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25-11-2007
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I just finished a 20sm bathroom and i was sold the wrong grout for the bathroom i was doiung, the customer wanted grey grout so i went into topps to get 20kg worth, but me being an idiot didnt look at the bag. they sold me the wide joint grout which was an absolute nighmare to put on, it was sloppy and most of it was on the floor, the tiles were a right mess, and a job which took me 3 hours to do actually took me 7 hours as i spent 2 houyrs cleaning the tiles and the bath and sink and floor at the end, ahhhhhhhh
This is me just ranting cos ive had the worst day ever with the wrong grout, really i should have took it back when i started but i thought well i started it now so ill finish with it..... Mistake
Anyway i got the job done, not happy with the finish though and ill never use that grout anain for walls as i think it made for floors with very wide joints
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25-11-2007
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#3 | | TilersForums Trusted Member |
Bal wide joint is not the best for walls...........as you found out, it slops all over the floats.
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Was always drummed in to us on our training coarse to RTFB - Read The F***ing Bag!!
Not much consolation to you now Tysfoot I know but a lessoned learned eh!
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#5 | | Ex Pro Tiler |
when buying grout ,ask specifically for wall or floor....on some occasions I have mixed both dry before mixing with water,this becomes semi-wide joint and is perfect for certain types of joint.....Gaz |
[B]"[I][COLOR=darkgreen]The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten[/COLOR][/I]"[/B]
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Good tip Gaz, never knew that!
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I finished the job now, took twice as long and there was so much mess, like you said ill never have a job like that again so everything from noe will be easy | | |
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#8 | | Ex Pro Tiler |
[quote=grumpygrouter;38458]Good tip Gaz, never knew that!
Grumpy[/quote]suffice to say grumps ...the grout must be the same colour and from the same manufacturer,the only difference between BAL ivory wall grout and BAL ivory wide joint grout is how course the sand is....Gaz |
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#11 | | Ex Pro Tiler |
sometimes a learning curve can be quite steep....your Topps guy when you asked for grey grout ...should have asked wall ?or floor?....we at Topps Preston always do.....Gaz |
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gaz been mixing grouts for twenty years to get perfection you have it again 
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