Time between sealing travertine and grouting?

[davemul]

Thanks Geoff, to my rescue as always!

 

[CJ]

No earlier than 1507 pm. :smilewinkgrin:

 

[jonnyc]

Dave, you will be good to grout today. The first coat always dries really quickly and is really only to prevent grout marking tiles by making it easier to wipe down. I would advise that you leave it until later this afternoon

how do you come to that conclusion ?

 

[Qwerty]

how do you come to that conclusion ?

The grouting later in the day or the first coat re grouting jonny?

 

[jonnyc]

The grouting later in the day or the first coat re grouting jonny?

Both really.
i am not the chemist for mattstone which I think is made by ltp.so I don't really know unless they say on the can that you can seal within a certain time same day.

 

[jonnyc]

geoff
just looked up mattsone tech sheet on ltp site and they do not specify when you can grout after sealing although the suggestion is when cured ie 3 days which seems ridiculous.
in the case of travertine you are probably right in that could grout within a few hours and i tend to treat every stone from experience as how i seal , what quantity required and how long to leave etcc.
in fact with travertine it is one of a very few stones that i do not seal at all before grouting as i have never had a problem with travertine picture framing. then seal after grout dried.
i have to say that i am not a great fan of mattstone ecxcept for the price.
I would never use it on a stone unless supplied with the floor and when it has been supplied i have big problems in cold winter weather with it congealing and generally not being user friendly.
even if i use mn stainstop i never grout same day as sealing even though i know that many do without a problem. the reason being in that if it goes wrong you will have no come back.
I am currently trying out universeal rapid all in one which does say you can seal and grout same day and this is certainly a good selling point .
time and test will tell