Regrout

[macten]

I'm interested in this type of product. Do you know of a demonstration video about this?

[video=youtube_share;m7BTYdRa9Tc]http://youtu.be/m7BTYdRa9Tc[/video]

 

[macten]

Mapei do one as well

 

[prceramics]

But is it cost affective for the customer paying for the acid cleaner then the re colourer and labour as aposed to labour and grout

 

[Olz]

I priced some up recently and it was only around £20-£25 cant remember exactly, for a bottle of the cleaner and the recolour/restore which would easily do an average bathroom with 20x30's.

Much quicker that regrouting as well, so the material cost is slightly higher, labour much less.

 

[Olz]

Seems a bit of a grey area for natural stones though, universeal told me that it should be fine for trav, someone they suplied used it with no issue and to do a test area first, although the official advise was not suitable due to staining potential.

 

[NZ_Tiler]

dust free, no scratched or chipped tiles. Looks like a great product, any negatives apart from cost?

 

[macten]

But is it cost affective for the customer paying for the acid cleaner then the re colourer and labour as aposed to labour and grout

God yes!! Think of the labour (and dust) involved in mechanically removing the grout - even with a fein it's a PITA and you can never be sure you won't chip a tile. Phosphoric acid costs pence and although the colourant works out a bit more expensive than a bag of grout, it's simple and quick to do. The resulting coloured grout is waterproof and stain resistant like epoxy - so better in that respect too.

 

[NZ_Tiler]

dust free, no scratched or chipped tiles. Looks like a great product, any negatives apart from cost?

can add quieter aswell,
the fein is noisey as hell in a small room, no good if the customers home.

 

[charlie1]

I done one recently, 30m2 bathroom, changing from white to grey grout, its soul destroying but pays the bills.

 

[Olz]

This is the colour restore im going to try, well priced as well at Trade Tiler.....

Tradetiler Universeal Grout Colour

These are the range of cleaners, universeal recommended using the power clean before the grout recolour, but ive only got a sample of the recolour so im just going to give the test area a good scrub.


TradeTiler.Ltd Cleaners




[video=youtube_share;s9Z3z9sMQAc]http://youtu.be/s9Z3z9sMQAc[/video]

 

[John Benton]

Does anyone know if you can go lighter with the grout colourant, say from a dark to a mid or light grey? Just for future knowledge not having used the product before.

 

[Olz]

Does anyone know if you can go lighter with the grout colourant, say from a dark to a mid or light grey? Just for future knowledge not having used the product before.

They demostrate a grey to white on a floor on there website.

 

[macten]

Yes mate - anyway round with the recolours

 

[bugs183]

This job is still gonna crack again though chaps.

 

[Olz]

This job is still gonna crack again though chaps.

Just to clarify, im not suggesting it be used for the OP's job, its only suitable for grout in good condition, we've just wandered a bit off the original topic thats all.