Mapei Grout

[hillhead]

Oh really? Ever been to the finer parts of Brixton? :smilewinkgrin:

No minnie,lol.
us tilers do have to keep joints clean as we go! get a good stanley blade and scrape out the high bits of adhesive

 

[Minnie]

LMAO.

It doesn't matter whether you use BAL, Mapei or any other manufacturer, if you don't clean the joints, the grout will look ropey.

Oi, Brixton's got some very nice areas you know :incazzato:

Not many, but erm....

right, where were we? :lol:

The field tiles are pretty clean (if a bit uneven), but the mosaics need some serious work. I thought I'd try to hack them out with a stanley then try to sandpaper the remnants out

 

[Minnie]

No minnie,lol.
us tilers do have to keep joints clean as we go! get a good stanley blade and scrape out the high bits of adhesive

Unfortunately, b/f wanted to help me out occasionally, and as much as I told him to try to keep the adhesive away from the edges, he forgot :lol:

 

[hillhead]

At least you's are havin fun,:lol::lol:

 

[Minnie]

At least you's are havin fun,:lol::lol:

I'd have more fun taking a hammer to the whole lot than trying to rake out mosaic joints :lol:

 

[hillhead]

i had to remove mosaics once last year(customer hadn't enough of right colour,and couldn't get more).

wow,pain in rear there,i had stuck them on with a top quality bagged adhesive!!
took a lot of work to remove.

 

[Minnie]

i had to remove mosaics once last year(customer hadn't enough of right colour,and couldn't get more).

wow,pain in rear there,i had stuck them on with a top quality bagged adhesive!!
took a lot of work to remove.

I have no intention of taking them off. They can fall off if they like but I refuse to willingly remove them.

Anyway, modem's overheating so I'm switching off for the night to give it a good rest.

Have a good Christmas

 

[kilty55]

I don't want to end up with grey grout and there's no way I'm going to be able to get all the adhesive out from between the mosaics so maybe I'm better off going for the BAL.

The adhesive is erm, I dunno, sort of like Polyfilla colour :lol:

If you asked me to describe Polyfilla colour I'd be stuck. It's not pink, it's not grey, it's er....

this grout does not dry brilliant white

 

[grumpygrouter]

I gotta say that I have used this Mapei white grout twice now and not had a "grey" issue with it. I think with pigments, as with black which can come in various "shades", so can white. It all depends if the customer is happy with the result. Both my customers were so at this point in time, I would carry on using it but I will take note of other users comments on the actual "brightness" of it if my cutomers have "brilliant white" tiles they are having fixed. I will do a test piece to make sure they don't look wrong.

 

[Time's Ran Out]

:merrychristmas: Minnie.

 

[Minnie]

:merrychristmas: Minnie.

Same to you. Hope you had/are having a good one yourself

 

[faithhealer]

Never had an issue with Mapei ultra colour plus before.

 

[Minnie]

Never had an issue with Mapei ultra colour plus before.

Maybe you have obsessively clean joints? :smilewinkgrin:

 

[diamondtiling]

Never had any problems with the white myself :20:

 

[Minnie]

Never had any problems with the white myself :20:

I think I'd rather not take the chance.

 

[mikethetile]

in answer to your original question minnie

yes you need to use the correct amount of water as specified

using too much water can effect the colour of the grout

it can cause white grout to dry out with a slight greyish tint

 

[Minnie]

in answer to your original question minnie

yes you need to use the correct amount of water as specified

using too much water can effect the colour of the grout

it can cause white grout to dry out with a slight greyish tint

Cheers Mike. Haven't been to Topps to get any of the BAL stuff yet as been too busy. I've also got to rake out the joints where all the adhesive has squeezed through the mosaics. Not having much joy with Stanley knife so thinking I might go and get one of those grout rake thingies

 

[DHTiling]

Minnie...just use a masonary nail knocked through a small piece of wood....that will work better for the mosaics..

 

[Minnie]

Not sure what a masonry nail is. (Googles masonry nail to see how they differ from other nails). My b/f would know as he's a brickie, but he's asleep. :lol:

hm, well I have to take this Mapei grout back to Tile Giant so I thought as it was around £7, I might as well make a swap. Maybe I'll just get my money back instead.

 

[DHTiling]

The grout rakes are ok...but if the blade is wider than the mosaic joints, then it will not work....check the width and if ok then use a rake..

 

[Minnie]

The grout rakes are ok...but if the blade is wider than the mosaic joints, then it will not work....check the width and if ok then use a rake..

Well the Stanley is too thin, and slightly dangerous to work with at funny angles, especially considering how clumsy I am :lol:

I already got a tile splinter in one finger and accidentally nipped myself with the tile nippers (first time I ever decided not to wear gloves and I nip myself instead of the tile :lol

 

[DHTiling]

Well the Stanley is too thin, and slightly dangerous to work with at funny angles, especially considering how clumsy I am :lol:

I already got a tile splinter in one finger and accidentally nipped myself with the tile nippers (first time I ever decided not to wear gloves and I nip myself instead of the tile :lol

accidentally nipped myself with the tile nippers

 

[Minnie]

shut it you :incazzato::incazzato::incazzato::lol:

 

[Minnie]

and I reopened that particular wound when I was using these tweezer/plier things that spring open and they sprang open and whacked where I'd nipped myself with the nibblers.

:incazzato::mad2:


You may now understand why I didn't want to use any power tools

Gotta go to tile shops. Toodles :smilewinkgrin:

 

[Matt]

Gotta go to tile shops. Toodles :smilewinkgrin:

Now? Don't forget it is Bank Holiday Monday