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i apply the grout to about 50 m2 of say mosaic floor ,wait for it to tighten ,then a bucket of water and big white scotch pad on my scouring ... -
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Re: how do you grout ???
Pretty much what you do except I don't use a white pad, just a washboy and sponge.
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gooner, 50m2 at a time. Thats some going. I do a few m2, depends on the tile size, glaze, type of grout etc, then just rub up with the KD washboy then wipe off with clean washboy sponge. Grout a bit more etc....
Dave Gibson
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Re: how do you grout ???
same as davy for me, dependant on tile surface etc
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With a grout float...
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soss davy that would be about half of a pool floor in mosaic (large pool) or whole floor smaller pool
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It does depend on wot grout ?
Bal superflex for instance goes off fairly quick, and can be a bitch to remove if its left tooo long
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A guy I know grouted his tiles then tried to clean them a year later
"Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes"
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Re: how do you grout ???

Originally Posted by
whitebeam
A guy I know grouted his tiles then tried to clean them a year later

and what was he doing for the year inbetween??? Answers on a postcard!!
Dave Gibson
Ravara Tiling Services
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roughhhhhhhhhh springs to mind, & indoors/outdoors makes a diff
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I pay someone else to do it, easy life lol
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i have a Pole its easy lol
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what one of those foreign lads
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doug boardley
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I also find wearing a sparkly pink thong helps
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they work harder than any English man i have ever employed
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whats that a scotch pad on a pole
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thats a Pole with a grout float
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so?
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