has dried out some of it still looks darker than other parts and obviously the customer isn't very...

Hi can anyone help me please? Just grouted kitchen floor with Mapei 112 Ultra Colour Plus. The results are shocking, very patchy varying from white to dark grey. :thumbsdown: Have decided to remove this grout and start again. I don't need solutions for the patchy grout (I know you can acid...

Please help, do you reckon its efflorescence in my grout lines ? Will I have to dig out and re-grout ? or is there a quick way to resolve ?

Hi guys and gals, Tiled a bathroom with 100mm tiles using white star and then grouted a few days later with Microflex wide joint grey grout. Got a call from the customer to say it has patches of dark grey within it. Went round to have a look and it looks awful. Called Bal up who then sent...

Fuga Fresca is a polymer paint for bringing back the colour of cementitious grouted joints in floors and decorated surfaces. Applications: Fuga Fresca may also be used to eliminate irregularities in the colour of joints caused, for example, by incorrect application of the mortar, or to eliminate...

Hi, I've just had porcelain tiles laid onto concrete floor. The adhesive was PCI rapid set flexible and the grout was Bal Limestone flexible for wide joints. The problem is the grout looks very patchy in colour, as if some areas are dirty or wet. Is there any way to overcome this without...

Hey guys, On a job at the moment where another tiler has just finished the kitchen floor, 600x600 white polished porcelain on Gypsum screed. Anyway, he finished grouting over the weekend and come Monday the grout looks patchy all over, a bit like army camo effect, as though its still wet in...

This problem has been going on for months now and is driving us crazy. We had a conservatory floor laid with black galaxy tiles. The tiler did an excellent job in laying the tiles. He grouted them the same day and cleaned them off to a degree. Several days later another man turned up to seal the...

hello folks tilersforum newbie with a problem. last week we laid a filled 60 by 40 travertine floor but when we sealed it, it turned out very patchy. cant remember what kind of sealers i used but i;d never heard of it before (can find out if necessary). the sealers seemed to have soaked into...

Hi there everybody, Just wondering has anybody had any problems with Granfix grout drying patchy. Finished a large bathroom last week and the customer has been on the phone to say the grout has dried in diffferent shades. Used Granfix...

evening guys,i have to tile my mother in laws bathroom as a practise for me but the walls are full of patchy and flaky plaster, now should i rub down and skim over and if so what should i use as a skim,or will the adhesive fill all the holes and flaky patchy bits for me? cheers guys. oh and...

It seems there have been a few reports related to granfix grouts drying patchy and it might be sensible to use a different make grout for the time being. Just a warning to those that are considering using it for their jobs. Always check the poll about adhesive brands to see what is...

Hi guys, Finished grouting a room four days ago and it has dried patchy - very dark in places and almost white in others. From what I have read on here, this has happened to others with Granfix Ultimate Flex Grey grout. I have read all the advice and I think I know WHY it went wrong...