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   rez | Sep 20, 2009 05:57pm | #1

   Been there. :o)

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   PeteDraganic | Sep 20, 2009 06:39pm | #2

   do you have a link to the process on video?

   I would be really impressed if it worked.

   I use a lot of fast-curing dark (black mostly) grout. It can be a bear if it gets ahead of you and on no-slip surfaces it is a real job to get the black up.

    

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   Mongo | Sep 20, 2009 07:04pm | #5

   I just finished running 375 pounds (fifteen 25# bags) of charcoal black grout through a grout bag. I think my fingertips are going to be stained black for a few weeks.As to this thread, yeah, sawdust and a push broom works well for grout cleanup too, especially on textured "non-slip" tile.

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   PeteDraganic | Sep 21, 2009 03:20am | #6

   I did some youtube searches but found nothing. I would love to see or learn the technique.

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   john7g | Sep 21, 2009 03:34am | #7

   I just saw it on TOH yesterday morning so you might see it on this weeks replays

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   PeteDraganic | Sep 20, 2009 06:45pm | #3

   Here is a cool tool for cleaning your sponges...

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a85VQuDzqng

    

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   JasonQ | Sep 23, 2009 09:23am | #8

   Dumb homeowner question -

   Is there any real reason I always see people schmearing grout all over the fields of the tiles, like the guy in the video?  Is it necessary?  Seems like it just wastes grout and creates more cleanup.  Am I full of it?

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   IMERC | Sep 23, 2009 09:27am | #9

   okay... I'll be compliant...

   yur full of it...

    

   as far as the tiles grouting goes.. try not smearing the field of the tile as you work the grout lines diagonally... 

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   Mongo | Sep 23, 2009 04:29pm | #10

   Actually, it doesn't waste much grout. After you're done filling the joints and you do your final "squeegee" passes with the grout float, there's very little grout left on the face of the tile.When the grout hazes over it can look like there's more grout left on the tile than there really is, but installing grout like that is fast and really not wasteful at all. I suppose it depends on how much you mix up to begin with. But when using a grout float, it's not like you have to mix up twice as much grout as you need because you only get 50% utilization out of it.If you wanted to, you could use a grout bag. Grout bags are normally just used with stonework, or on tile that has a textured face where you don't want grout getting into all the nook and crannies of the texture. But that it tedious. And it can be wasteful in itself, as you have to overfill the grout joints, then compress and tool it with a joint tool, then finally brush away the excess.

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   PeteDraganic | Sep 23, 2009 09:24pm | #11

   you have to work the grout into the joints from all directions to make sure there are not any voids or pockets of air.Typically it is easier to get the job done by just coating everything... with the exclusion of large tile like 18"... and even then you'll cover most of them anyhow.However, with the grout trowel, which has a rubber base, you typically pull most of it off as you go. One video shows the guy leaving quite a bit on but that is not typically how it is done... he was using a special grouting machine in that video.Yes you do lose some grout on the surfaces... more or less depending on the tecture of the surface but all in all, not enough to worry about.

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   Mongo | Sep 20, 2009 06:59pm | #4

   Was this the same episode rez was talking about in this thread?