After installing the seams after laying the tile, you can get two significant results. First, a harmonious surface is created, which will fully comply with designer ideas. Secondly, the possibility of mold and fungus is neutralized, and overall pollution is reduced. Naturally, work must be carried out in compliance with certain rules.

There is a certain period that you need to wait before you fulfill the necessary events. So, the grout of the seams of ceramic tiles is carried out in a day, after laying the material. Much depends on the glue used. Why can't wait longer? There are several reasons for this:

1. On the second day, the mixture used for cladding retains a small elasticity. So it will be easy to remove it when scrolling the seams. Subsequently will have to make much more effort.
2. The remaining moisture contributes to the best adhesion. Of course, there is an opportunity to make gaps additionally. But this can lead to some drawbacks: becomes liquid and less elastic. Working with such a mixture is much harder.
3. Open seams are rapidly polluted. Small particles of dust and dirt quickly fall into open holes and clog them. This leads to the fact that the solution becomes much more complicated.

It becomes extremely clear that such work must be performed on time. Then it will be possible to get a coating that will meet all the necessary requirements.

Statting of the seams after laying ceramic tiles is performed after the day

Preparation of solution

You can use a ready-made mixture for work that is sold in construction stores. It is only required to mix well before applying. There are also dry solutions, they have to breed in advance. Cooking will require the following:

• Water room temperature. She is given to pre-settle so that possible inclusions are settled on the bottom of the bucket.
• Capacity for kneading. It should be convenient for work, as well as be more than an estimated amount of the mixture. It should be borne in mind that the amount of material prepared should be such to spend it before the start of dried.
• Spatula or trowel. This tool is needed to knead. Of course, you can use a drill with a mixer nozzle, but considering a small amount of the mixture prepared, it will be a meaningless occupation. It is better to do all your hands to get the desired result and not collect the solution from the walls of the container.

Solution for grouting is best to knead with a spatula or trowel

The cooking process looks like this:

• Each grout for tile seams contains instructions from the manufacturer. It indicates the amount of water required to prepare the desired volume of the mixture.
• Water poured into the tank for kneading. Next, a small part of the material is poured. Now you should mix the composition well. If it turns out too dry, then the water is added, or vice versa.
• All components need to be divorced to a pasty state. After that, the seam grout solution is left for about five minutes. Then the stirring is repeated.

It turns out a homogeneous substance that has sufficient viscosity and elasticity. She is very convenient to work. But after a while - the properties will begin to deteriorate.

After mixing all components, a viscous and very elastic mixture

Technology Zatirov

It should be borne in mind that the tile stamps with their own hands is performed in several stages. The area of \u200b\u200bcontinuous work should be two square meters. So manages to do everything qualitatively. Of course, when there is a sufficient experience, the process is much accelerated.

Before rubting the tile, the necessary tool is prepared: rubber spatula, grater, rag, sponge, spatula for the formation of the seam (smoother).

Immediately before applying the grout, you must prepare the necessary tool and rubber gloves.

Further events are:

• When an unbalanced tile is used, then pre-moisturizing it. This is done with a sponge that helps penetrate the water deep into the joints. But it is necessary to do this very carefully, it is impossible to allow the occurrence of drowshes and the formation of excess moisture. When the material is covered with icing - this process can be skipped.
  

  Tip! It is better not to use sponges for tiles, which serve for washing dishes. There are other options, they are sold in car service departments.

• A pre-prepared mixture is applied to the grout. The tool put at an angle of thirty degrees to the surface and start moving it diagonally. This method is used due to the fact that performing the movement horizontally or vertical - it is not possible to apply uniformly.

When applying grouts on the tile, you must move diagonally

• The grout procedure of the tile seams requires certain efforts. You need to push the grater to filled all possible emptiness. You can use a rubber spatula for work. But then the process will occur much longer. After all, it will have to be pulled by a solution in small portions on the entire site of work. The spatula is great for hard-to-reach places and corners.
  

  On a note! Corners are a very noticeable place for which you often pay attention. Therefore, work on such sites needs to be performed very carefully.

