I'm planning to tile a basement room, and I have come across a new style grout that I wasn't previously aware of. It's an all-in-one premix that dispenses with having to seal the grout afterwards. It's quite a bit more expensive, but it may be worth it, if it saves a lot of labor and is generally superior to regular sanded grout. Any experience or advice?
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You still need to apply a sealer if your installing natural stone tiles.
We used it in a shower but it is too early to tell since it is only a little more than 1 month young.
From what I have seen, the grout is sandy but also more rubbery when dried.
In other words, it has a different texture than regular grout.
We used the Mapei Flexcolor CQ, it is about $50 per tub from Floor & Decor.
They are cheaper than Lowes in my area for this type of materials.
From what I have seen, the grout is sandy but also more rubbery when dried.
In other words, it has a different texture than regular grout.
We used the Mapei Flexcolor CQ, it is about $50 per tub from Floor & Decor.
They are cheaper than Lowes in my area for this type of materials.
Wow! Talk about coincidence. Yesterday I was helping a neighbor finish tiling the top his dining room hutch and used Fusion Pro ready to use grout with sealer in it. I've never used the pre-mixed no-seal grout but figured it couldn't be much different than regular grout. Wrong! This stuff was much more difficult to work with. It went down like regular grout but started to set too quickly to do more than a three or four square feet at a time before it needed to be sponged. Within five minutes after the initial sponge, the haze (sealer) became very difficult to remove without pressing harder which resulted in removing too much grout from the cracks. Even my tools were a pain to wash when I got done. Thankfully the job was only about twelve square feet and was manageable. Bottom line is I will never use the all-in-one grout ever again. I'll stick to using regular Polyblend and sealing it after it cures like I've always done with great results.
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Wow! Talk about coincidence. Yesterday I was helping a neighbor finish tiling the top his dining room hutch and used Fusion Pro ready to use grout with sealer in it. I've never used the pre-mixed no-seal grout but figured it couldn't be much different than regular grout. Wrong! This stuff was much more difficult to work with. It went down like regular grout but started to set too quickly to do more than a three or four square feet at a time before it needed to be sponged. Within five minutes after the initial sponge, the haze (sealer) became very difficult to remove without pressing harder which resulted in removing too much grout from the cracks. Even my tools were a pain to wash when I got done. Thankfully the job was only about twelve square feet and was manageable. Bottom line is I will never use the all-in-one grout ever again. I'll stick to using regular Polyblend and sealing it after it cures like I've always done with great results.
That's the stuff I was looking at! It sounds like a hassle.
Wow! Talk about coincidence. Yesterday I was helping a neighbor finish tiling the top his dining room hutch and used Fusion Pro ready to use grout with sealer in it. I've never used the pre-mixed no-seal grout but figured it couldn't be much different than regular grout. Wrong! This stuff was much more difficult to work with. It went down like regular grout but started to set too quickly to do more than a three or four square feet at a time before it needed to be sponged. Within five minutes after the initial sponge, the haze (sealer) became very difficult to remove without pressing harder which resulted in removing too much grout from the cracks. Even my tools were a pain to wash when I got done. Thankfully the job was only about twelve square feet and was manageable. Bottom line is I will never use the all-in-one grout ever again. I'll stick to using regular Polyblend and sealing it after it cures like I've always done with great results.
That's the stuff I was looking at! It sounds like a hassle.
Be careful as a DIY with the latest and greatest products unless they are marketed for DIYs, pros want something that can save time in the hands of a skilled dude.
My dad is a baby boomer residential contractor who still works, sometimes the old ways are better than the new ways. Old ways are not fashionable and are saturated markets.
My dad is a baby boomer residential contractor who still works, sometimes the old ways are better than the new ways. Old ways are not fashionable and are saturated markets.
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