Mixing the right amount

[Ian]

When you mix your grout how good are you at mixing the right amount for the area? Are you a dab hand at mixing the right amount or do you end up with half a bucket left! Or do you just mix a full bag regardless of the area to be grouted?

 

[Bubblecraft]

Always more cause it used to drive me up the wall when I had about 1m2 left to do & ran out.

 

[Two-Trowels]

I mix small amounts at a time that I know I can use before it goes off, I use Mapei Ultraplus usually and find it has a good pot life - certainly long enough for me to do several metres so I tend to mix enough that I think will cover about 3-4 metres, in fact, I could probably mix enough for another couple of metres as it's never going off when I come to the end of a batch.

I'm not sure if this is the right way but it suits me.

What is the pot life of Mapei grout?

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

i mix large amounts as i usually have a lot of mosaic (even more grouting ) to do ,i have the experience to know how much i'am going to use in each batch & where it will take me after 38 years lol.......

 

[Andy Allen]

after 30 years i can pretty much get it spot on, breaks me heart to mix up to much and waste it, must have some scottish blood in me somewhere...lol

 

[macten]

I'm usually pretty good at guestimating addy and grout mixes - often get it bang on.
Always getting it wrong with how many tubes of silicone I will need though!

 

[DHTiling]

If BAL white etc then i mix what i require.. pretty good at guessing amounts but if Mapei ultra colour then it is a bag at a time.

 

[Peter]

Can usually get it within the metre, hate wasting grout.

 

[Minesacarling]

I'm usually rubbish. I was always that apprentice that mixed a full bag just for 2 or 3 tiles and 11 years later I'm still doing it

 

[peteablard]

I'm not too bad but normally mix a little bit more than I need just to be on the safe side!

 

[John Benton]

Normally fairly close for meterage I want to cover, nothing more annoying than being 1 joint short of grout

 

[nybor62]

would rather a little to much left over , has long has its not a bucket full ,

 

[Dougs Third Go]

I tend to mix a bit more than I need, although I don't like wasting mixed grout I don't like storing powder either.

 

[John Benton]

I tend to mix a bit more than I need, although I don't like wasting mixed grout I don't like storing powder either.

Next skip I have I'll be putting a garage floor full of nearly empty grout bags, annoys the hell out me, and the missus, for some reason

 

[Ian]

Next skip I have I'll be putting a garage floor full of nearly empty grout bags, annoys the hell out me, and the missus, for some reason

Just mix them all together and give your next customer a unique grout colour :lol:

 

[John Benton]

Just mix them all together and give your next customer a unique grout colour :lol:

Unfortunately Bri, the majority have had it so there's only one place for them to go - Gamma38 are you about? £50 the lot, you collect :lol:

 

[Dougs Third Go]

Just mix them all together and give your next customer a unique grout colour :lol:

and that's when you end up being a m2 short......."now what the hell was that ratio??":lol:

 

[beanz]

I'm usually pretty close, although been just under a few times (and i mean JUST! Nothing worse than trying to mix up a timy amount of grout lol!)

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I'm usually pretty close, although been just under a few times (and i mean JUST! Nothing worse than trying to mix up a timy amount of grout lol!)

 

[glasgow_tiler]

Can usually get it within the metre, hate wasting grout.

same here, i work for a company and whatever grout i dont need on the job will do me for my homers lol so am always mixing just anough almost perfect at it

 

[fatboy]

try plastering a big hit and not mixing what you need. pain having to run off to get water and mix a bucket agen

 

[Qwerty]

I mix using around 300ml water at a time which is usually about an average wall or floor. Rarely waste more than a handful of grout per job

 

[afright]

Just mix enough for the job do get it about right what with the price of the grout like Bal superflex,little tip if you got half a bag or so left put in in a black bin liner keeps the damp out.