Grouting the Tile

After you’ve finished setting your tile in the thinnest bed. You need to give the tile and thinnest time to dry. After a day I rack out all the extra thinnest. Then I scrub the tiles to clean them. I bought a 4” scrub brush which attaches to my cordless drill I use for this process. Once your tile is clean and the surface has dried again It is time to grout the tile. There are many grouts to choose from. I usually go to Floor and Decor for my tiling supplies. When I go into the store I am greeted with welcome in. Once I tell them I am looking for the grout and explain the rooms colors They pull out a sample so I can view the color selection.

Personally, I like the premixed with the sealer in it. The one I purchase is a Mapel Flex Color. It comes in gallon buckets and that is enough to do a bathroom usually. It is important that the joints are cleaned so that the grout lines are pure. Us a diagonal motion while packing the joint lines. When the joints are packed a right angle, the grout has a tendency to pull out with the rubber float used to grout.

Let this dry a little then take a large cleaning sponge to wipe down the walls. This get messy but I tape my floor to wall borders and place the protection paper down before grouting. It takes a little elbow grease to get the process started but if you work from top to bottom it becomes easier as you go on. When you’ve finished it time to clean up your mess and wait for the area to dry.

The next morning, I go to the grouted area with a car buffer that I only use for tiling. I buff out the tiles. There is a slight film on them and I see in detail miss specks while I’m buffing.

When this is finished you see your joint lines and the finished process. There is something pleasing when you look back over your work and you see a well-done job.

If you also used the premixed Maple thinnest with the sealer you will be glad about every time you need to do a deep cleaning because you’ll not have to scrub those grout line like  we did in years gone by.

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