• After filling out all the gaps on the selected section of the work, it is embarrassed with a dry method. To do this, clean the grater from the residues of the mixture and put it at an angle of eighty degrees to the surface. And again all movements are performed exclusively diagonally. This makes it possible to remove excess composition. It happens that there is an unintentional removal of the solution from the seam - then the mixture is applied again.
• The surface is left for fifteen minutes. During this time, another area can be lost. Now it comes to use a wet way. For this, the sponge is wetted in water, and very abundantly, and begin to drive it diagonally. But before proceeding with these manipulations, check that the melting is no longer removed from the seam. Pre-slightly should be experimenting.

• The next stage comes. It resembles the previous one, but the differences are that the sponge is well pressed. And movements should be circular. An excessive pressure should be avoided. After all, it is possible to remove the rapid material. It must be remembered that the sponge must be constantly rinsed and pressing well.
  

  On a note! Such a process can quickly spoil the sponge, turning it a useless thing. Therefore, you should have a spare article.

• Seaming of seams between the tile is not finished. Next, it comes the time to use special devices for the formation of beautiful gaps between adjacent elements. It is convenient to apply a special spatula, it looks like a small round wand. When the procedure is completed, the next shoe will occur. She is conducted parallel to the seam - washing all unnecessary. It is possible to get a rounded seam. If this is not required, then the gaps simply roll up in a tile.

Special round spatula allows you to form beautiful seams

It seems that the grout of ceramic tiles is suitable for its end. In fact, it should be borne in mind that the event is quite a long time and requires further continuation. Now it is necessary to wait for the moment when the suture material will dry up, and it will be possible to start removing the remaining excess, which will be attended throughout the face of the product everywhere.

For work, an indispensable sponge is used, which is well washed and pressed. It is carried out by fast movements along the surface on the length of the elongated hand. Each regular pass should be parallel to the previous one. If you do everything correctly, then it is possible to remove all residues of the solution. Of course, it will be completely difficult to do it, but it is not necessary. The main thing is to remove large surplus from the tile, which quickly dried.


Removal of excess grouts on a tile

Sealing

Sealing is a necessary process that is performed immediately after the completion of the thicker works. It is needed to impart a seam of high strength. This will protect it from the effects of various chemicals and water. The choice of material is suitable with all thoroughness. It is better to use the compositions that are completely transparent. They are made on the basis of silicone.

On a note! This solution has a rather specific smell similar to ammonia. Therefore, work is better to perform in the respirator.

The sealing process allows you to make seams more durable.

Before closeing the joints with protective compositions, are determined with further actions that will be focused on the type of ceramic product:

• The material with the applied icing. All events need to be performed very carefully. This surface is very easy to damage or even completely spoil. Therefore, the plot of work is additionally worse with painting scotch. And the sealant in the tubes is used to work, which is applied with a special pistol.
• Products without glazes. Many masters advise the cover of the entire surface, including tile. Of course, it turns out a layer that will protect it from various impacts, but it will spoil the entire appearance. In addition, the likelihood that such a layer will be closed.

It becomes clear how to use grout and protective compositions. Sometimes it is believed that such work does not require compliance with the set of described stages. You can apply a mixture and quickly form seams. That's just the result will be quite deplorable. Therefore, only a clear observance of all technological processes is a guarantee of reliability, quality and attractive appearance.

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The pistol for grouting seams is the most convenient tool with which the gaps between the elements of the finish are filled. It is suitable for working with any materials: natural or artificial stone, sidewalk and tile, brick, concrete.

To fill the seams of ceramic tiles, a special pistol is used. This grout tool helps facilitate the work process and perform it faster. There are 2 types of pistols:

• for grouting stone seams;
• for grouting tile, ceramic (clinker) tiles.

All tools for this type plunger, equipped with a special simple mechanism for extrusion of the mixture. Different models differ in several parameters:

1. material manufacturing material;
2. color solving structural elements;
3. capacity for the mixture;
4. the number and type of nozzles included in the package.

Any pistol for grouting of clinker tiles and stones consists of several elements:

• the housing in which the container is installed for the mixture;
• one or several nozzles;
• piston plunger mechanism;
• handles.

The plunger mechanism consists of:

1. metal pusher;
2. seal in the form of a solid rubber ring;
3. piston;
4. springs.

