powdery grout Problems

[Fliselege]

Hi there, we got this stuff from 'Megaflis' I think it was called.
As for the beer, I'd love to but I think my sister would kill me. She's less than happy, to say the least, about the fine film of dust all over the basement and white footprints everywhere now I'm scraping the grout out......
Thanks for your help, may well need to get back in touch.

I was right about the DIY shop then, MegaFlis doesn't entertain the proff trade with accounts with discounts and we in the trade do not use this shop, same with Right Price Tiles. We have customers that choose tiles from there and the tiles are inferiour to tiles from the shops we use, and if the customer picks up lim and fug from there we refuse to use it (unless the customer puts their foot down with a firm hand) and supply it for them from our own wholesalers, sorry but their stuff is rubbish.

 

[clecktiler]

Ok thanks for your honest answer.
I didn't know this or I'd have told my sis we should try somewhere else. I'll try and get her to take me to one of the places you said and get some proper product. I definately dont want to spend another day scraping out more of the same rubbish product if it cracks again.

 

[Fliselege]

Ok thanks for your honest answer.
I didn't know this or I'd have told my sis we should try somewhere else. I'll try and get her to take me to one of the places you said and get some proper product. I definately dont want to spend another day scraping out more of the same rubbish product if it cracks again.

Are you in the Oslo area? If you are let me know whereabouts and I'll send you somewhere that dropping our name might get you a bit of discount.

 

[AliGage]

Hi,
the date on the bag says 10th March this year - however i don't know if that's the expiry date or manufacture date - and it was a sealed and undamaged.

Can you post a picture and ask our kind Norweigian friend to explain any language we don't understand.
10th of March could just be the bathc production date. OR it could be the shelf date. If it's the later then the grout was past it (or best part of) when applied. That being the case there's some responsability from the suppliers. Certainly if it's a DIY shop and not a professionals outlet.
Worth investigating either way as if the products not fit for purpose your sisters pocket remains untouched to get the issue resolved.

 

[clecktiler]

Yeah that's a good idea. I'll try and get a picture of the bag on here for our Norwegian friends to advise.
Thanks

 

[Fliselege]

Is this the culprit?

 

[Fliselege]

I do hope this is powder in a tub & not ready mixed.

 

[clecktiler]

yes that bag is indeed the exact same product. I guess you can now confirm we bought some poor quality product??

 

[Fliselege]

To be honest if I've ever used it then it's slipped my mind so can't say, I just know from experiance that the materials MegaFlis, Right Price Tiles, Maxbo and ByggMakke (which is spelled wrong but sounds right) is cheaper than profesional shops for a good reason, quality. Most of the time I use Flisekompienets F1 Plan fug for rough finishes and PCI Nano fug from same shop for shiny finishes, so that I can reccomend. Some shops we use stock Mapei, never had a problem with that either. How are you getting on with removing the fug? I've got a Fein sitting here with a brand new diamond 2mm blade on it.....

 

[clecktiler]

Hi, I've scraped as much out as I can now. Some came out in soft powdery lumps where it had not stuck at all to the tiles so this goes right back to the adhesive wheras some had set rock hard and i was only able to scrape out a few mm depth.

Do you think these areas will be ok? - I mean the full width of the joint and 4 or 5mm deep. Will that be enough for the new grout to stick into on top of the old stuff??
I was going to wet all the joints with a sponge before I commence the new grouting because I'm sure there will be lots of dust still in the joints that the vaccume has not removed. Hopefully this will help the grout to stick better. What do you think?

As it happens I brought my cordless grinder which has a 115mm marchris c850 diamond blade on with me as i knew I was going to do this bathroom whilst I was here.
It works a treat for cutting awkward shapes but i wouldn't trust myself removing grout with it- one slip and it's another disaster...!!!