Grout sealer question

[Adam]

Hey, all. My tiling guy recommended that I seal my grout, and he suggested a spray on sealer that evaporates from the tile (so that I don't need to wipe it right off). He said that Home Depot and Lowes carry some, but he couldn't remember the brand.

I found one called Tileguard® One Step Grout Sealer at Ace Hardware online.

Has anyone used that, or a similar product? If so, did it work well for you?

Thanks!

Adam

 

[TLS Guy]

Hey, all. My tiling guy recommended that I seal my grout, and he suggested a spray on sealer that evaporates from the tile (so that I don't need to wipe it right off). He said that Home Depot and Lowes carry some, but he couldn't remember the brand.

I found one called Tileguard® One Step Grout Sealer at Ace Hardware online.

Has anyone used that, or a similar product? If so, did it work well for you?

Thanks!

Adam

I have used both. The spray is easier, but has to be repeated at more frequent intervals, I think every two or three years.

One thing, check with the instructions on the gout label. Grouts have a big variation in the time they have to left before sealing. Some can be done in a day or two. The grout specified by my daughter for this place had to be left 30 days before sealing. The installer had never heard of such a thing!

 

[Adam]

Thanks! The installer told me that I could/should do it tomorrow. I'll check, but I don't think that they left any grout bags.

 

[Nomo]

The drying time depents on the particular product and the width of the spacing. I used 3/16" spacers in my kitchen and allowed 2 weeks for it to dry.
I've used two different sealers; A brand called Tec from a hardware store which I applyed with a small rolling applicator, and a brush type on from a flooring store called FloorQuest, I believe it was their own brand. Both seemed to work well. Both required two applications. If I were to do it again I'd use the FloorQuest product. I've never tried the spray on type.

If I were you Adam I'd talk to a store that specialized in this type of thing.

 

[Midcow2]

Very cool having a picture of your dog in the signature

Hey, all. My tiling guy recommended that I seal my grout, and he suggested a spray on sealer that evaporates from the tile (so that I don't need to wipe it right off). He said that Home Depot and Lowes carry some, but he couldn't remember the brand.

I found one called Tileguard® One Step Grout Sealer at Ace Hardware online.

Has anyone used that, or a similar product? If so, did it work well for you?

Thanks!

Adam

Very cool having a picture of your dog in the signature

I have done some grout and tile work before (only on my own house) and have typically used the spray on sealer, but I have also "painted" the grout stripes. Some grout, especially lighter colors can stain easily if you don't seal and then periodically reseal.

Good Luck!

Midcow2

P.S. -We got snow last night; first time since Christmas day 2004

 

[adk highlander]

We've used th spray products from Lowes on all our tile. It works well enough but as it is the only type we have used I have no comparisons to make. It is easy to apply.

Any pics of the finished product?

 

[unreal.freak]

Adam, is it floor tile or something on the wall? also how many square feet?

Peace,
Tommy

 

[Adam]

Adam, is it floor tile or something on the wall? also how many square feet?

Peace,
Tommy

Tommy, it's floor tile and somewhere between 300 and 400 square feet.

3/16" grout lines with a fairly light-colored grout.

 

[Adam]

Very cool having a picture of your dog in the signature

Indeed. I had it for about five minutes a few months ago, but I took it down right away. I saw yours yesterday and decided to give it another go. Thanks for the inspiration!

 

[unreal.freak]

Tommy, it's floor tile and somewhere between 300 and 400 square feet.

3/16" grout lines with a fairly light-colored grout.

Adam when i laid my tile in a previous house i owned, i used one of them squeeze style sauce bottles, with a conical tip, to apply my grout sealer. i used the type of sealer that has to be wiped off if it gets on the tile. Like someone said earlier, it lasts much longer. All i did was put on some knee pads and crawl around and apply the sealer to the grout lines. i only applied enough to cover the grout. heck you could even use and old twist top mustard bottle as long as you clean it out good. I found this methode to be very easy and there wasnt any clean up after the sealer application. I would like to note, that all of my grout was a little concave in reference to the tile. In other words the tiles was higher in respect to the grout. So it there was a valley in between the tile, that i was able to fill with sealer. The sealer soaked into the grout very well. Hope this helps

Peace,
Tommy

 

[Alex2507]

All i did was put on some knee pads and crawl around.

Peace,
Tommy

What were you wearing?

 

[Nomo]

What were you wearing?

Just the knee pads?

 

[Rickster71]

All i did was put on some knee pads and crawl around

Tommy

What were you wearing?

Just the knee pads?

That's because the heels were killing his feet...

 

[Alex2507]

 

[Nomo]

Tommy's got much nicer legs than I anticipated.

 

[Alex2507]

Tommy's got much nicer legs than I anticipated.

Those are some pretty stout looking legs. I'd be checking for a banana hammock.

 

[Nomo]

Those are some pretty stout looking legs. I'd be checking for a banana hammock.

You're far more adventurous than me.

 

[unreal.freak]

You guys are bad....very bad

LOL!!

Peace,
Tommy

 

[mtrycrafts]

...heck you could even use and old twist top mustard bottle as long as you clean it out good.

Peace,
Tommy

You mean the colors may clash?

 

[Alex2507]

You're far more adventurous than me.

I would hate to end up in a position where I needed me some elbow pads.