Professional and semi-professional equipment equipped with a mechanism that provides enhanced flow with a weak pressed on the handle. Large-size models have a welded metal case capable of withstanding enough pressure. All elements of such designs are galvanized, which prevents corrosion development. This is an important point, since the gun during working with it is in contact with the wet media.

Nozzles, Tube's spouts and the tubes themselves are made from high-strength plastic. This wear-resistant material capable of withstanding the long-term effects of abrasive grout mixes. The most popular model of the tools of Stayer and Pointing Gun.

Pistols to fill seams are easy to operate. In order to start work, you need to consistently perform a number of simple actions.

• fill the stupid tube;
• install a tube into the case;
• if necessary, wear a nasal nan.

After that, slowly compress the handles of the instrument, which leads to the movement of the piston. It is inside the tube, in its top. With a convergence of the handle with each other, the spring straightened, which begins to put pressure on the piston, and it gradually falls down. At the same time, the mass is extruded inside the tube through the nose. It's all that you need to know about the principle of operation of the gun to fill the seams between the stones and tiles.

Putty knife

Spatula for grouting seams is a highly specialized product represented by several species of this tool. The masters know how important its form is from which the productivity depends on many ways. The size of this tool is equally important for finishing and plastering.

The most popular among professionals and beginner masters a rubber spatula for grouting gaps between the elements of the finish. These tools are made of durable and sufficiently elastic material. In stores sell sets consisting of two, three and more spatulas of different sizes. Color can be any, but most often occurs white, gray and black. The shape is rectangular or trapezoidal.

Newbie, not having a skill in finishing works, it is advisable to buy a set of spatulas. In this case, you can experience each and choose the one that is most convenient and provides high productivity. The length of the rubber canvase can be from 5 to 50 cm. Supporters are suitable for working with any kind of mixtures. But for applying cement grout often requires the use of a metal spatula.

A round spatula is necessary to form a beautiful seam line. Externally, this tool resembles a segment of elastic and at the same time elastic wire.

The rest of the tools

In order to qualitatively make the grout of the seams, it will take not only a spatula. There is a complex of tools and devices, each of which is designed to perform any one task. Thus, for applying a mixture with a sludge method, a grout is required, from the bottom side of which dense rubber is located.

It is easy to work this tool: a small amount of the mixture is gaining onto the cloth and distribute it through the tile. Moving the grater diagonally up and down, fill the seams by grouting. Digit the next portion of the mixture and repeat the process. This is done until the tight seams receive.

To give them evenness and smoothness, they will need a special ironing for grouting seams. An integral accessory of the tiller is a soft foam sponge. It is washed out of the excess mixture and eliminate the irregularities of the seams.

Over time, the mixture between the tiles begins to darken, fungus may appear or mold. This happens because of the not enough moisture resistance used to fill the composition slots. In this case, the pencil will help the pencil for the grout, which otherwise is called a "marker for grouting". And externally, the tool corresponds to the name: has a spout, a removable cap and a hollow case, inside which is a white or colored composition. The tile marker stains the seams in the desired color, masks stains, disinfects.

After completing the finishing work on laying tiles, mosaic, the tiles remains the gaps. To improve the tightness of the surface, protect the base from moisture ingress and give the finish with the completed view, the tile seams are made. Work starts from the choice of material, tool, surface preparation.

For the finishing decoration of walls and floors, tiles, ceramics, glass, porcelain stoneware, mosaic, clinker, smalt are used. The gaps need to be lost - this gives the coating aesthetically attractive appearance and allows you to create a monolithic hermetic plane. For grouting seams, tile use various mixtures:

• Cement. Component composition includes portland cement, additives, fine sand, polymers. Simple mixtures are suitable for final processing of tile surfaces in living rooms, bedrooms.

• Epoxy two-component. Two components are used - resin and hardener catalyst. The finished paste has a short lifetime of life up to 60 minutes, so the rapid solution must be developed immediately.

• Polyurethane solutions. The mixtures include polyurethane resins in the form of water dispersions. In terms of quality and properties, polyurethane sealants are similar to epoxy, have a limit on the thickness of the seam to 6 mm.

For the grout of intercutric seams, special materials are used if the tile is laid on a complex surface or aggressive environments affect it. In this case, silicone sealants, heat-resistant solutions, compositions with furan resins are used.

