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You can use grout, but you really have to wait till its just about gone hard before cleaning and shaping it. Depending on the grout and til, e it may need to be left an hour or more
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You can use grout, but you really have to wait till its just about gone hard before cleaning and shaping it. Depending on the grout and til, e it may need to be left an hour or more
It's not that it's a secret.
It's a skill each tiler will have learned and can't really be explained. Each of their own jobs would be tackled slightly different due to tile changes and temperatures of rooms (affecting grout mixes etc).
You're attempting one area of tiling that even most tilers will avoid like the plague.
It really is an art.
And no amount of bribing with info will get you clear answers lol bless
These lads on here share their skills every day they're not afraid to. But it's just one of those masterclass type skills they have learned over years. It can't be explained in a thread.
I think anyway.
Fair enough.Thanks Julian! Bit like manually formed render/plaster corners then which I have experience with. All about timing.
If there's a fair amount to do, do you think it could be more time-efficient to slightly overfill the joins, let set overnight and then rub back with diamond pads the next day? Or is not easy to bring them back after they've gone
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It's not the technique I was after, just a couple of product recommendations, that was all!
One done right obviously wouldn't be sharp.
Wow. Have got the mitringitself down but filling a mitred corner really is a dark art, can't get the full answer anywhere. Have asked myself before and seen many other posts where the question is half-answered.
This video may be of some use to you @cornsack, equally it may not but it made me think of this thread.
Did you find the colour you needed from the waters group?Thanks Tony! Love watching any master of their craft.
I have a little experience from free-handing corners with plaster and even lime renders the old-fashioned way. That is a skill let me tell you, I'm certainly not the best at it but looking at the associated techniques maybe I'm worrying all in vain!
Did you find the colour you needed from the waters group?
Can we see some before and after pictures?Thanks for input everyone.
Think I am going to use my white grout on this occasion. Seems adequate for this particular situation I think and I also need to make a start sooner than I could get anything delivered. Might pursue resins for future projects though.
Some of the techniques look similar to that I have used to form corners by hand on plaster, render, etc. so I am hoping that will give me half a chance. Who knows, might be easier
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