Tool Grout
Porcelain Grout?
Hello,
We just laid a 12″ porcelain tile floor. We now need to grout using sanded grout. HOW do you do that. I have the grout tools with the sponge applicator and all but I am just not sure HOW to do it.
Do you put the grout into the grooves with a putty knife and then smooth out with the tools or what?
How long before you can walk on the tile after grout…
I sure appreciate any help you all can give me.
God bless!
You plop a blob onto the tiles with the putty knife. Then you stuff it into the gaps with the sponge applicator by going over the grouted tiles at a 45 degree angle to the edges (to keep from dragging grout out of them).
When all the gaps are filled let it sit for about 20 minutes. Then use the dampened sponge to wipe off the excess. wait another ten minutes till the tiles have a light glaze of grout on them.
At that time start scrubbing the surface with a clean cloth (like old towel) to remove every trace of that grout film from the tile surface. If you wait too long for that last step it will be VERY difficult to clean off the tile.
You can mess up and redo some of the earlier steps (like if you missed a spot in grouting) but an error in this last cleanup one is going to be tough to undo.
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