Important: A high-quality mixture in addition to the main binder component must contain impregnation, additives, minerals, latex or other fillers, which improve the performance properties of the composition.

Tools for work

In the construction medium, the grout of a ceramic or other tile is called fugging. The master's task is to evenly fill the gaps with a cooked solution. For the grout of the seams of ceramic tiles, the following tools use with their own hands:

1. The solutions stirring perform a drill with a nozzle or a construction mixer.

2. To fill the gaps, you need a set of rubber spatulas, for epoxy compositions take a tool from rigid rubber.

3. Buckets or other containers in which it is convenient to stir the grotype mixture, a tank with clean water.

4. Preparatory work and cleaning of intercutric junctions are carried out by a painting brush, a knife, a special solvent.

5. If a two-component composition on an epoxy-based basis is used, the grout of the tile seams is performed by a foam sponge.

Since substances that make up the mixtures include the category of chemical components, you need to work in gloves, it is desirable to use a mask or respirator. To remove excess mass at hand there should be a dry nonvilous rag.

Surface preparation

An important advantage of the paste on any basis is good adhesion with any surfaces.. This is true in the case when the plane being processed is completely cleaned of contamination. Therefore, before applying grouting on the tile, you need to remove dust and garbage. How to make preparation for grouting:

Some solutions are better collected on a slightly moisturized surface, but these conditions do not need to be observed when the seams of the ceramic tiles are grouting with two-component mixtures. In order not to scratch fragments of cladding, glue can be removed with a wooden stick, and not a sharp blade. If you want to lift the seams on the porous surface, the masters recommend to salary the joints on both sides by painting scotch, so that less grouts falls on the tile - it leaves the stains on the porous material.

ATTENTION: Waste the seams not earlier than 8-24 hours after the tile laying. The time indicator depends on the speed of drying the tile glue.

Preparation of solution

To simplify the work on the grout of the seams of the tile with their own hands, you can purchase a ready-made mixture. The shelf life of such compositions is limited, and the cost is much higher. If a dry powder is used, then depending on the selected agent (on cement, epoxy, polyurethane), you need to mix the components or dilute them with water in the proportion package:

1. The dry grout is diluted with water or hardener in a clean container with a drill with a nozzle.

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2. The tool must be included on low revs and mix until a homogeneous mass is formed.

It is important to clearly observe the proportions specified by the manufacturer, otherwise the composition will lose its beneficial properties. The stood of the seams is performed on the prepared surface, and it is necessary to simultaneously rub 1-2 square tiles and immediately clean the plane from the excess weight. A liquid cement mixture can be stored 12-24 hours, and epoxy formulations are produced within 45-60 minutes.

Application of mixes

Before grouting the seams of ceramic tiles, you need to withstand the time required for the complete pouring of the adhesive substance. The drying rate is influenced by the component composition of the adhesive, temperature and humidity of the environment. When using cement rates, the seams are pre-wetted with water for better adhesion, and epoxy solutions are applied on dry joints. How to make a grout of tile seams:

• Clauses can be additionally treated with antiseptic or antifungal primer.
• When the seams of tiles on the floor are grouting, the mixture is applied with a wide spatula in a diagonal direction.
• For fugging on the wall, you can use a smaller tool, filling the gaps from top to bottom.
• A small amount of the mixture is gaining on the spatula and the joints are filled, pressing the solution with some effort.
• If the spatula does not inlets in the joint, it means that the clearance is completely filled with a solution, and there is no emptiness in it.
• After grouting the seams on the floor, the wall with an area of \u200b\u200b1-2 m2 proceed to the formation and extension.
• Plastic grout pervals the piece of cable of the corresponding diameter, the extra mass is cleaned.

When working with epoxy compositions, the seams are formed with a sponge or pouch with a finger. The tile is immediately purified, and when hardening the means - a special solvent. If there are problem areas (squeezes, pits), they are neatly close in fresh paste.

Note: Grout must be on a millimeter shall below the tile level. Forming beautiful joints need a damp pure sponge, so as not to deform the joints by the residues of dried on the grout.

