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I am redoing our kitchen floor with ceramic tile. My problem is with the
sealer. I have seen some floors with grout lines as smooth as the tile itself. This just has to be more stain resistant than the gritty joints I'm getting. Is polyurethane ever used as a sealer ? Thanks ! |
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"Sawdusty" wrote in message news:383db63ec23c5ecafc5a18cabf66b3f5@homerepairli ve.com... I am redoing our kitchen floor with ceramic tile. My problem is with the sealer. I have seen some floors with grout lines as smooth as the tile itself. This just has to be more stain resistant than the gritty joints I'm getting. Is polyurethane ever used as a sealer ? Thanks ! Have you started grouting yet? Because if you haven't, go and spend the money on the new kind of grout that is made with --- is it epoxy? Some kind of epoxy or plastic-like additive that makes it incredibly stain resistant. I had my kitchen floor done last year, and I dithered over whether it was worth the price (it's more than three times the price of regular grout), but I ended up using the new, expensive grout, and it has been fabulous. Twice a year I scrub the grout with a scrub brush and it goes back to it's pristine cream color and looks new. Whatever the additive is, it makes the grout as close to impermeable as it can be, so that anything spilled on it can be completely washed off. Perfect for a kitchen. To answer your other question, it does seem to be a smoother surface than the normal style of grout. I'm sorry I don't recall the product name of the grout that we used, but I can't imagine that your hardware store can't tell you what it is, if you ask. It's great stuff, and well worth the price for kitchen tile. If you're committed to the regular grout, I don't have any suggestions for you. I have regular grout in the other rooms in our house, and aside from using grout sealer on it twice a year (disclaimer: it's on my list of chores, and it hasn't happened yet), the only way to keep it clean is not to spill anything on it. Grout "sealer" is kind of a misnomer. Hope that helps (somewhat) Donna |
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Donna wrote:
"Sawdusty" wrote in message news:383db63ec23c5ecafc5a18cabf66b3f5@homerepairli ve.com... I am redoing our kitchen floor with ceramic tile. My problem is with the sealer. I have seen some floors with grout lines as smooth as the tile itself. This just has to be more stain resistant than the gritty joints I'm getting. Is polyurethane ever used as a sealer ? Thanks ! Have you started grouting yet? Because if you haven't, go and spend the money on the new kind of grout that is made with --- is it epoxy? Some kind of epoxy or plastic-like additive that makes it incredibly stain resistant. I had my kitchen floor done last year, and I dithered over whether it was worth the price (it's more than three times the price of regular grout), but I ended up using the new, expensive grout, and it has been fabulous. Twice a year I scrub the grout with a scrub brush and it goes back to it's pristine cream color and looks new. Whatever the additive is, it makes the grout as close to impermeable as it can be, so that anything spilled on it can be completely washed off. Perfect for a kitchen. To answer your other question, it does seem to be a smoother surface than the normal style of grout. I'm sorry I don't recall the product name of the grout that we used, but I can't imagine that your hardware store can't tell you what it is, if you ask. It's great stuff, and well worth the price for kitchen tile. If you're committed to the regular grout, I don't have any suggestions for you. I have regular grout in the other rooms in our house, and aside from using grout sealer on it twice a year (disclaimer: it's on my list of chores, and it hasn't happened yet), the only way to keep it clean is not to spill anything on it. Grout "sealer" is kind of a misnomer. Hope that helps (somewhat) Donna I agree about the epoxy grout, it's great. I have it on my countertops. However, my kitchen floor is already done with the regular stuff (honey colored). I sealed it, it got black in no time. I cleaned it with "grout cleaner" and sealed it with the expensive grout sealer, it still got black in a month. BTW, we did have 2 dogs at the time, so I'm sure that helped the blackening. So, I tried again. I cleaned it and this time I sealed it with water soluble acrylic varnish. I put it in a small squeeze bottle and put a line on each grout line. While it isn't perfect, this is the best and cheapest so far. Maybe I'll be sorry some day in the future, but for now I'm pretty happy with the results. BTW, it's been about 10 months now. |
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Donna wrote:
"Sawdusty" wrote in message news:383db63ec23c5ecafc5a18cabf66b3f5@homerepairli ve.com... I am redoing our kitchen floor with ceramic tile. My problem is with the sealer. I have seen some floors with grout lines as smooth as the tile itself. This just has to be more stain resistant than the gritty joints I'm getting. Is polyurethane ever used as a sealer ? Thanks ! Have you started grouting yet? Because if you haven't, go and spend the money on the new kind of grout that is made with --- is it epoxy? Some kind of epoxy or plastic-like additive that makes it incredibly stain resistant. I had my kitchen floor done last year, and I dithered over whether it was worth the price (it's more than three times the price of regular grout), but I ended up using the new, expensive grout, and it has been fabulous. Twice a year I scrub the grout with a scrub brush and it goes back to it's pristine cream color and looks new. Whatever the additive is, it makes the grout as close to impermeable as it can be, so that anything spilled on it can be completely washed off. Perfect for a kitchen. To answer your other question, it does seem to be a smoother surface than the normal style of grout. I'm sorry I don't recall the product name of the grout that we used, but I can't imagine that your hardware store can't tell you what it is, if you ask. It's great stuff, and well worth the price for kitchen tile. I used Kerapoxy, a 2-part epoxy grout throughout my house about 15 yrs ago - still looks brand new. http://www.infotile.com/mapei/CERSFG.html |
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Thanks Bob ! ~Ed |
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