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    Preparing Trav for grouting - are you guys using a tile cleaner?

    ..or just a rinse with good old water . It's filled and honed and I have been working clean . Is there any need to use a specific cleaner before sealing ? Thanks for any help . Dave
    • Davesax
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    • aus cleaner grout grouting preparing tile tile grout usa
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    Grouting advice needed for small glass mosaics

    Hi all. I have a problem with some small mosaic glass tiles. The glass mosaics are 8mm thick and are small 15mm x 15mm. I have tiled a bath base and complete shower with them. I have also tiled the entire bathroom including floor with 300mm x 600mm porcelain tiles. The customer brought all the...
    • budbecks
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    • advice aus glass glass mosaics grout grouting mosaic mosaic tiling mosaics needed small tile grout usa
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    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  3. C

    Quartz Tiles dull after grouting with mapeei epoxy grout

    Have laid quartz tiles down and grouted ,cleaned off grout as we went,theres now a bit of a dull finish on them but really sparkly when wet.Any ideas?
    • chrislew
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    • aus epoxy epoxy grout grout grouting quartz tile tile grout tiles usa
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    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    grouting problem

    new tiles laid down - still after 2 months brownish colour coming off on trousers of baby crawling even though i had washed floors - finally found out that if you wiped grouting with white damp cloth it changed to brown. SPecialist from tile shop came said the tiler had added too much water...
    • bousoulas
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    • aus grout grouting problem tile grout usa
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    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    help with stubbon stains on wall tiles after grouting

    Big hello from St.Hello to all on the forum,after grouting wall tiles and wiping them down several times they still have some stains on that won't come off !!! HELP please:mad2:
    • sillyme
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    • aus grout grouting help stains tile tile grout tiles usa wall wall tiles
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    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    grouting for topps black galaxy quartz sparkly tiles

    I'm about to fix a floor and wall in a bathroom with 300 x 300 black quartz tiles from topps, just after some opinions on grout, I'm thinking either 4mm with mapie manhatten to make them stand out , or would it be better to go 2mm with a charcoal ? What kind of combination have others used and...
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    Please Help save my knees folks! Floor grouting systems?

    Hi folks, My knees are crumbling badly which, as we know - is not good news for any tiler! But I've got a lot of floor tiling coming up so I'm keen to stay off my knees where possible - bought Redbacks kneepads recently BTW - very good. Has anyone used any of those squegee on a pole, sponge on...
    • The Dude
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    • aus floor grout grouting help please systems tile grout usa
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Grouting

    Hi All, I desperately need help! We have just had a walk-in shower tiled with 200x200mm satin finish Johnson's Prismatic tiles, and professionally grouted with Kerakoll Fugabella Eco Porcelana 0-5 white grout. To our horror, the grout and tile edges discolour within 3 minutes of showering...
    • Peter L
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    • aus grout grouting tile grout usa
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Grouting Porcelain Floor Tiles

    I have some Unibond flexible floor adhesive and grout (suitable for wooden floors) left over from my bathroom. I'm wondering if I can use this to grout another job i've just done? I've laid porcelain floor tiles onto a concrete base, I used the Mapei keraquick with the latex additive as tile...
    • stu778
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    • aus floor floor tiles grout grouting porcelain porcelain floor porcelain tile porcelain tiles tile tile grout tiles usa
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Best Floor Tiles
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    Grouting

    Hi! I had a ceramic tile installed in my kitchen, floyer, powder room and 2 bathrooms. Can you tell me if the grouting should be smooth and even? (The grouting has bumps on it and some of it is higher in places.) Also when I look close I see pin holes. They did come back and put a sealer on it...
    • CherylC
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    • aus grout grouting tile grout usa
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    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Silicon before or after grouting

    Up til now i have siliconed after grouting, but have heard of a trend to Silicon before. which way do you do it?
    • aph257
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    • aus grout grouting silicon silicone tile grout usa
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    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
  12. K

    Grouting

    Hi everyone I have just had some tiles laid and grouted with a limestone colour grout, looks good where the colour is how it should be but the remainder is very patchy. The tile company are saying it is because the tilers have made up the grout too wet and then finished with a very wet cloth...
    • Kate
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    • aus grout grouting tile grout usa
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    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Green Screed grouting times

    Have a job coming up that needs Green Screed used on it. Haven't used it in about 5 years so can't remember a lot about it. What's the drying time before grouting at normal room temperature. From memory it usually took more than the documented 24 hours. Anybody used it recently who could advise...
    • Peter
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    • aus green grout grouting screed tile grout usa
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    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    grouting problem with embossed tiles

    I am in the process of tiling a bathroom with large tiles 750 x 250 and found that I cannot grout them by conventional methods as they have a rippled surface, grout will not go to the bottom of the groove as I cannot use a squeegee ? it dries with holes etc. I have enentually found a way using...
    • john burley
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    • aus grout grouting problem tile tile grout tiles usa
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    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    How to prevent white grouting from staining

    My wife would like to have white ceramic floor tiles fitted to our kitchen but I'm worried that the white grouting will get dirty and turn black. Are there any products on the market that will prevent the grouting from staining, other than choosing black grouting which i've been told is a...
    • Zantaz
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    • aus grout grouting how how to tile staining tile grout tiling guide usa white
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Portuguese Grouting.

    I am new to the forum, so hello.:hurray: I have just bought a house in the Algarve, the en-suite shower cubicle is a health hazzard. The tiles are attractive 50mm tiles (brown) the grouting has been done with sand & cement which appears to be holding dirt & has now changed to BLACK, yuk...
    • keelbreeze
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    • aus grout grouting tile grout usa
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    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Grouting

    Would like opinion or advice on the best way to finish off,regarding the grout, where wall meets floor , does one match the floor colour or the wall colour. Regards
    • leslie
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    • aus grout grouting tile grout usa
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    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    grouting issue

    Hi, grouted a bathroom friday with mapei jasmine and this morning[monday] its dried but its not uniform, the floor looks nuts but some of the walls still look a bit dark, like its not quite dry yet. what have i done wrong? nothings been said but im not happy, i dont mind raking it back a bit and...
    • tileunique
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    • aus grout grouting issue tile grout usa
    • Replies: 45
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    cleaning a residue left on tiles after grouting

    Hi all, Done a little bit of tiling a few days ago all went well but after grouting and clearing the grout off the tiles I noticed the Finnish of the venis monker tiles looked damaged almost scraped looking no shine on the glaze tried a few household cleaners hoping it was just a residue on...
    • Lee786
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    • aus cleaning grout grouting residue tile tile grout tiles usa
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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    Question about grouting mosaic.

    Hi All. I'm about to start grouting walls in bathroom, I've tiled three floor to ceiling panels in glass mixed mosaic as part of the design. My question is that amongst the glass mosaic there are also random mirror effect mosaics which are all protected with white polythene over the face of each...
    • izzi1
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    • aus grout grouting mosaic mosaic tiling mosaics tile grout usa
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: UK Tiling Forum

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