Took me 5 hours to grout a kitchen splashback....Ahhhhhhh

[Fekin]

ok mate only problem i have with my washboy (rubi) you have to fill water up to level top of bucket nearly pain if your up stairs in bathroom quite heavy to take away hope it helps cheers

I don't get this post either :lol:

Still never used a wasboy, keep meaning to get my hands on one to give it a whirl.

 

[Daz]

With regards to grout, I quite often offer my customers the option of Mapei coloured grouts (2-20mm grout lines).

It's nice to work with, although, I find that the white is more of an "off white" rather than a brilliant white so beware!

I bought a cheap washboy from miraktools.co.uk and got them to bundle a couple of extra hydro sponges in for approx £39. The rollers are strong and it seems to be holding up well. I only use it on floors and large wall areas but it certainly saves a lot of time so well worth the investment.

 

[Fekin]

With regards to grout, I quite often offer my customers the option of Mapei coloured grouts (2-20mm grout lines).

Yeah I have seen they do a good selection of colours, but have you ever gone anywhere near a 20mm groutline ?

 

[Daz]

Nah - usually max out at 10mm on large floor tiles.

 

[Fekin]

Nah - usually max out at 10mm on large floor tiles.

That's still a hefty groutline though.

 

[Daz]

I did a 100m of 400 x 400 porcelain floor in a barn conversion, last week with 10mm grout lines - looked good (even is I say so myself)! Lady Whatsername loved it too!

* Used quite a few bags of grout though! - LOL!

 

[Fekin]

Bet you did :lol:

 

[Dan]

Never used a washboy yet. Can someone please xplain the benefits. I understand that it seems to be quicker for cleaning after grouting but why is that compared to sponging clean??

There's an article on www.buybrandtools.com and Broken Link Removed that explains it in depth.

The whole thing has basically been designed to keep the sponge clean, it's a real time-saver which is why its worth the money.

I know many tilers that have shunted the idea until they tried one and every tiler I know has said they're worth it for the bigger jobs all day long (floors mainly) though on the smaller jobs they can save time too if used correctly.

 

[tiler burden]

rubi washboy vs karl dahm

i have had both, and i agree that the rubi is a pain because you have to fill it nearly to the top with water and they are not the strongest handles in the world. if you are lugging that down a customers stairs then there will be a fair old mass if you drop/spill the contents down the new axminster...

karl dahm all day long and the replaceable plastic hand held sponges are better than the wooden handle ones that rubi give out...just my humble opinion

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