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Hi all,
Finished a bathroom recently for a customer. 100x200 brickbond laid ceramic tiles with 2mm spacing. The wet area around the bath has been tanked with *Homelux* wall matting. The bath walls and above the basin were then tiled. The adhesive was left to dry overnight prior to grouting (tubbed adhesive, BAL). The walls had been plastered prior to tiling and had been left to dry for around 4 months due to the customer running out of money to finish the job off.
A BAL Ivory Microban grout was used to grout the tiles. The whole area was grouted from one mix of the grout, eliminating the possibility of the grout being different colours from that.
On drying, the grout is patchy, darker in some areas than it should be. This is most noticeable in the wet area.
The grout was washed off using a washboy kit to prevent excessive water being used. Each section of the bathroom was grouted and then cleaned after a consistent duration. In short, I know I've done all of this right as (I'm sure like you) we grout lots of bathrooms each year and have never had this problem before with a coloured BAL grout.
BAL technical have come out and are pointing the finger at us (predictable) stating inconsistent washing-down is the most likely cause.
Has anyone else ever encountered this problem with BAL grouts or grouts in general??
Finished a bathroom recently for a customer. 100x200 brickbond laid ceramic tiles with 2mm spacing. The wet area around the bath has been tanked with *Homelux* wall matting. The bath walls and above the basin were then tiled. The adhesive was left to dry overnight prior to grouting (tubbed adhesive, BAL). The walls had been plastered prior to tiling and had been left to dry for around 4 months due to the customer running out of money to finish the job off.
A BAL Ivory Microban grout was used to grout the tiles. The whole area was grouted from one mix of the grout, eliminating the possibility of the grout being different colours from that.
On drying, the grout is patchy, darker in some areas than it should be. This is most noticeable in the wet area.
The grout was washed off using a washboy kit to prevent excessive water being used. Each section of the bathroom was grouted and then cleaned after a consistent duration. In short, I know I've done all of this right as (I'm sure like you) we grout lots of bathrooms each year and have never had this problem before with a coloured BAL grout.
BAL technical have come out and are pointing the finger at us (predictable) stating inconsistent washing-down is the most likely cause.
Has anyone else ever encountered this problem with BAL grouts or grouts in general??
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