I am putting 3/4″ honeycomb unglazed ceramic tiles down on my bathroom floor. My question is how do I seal the grout? Can I just brush it over the entire floor, then wipe it off the top of the tiles? Does it matter that the tiles are unglazed?
Also if anyone else has put these small mosaic sheets down, and has any tips or suggestions they would be appreciated. I’ve never used mosaic tiles before, just regular individual tiles.
Thanks
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I've used them on a bathroom floor, and just brushed the grout sealer over the entire floor and wiped it off. I just saw one I did a year ago, and it is holding up fine.
On mosiac tiles:
Setting bed has to be dead flat. Any bump or dip will capture those small tiles and there will a bump or dip. Larger format tiles will span those imperfections; small mosiacs will not.
You didn't say what your setting bed it? Backerboard, Mud Bed, Plywood or Vinyl. Please say Backerboard or Mud Bed.
Use a V Knotch Trowel.
Small mosiacs have a habit of getting smuushed down and the thinset coming up through the grout lines. If you use a V Knotch, you'll control this.
Lay out is critical as it is with all tile. Square up your room, layout the mosiacs so either there are full tiles on the most visible side of the room, or split the difference. Most manufacturers have 4 and 5 point halves for the ends of the tiles at the walls.
Boris
"Sir, I may be drunk, but you're crazy, and I'll be sober tomorrow" -- WC Fields, "Its a Gift" 1934
Was in Lowes the other day looking through the flooring dept. and came across aerosol cans of grout sealer. Instructions, basically, were to stand up, spray the grout lines ignoring the excess on the tiles and let dry. I decided to give it a try.
After the sealer had dried, I mopped the haze from the surface of the tiles and noticed that the water was beading, as advertised, on the grout lines. I'm curious to see how long it holds up and how well it resists staining.