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    twice in the last week i've had problems with mapei's white grout,both times i have mixed up the full 5kg bag with about a cupful of water and it's been like milk,today was the worst and i had to toss it and use a bag of microflex i had in the van,it's never happened before and i mix it by hand!
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    i'm thinking about not using it anymore(will still use mapei for everything else and go back to microflex grout)
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    Default Re: mapei blanco problems

    I think we may be back to - 'which grout do you prefer'?
    I find my son has no problems with any colour of Mapei grout, yet we both prefer Sovereign White!

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    Default Re: mapei blanco problems

    I don't use the white ultra anymore due to it turning a very pale looking grey, not had your problem though
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    Default Re: mapei blanco problems

    dont use mapei white at all anymore for the same reasons,i use al other colours and use pci white or bal white instead

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    Default Re: mapei blanco problems

    Quote Originally Posted by whitebeam View Post
    I don't use the white ultra anymore due to it turning a very pale looking grey, not had your problem though
    I mainly use Ultra and never had a problem with it Mark, (or do you mean mapei's ultra colour as opposed to Ultra brand)

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    Quote Originally Posted by doug boardley View Post
    I mainly use Ultra and never had a problem with it Mark, (or do you mean mapei's ultra colour as opposed to Ultra brand)
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    Default Re: mapei blanco problems

    i had terrible problems with it in my bathrooms dc. it's like a grey mushroom colour. I tried using the mapei grout colour changer but it doesn't look great to be honest, so when I can be bothered, I'll remove all the mapei white and regrout with something else.

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    Default Re: mapei blanco problems

    I even seen problems lately with the jasmin ultracolour !
    come on mapei get it sorted !! them lab men and women need sorting !! lol
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