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| BadMouth:
--- Quote from: SNAAKE on December 28, 2016, 12:34:38 am ---thx everyone here is another WILD idea..how about regular white glue in the gap lol? its pretty solid and easy to clean I guess. like masking tape the surrounding then put the regular white wood glue in there then scrape the excess and let it dry. I might give this is a try on a tiny area in the bathroom to see how it works out lol.. --- End quote --- Sealer is basically acrylic paint and made for the purpose. Might as well use the correct product. |
| SNAAKE:
can you post a link or two? I tried googling and there is a SEA of related products :dizzy: something like this? https://glaze-n-seal.com/product/grout-sealer/ |
| BadMouth:
--- Quote from: SNAAKE on December 28, 2016, 10:02:30 am ---can you post a link or two? I tried googling and there is a SEA of related products :dizzy: something like this? https://glaze-n-seal.com/product/grout-sealer/ --- End quote --- I don't have any experience with sealer. After your earlier posts I was watching youtube videos on cleaning grout and one showed a guy cleaning, then sealing. It was in a squeeze bottle. He laid down a line, then worked it in with a toothbrush and removed the excess with a shammy. The grout went from looking dirty to looking new. He was saying it was something acrylic and would last 15 years. I think he said it took a fair number of hours to cure. I can imagine particles getting embedded in glue over the years and it looking horrible. I was just saying why use glue when there's already a product out there meant to stand up to being used on a floor. As far as my own experience with tile, the house I live in was a rental to begin with and had light beige colored tiles on the bathroom floor. The grout was light, looked dirty, and was impossible to keep clean. I tried some As Seen On TV grout coloring stuff, but it only lasted a few weeks at best. I bought the house, remodeled the bathroom, and used greyish brown grout on the floor this time. Probably 9 months later and it still looks the same. It does have light colored grout in the shower, but that's not having dirt swept into it constantly. Still trying to decide whether or not to go with tile in the kitchen in a few years, mainly because of what the grout lines will look like. I'm interested in learning how well the sealer works. |
| Howard_Casto:
I hesitate to comment on this because it really depends upon the environment, the choice of materials, ect.... but with that being said.... In a bathroom at least dirt and/or mold are inevitable in any porous material. Sealing it isn't going to make much of a difference, especially with mold, because even when you clean the area prior to sealing, it'll still be there microscopically and grow underneath, only now you can't clean it because you sealed the top. So finding a less porous grout to replace what you currently have might be a good option, or finding a quick and easy cleaning solution, but sealing probably isn't a good idea. |
| SNAAKE:
^ cool thx. still not sure what we wanna do here. say I wanna seal for now, how much do I expect to pay for around grout cleaning/sealing for around 1000 sq/ft. found someone with good reviews on angies list for $900. not sure if thats too high..or low. input from experience anyone? https://member.angieslist.com/member/offers/479037 |
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