I'm a bit worried! The wife has chosen some tiles for the bathroom and I've
stuck them on the wall but I don't want to go any further. She insists I
finish the job with the cream grouting but I just know I'm gonna mess it up.

The tiles are 50mm square like mosaics, about 8mm thick. They look like
rough stone and the edges are uneven, so the grout will go all over the
place. And I can't just let it dry and rub it off like with glazed tiles.

Is there a trick I need to know about to keep the tiles clean?

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"Peter Taylor" wrote in message
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I'm a bit worried! The wife has chosen some tiles for the bathroom and
I've stuck them on the wall but I don't want to go any further. She
insists I finish the job with the cream grouting but I just know I'm gonna
mess it up.

The tiles are 50mm square like mosaics, about 8mm thick. They look like
rough stone and the edges are uneven, so the grout will go all over the
place. And I can't just let it dry and rub it off like with glazed tiles.

Is there a trick I need to know about to keep the tiles clean?


Point them up as a bricklayer would. i.e just apply grout to the joints
and not swish it across the face. I doubt your tiles are rougher than
bricks.

Parellel strips of masking tape on either side of the joint might help.


mark

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On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:12:34 -0800 (PST), Andy Dingley
wrote:
snip

Not a total solution on its own, but a real rubber tiler's sponge
(couple of quid from Axminster) works far better than a tuppence
ha'penny pan scourer.

Can you get rubber tiles for walls? :-)

Don't be stupid!

It's the tiler that's real rubber, not the tiles.




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On 19 Nov, 13:18, wrote:
Can you get rubber tiles for walls? * *:-)

No idea, but you can get them for floors.

Price of the things is truly staggering though! They look the
business, but just not affordable.

"Steve Firth" wrote in message
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Peter Taylor wrote:

Is there a trick I need to know about to keep the tiles clean?

After grouting "gres" tiles which are unglazed and have a "broken" edge
started to send me insane - I was spending more time cleaning than
grouting - I got a mortar gun and used that to apply the grout to the
gaps. Much easier than a squegee or sponge.


Great idea, thanks! I went to the tile place to see what they had and they
looked at me as if I was mad (Not far out actually). But on the old
internet I found a better idea of using a grout bag, like an icing bag.
Amazon sell them.

Here are the tiles she selected:
http://www.ionicstone.com/product.ph...&product_id=13
They told me not to bother about the holes in the tiles, just fill them with
grout using a squeegee. I reckon it will look terrible, what do you think?

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"mark" wrote in message
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"Peter Taylor" wrote in message
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I'm a bit worried! The wife has chosen some tiles for the bathroom and
I've stuck them on the wall but I don't want to go any further. She
insists I finish the job with the cream grouting but I just know I'm
gonna mess it up.

The tiles are 50mm square like mosaics, about 8mm thick. They look like
rough stone and the edges are uneven, so the grout will go all over the
place. And I can't just let it dry and rub it off like with glazed
tiles.

Is there a trick I need to know about to keep the tiles clean?


Point them up as a bricklayer would. i.e just apply grout to the joints
and not swish it across the face. I doubt your tiles are rougher than
bricks.

Parellel strips of masking tape on either side of the joint might help.


mark

I'm going to take you up on the tape idea Mark, thanks!

Peter Taylor wrote:

They told me not to bother about the holes in the tiles, just fill them with
grout using a squeegee. I reckon it will look terrible, what do you think?

I don't know, it depends on the tiles and the grout. When I tried it on
ours erindoors told me to clean it off.

Peter Taylor coughed up some electrons that declared:


"Steve Firth" wrote in message
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Peter Taylor wrote:

Is there a trick I need to know about to keep the tiles clean?

After grouting "gres" tiles which are unglazed and have a "broken" edge
started to send me insane - I was spending more time cleaning than
grouting - I got a mortar gun and used that to apply the grout to the
gaps. Much easier than a squegee or sponge.


Great idea, thanks! I went to the tile place to see what they had and
they
looked at me as if I was mad (Not far out actually). But on the old
internet I found a better idea of using a grout bag, like an icing bag.
Amazon sell them.

Here are the tiles she selected:
http://www.ionicstone.com/product.ph...&product_id=13
They told me not to bother about the holes in the tiles, just fill them
with
grout using a squeegee. I reckon it will look terrible, what do you
think?

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Looks like travertine, in the absence of anything on the website!

In which case, yes, you do fill the holes with grout - or the tiles are
supplied ready filled.

Cheers

Tim

"Peter Taylor" wrote in message
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I'm a bit worried! The wife has chosen some tiles for the bathroom and
I've stuck them on the wall but I don't want to go any further. She
insists I finish the job with the cream grouting but I just know I'm gonna
mess it up.

The tiles are 50mm square like mosaics, about 8mm thick. They look like
rough stone and the edges are uneven, so the grout will go all over the
place. And I can't just let it dry and rub it off like with glazed tiles.

Is there a trick I need to know about to keep the tiles clean?
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I think I'd use ivory coloured grout on those tiles.


mark

"mark" wrote in message
et...

I think I'd use ivory coloured grout on those tiles.

mark

Thanks. You're right - that's what they recommended as well. The colour I
bought is called Jasmine (but it's ivory)

I have a few tiles left over so I'm going to do two tests to see how it
looks, just grouting the joints and filling the holes with grout as well.
Thanks for all the help.



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