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    Grout haze porcelain tiles

    Hello everyone need advice I had porcelain tiles laid a week ago in my kitchen . The tiles are light cream and have a grout haze that wont come off. Ive tried vinegar,baking soda and even a chemical tile cleaner not designed for haze thou. Any idea how i can get rid of the grout haze
  2. acaciaguy

    Abrasive pads to clean grout

    mapei recommend scotch brite pads to clean off dry grout. Which ones do you guys use if any ?
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    Uneven Grout Lines - How Easy Is This To Rectify?

    Please could someone advice if it’s possible to easily rectify the uneven grout lines shown in the attached pictures please?
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    Anthracite Grout, what a bummer.

    Just a quickie for fun here, A contractor that I work for on a regular basis has just sent over a finishing schedule for 30 bathrooms, 60 x 30 rectified White, textured, lappato wall and floor tile, broken bond, floors aligned, with BLACK grout. put a price to that if you dare. Almost forgot, 2...
  5. M

    Help with cracked crumbling grouting

    Hi there, I wonder if you can help. I have some porcelain tiles and I believe there is a little movement which means that the grout is cracked and has come out - see pics. (I've tried three tilers and always had bad outcomes). So now the floor always looks dirty and I'm also extremely worried...
  6. Beyond the blue

    Grout 3000 leaching dye.

    I've just used Tilemaster grout 3000 (natural grey) on the walls and floor of my own wetroom install. I left it for 3 days before sealing it and another 2 days before using it. After use it is leaching black dye quite badly, is this normal and will it eventually stop? I have asked Tilemaster for...
  7. F

    Tilemaster Tilemaster grout 3000 new formula

    I've used this about 4 times now on various tiles, what can I say, perfect grout! Id be interested in hearing other people's thoughts on it.
  8. R

    Need to change grout colour

    I have laid 30m2 of light grey 300x600 porcelain tiles, and the grout is too light (same colour as tile). Is there any product out there I can use to darken/stain it a dark grey?
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    Advice please - how to fix uneven grouting

    Hello, To give a bit of background info, our new kitchen tiles is laid on new 70mm screed, Ditra mat and adhesive. The tiler has just finished laying the tiles and grouting but the grouting lines seems uneven and top layer coming off. I think the tiler has grouted twice in some places as he...
  10. Andy Allen

    Tilemaster Tilemaster grout 3000....

    Used the new mid grey today, i had half a bag of the old mid grey in the van. the 2 powders look totally different.... Have they bought out new swatches for the new grout ??
  11. dg-1984

    Tilemaster Tilemaster grout, what colour?

    Hi, I am going to use Tilemaster 3000 grout and silicon but wondering on what colour you would use on the below tiles? They are split face and know will be a pain but will take my time and do it properly. I was leaning towards natural grey.
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    Mosaic Sealing prior to grouting

    Hi All, I’m a newbie both to this site and tiling. I’ve recently moved to Zambia, the materials here are inferior and the availability is poor. I’m doing a bathroom using mosaic, marble and natural stone. I know I need to seal prior to grouting, but the only sealer I can find is TFC Silicon...
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    How not to grout ...

    Tiling floor with 3mm grout gaps. Removed all visible adhesive between tiles before letting it dry. Used Mapei Ultracolour grout. Ok so far I _think_ Then I started to go wrong (!!!). Mixed the grout too thin and after applying it I decided I'd wipe a little from the top with my grout sponge...
  14. M

    Porcelain Removal grout residue face of porcelain tile

    Evening good people. I have a major issue with roughly 200sqm of porcelain floors grouted by my now very much ex apprentice. I have a serious amount of residue left on the face of the tiles. The kid was doing fine while I was watching over him but when I left him alone, well its all gone to...
  15. R

    Clean grout from new bathroom tiles

    Just had bathroom tiled. Good job but grout on wall tiles has seaped its way into every groove of the tile...floor tiles are spotless though. tilemountain.co.uk/p/yosemite-grey-split-face-wall-tile Ive made some progress with tile cleaning pads and dertedek residue remover, this worked wonders...
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    matt tiles discoloured with black Mapei grout - steam cleaner shifts it

    Hi folks. I had the bright idea of mixing discontinued B&Q metallic tiles with B&Q (Pilkingtons) Hot Rocks matte tiles in my kitchen. After discovering they were about 5mm different in size, despite being nominal 100 x 100, the project went on the back-burner for years. Recently I decided to...
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    Grout Epoxy grout - to match 130 Jasmin by Mspei

    I’am looking for an epoxy grout for a swimming pool -120sq mts at 10mm deep mosaic tiles 30x30mm (100 pieces per sheet) ! I think there will be an awful lot needed so something easy to use and in Jasmin colour - any advice?
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    Grout colour for border mosaic

    I’m tiling a bathroom with a cement grey tile and mosaic glass border. I’ve tried a couple of different grout colours but the grout I like for the tile (mid grey) seems too dark on the mosaic. Would it be crazy to use a different (lighter) colour grout for the border. And if it’s not a...
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    grout width and colour

    This is what my tiles look like: These are for the kitchen, hall and bathroom. Reading on here, it seems white is a bad idea. But I'm worried that grey, especially if too dark, will ruin the look. I guess I'm leaning toward light grey or a sand colour. Hoping someone has some good advice on...
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    Sealing after grouting

    I'm just wondering how you can seal natural stone mosaic tiles after the have been grouted can some advice the best action to take.. thanks in advance

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