After grouting the seams of the tile with their own hands in the bathroom or in the kitchen, the facing material must be cleaned from the residues of the mixture until the paste finally dried. This suits the method of cleaning using a wet foam sponge or pure cloth. Excess cement mass is cleaned 20-30 minutes after filling with the solution. When working two-component compositions, clean the surface must be immediately. Masters recommendations:

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3. You can prepare solutions with the addition of lemon juice, vinegar, toothpaste.

After cleaning, the state of the seams carefully examines. If necessary, prepare a new portion of the mixture and straighten the deformed joints. The final processing is performed the next day - polish ceramics with dry rag and impregnate the seams with colorless silicone sealant. It prevents the formation of fungus and mold, additionally protects intercutter joints from moisture effects.

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Dry cleaning

In the process of grouting seams in the bathroom or in the kitchen, even with the most accurate application of paste, excess mass is formed. If cement grout is used, the residues of the substance can be erased by dry rag after drying. Not a porous tile, some masters are grinding with a rubber nozzle. Epoxy and polyurethane compositions are removed immediately until the mixture hardened.

With a dry method, cleaning is not allowed so that particles of dried pasta fall on the seams. The grater work diagonally, constantly cleaning the tool from the hardened slices of the grout. Relief tile is cleaned with an old toothbrush. With a large amount of work and applying epoxy mixtures, professional builders use electrical composites with removable felt discs.

Cement or epoxy mixtures are used to handle the joints of the flooring. Compositions are resistant to mechanical damage, are not abrasion. To increase the operational resource, after the stamps of the seams of the floor tile, the joints are failed with silicone sealants - not necessarily, but reliably. The screening technology of seams on the floor between porcelain tiles is almost no different from the processing of vertical surfaces with their own hands:

1. Prepare Tools - a set of spatulas, drill, construction knife, grater, foam sponges, a container for a mixture and water, rag.
2. Remove cross-locks, clean the floor, "commemorate" by a painting brush.
3. Prepare a solution: the cement mixture is added to water or latex, gradually stirring.
4. If drill is used, you need to include a 300 rpm tool so that there are no air bubbles in the paste.
5. Before applying cement grout, the joints are moisturized to better grasp the composition with the base of the floor.

The further process is to fill the gaps between the tiles. Grouting outdoor tiles on the seams is diagonally, and you need to start work from a long corner of the room, moving to the entrance to the room. You need to rub the mixture with pressure, completely filling the emptiness between the fragments of the floor covering. After preparing the foundation, the tile seams in the bathroom are performed as follows:

1. The square meter of tiles is wetted on the joints, but the water drops should not be.

2. The shutters prepared for the seams between the tiles fill the gaps, picking up the desired amount of the mixture to the spatula.

3.New wizards rub the composition with a special grater, others use the spatula - depends on the tile (porous, embossed).

After processing one or two squares of the area of \u200b\u200bthe floor covering, the plot is cleaned from grouting with warm water or special means. To fill with a solution, you can use a building bag (cone). The desired amount of paste is placed in it and squeeze into the gaps, hanging the mixture with a graking or spatula. After 15-20 minutes on the seams, you need to walk with a damp sponge to equalize the mixture and complete the flag. While the composition dries out, proceed to the processing of the next square. If epoxy material is used, the paste is mixed in such a quantity to generate a solution for an hour. The seam is considered ideal if it is recessed relative to the jacks of tiles and has a smooth structure.

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Differences from grouting on the walls

There is a significant difference between how to properly rub the tile on the wall and on the floor, no. The technology remains unchanged, and work is carried out in the same manner - drying of tile glue, surface preparation, preparing the solution, applying the mixture, cleaning the tiles from the excess tight mass. Minor differences in work:

• Floor makeup should be more resistant to mechanical damage.
• On the wall, the tile seams are performed vertically from top to bottom, it is more convenient to work with a spatula.
• Treatment of flooring is performed diagonally, you can use a spatula, a grater, a construction bag.

After a complete drying of the mixture, you can handle the seams with silicone sealant. The transparent substance reliably protects the grout from moisture absorption and gives the composition of the dirt-repellent properties. On the tube with sealant there is nozzle or tassel for convenient application.

Width of the griming seams

A controversial question that professional builders do not give an accurate answer - the width of the griming seams. It is necessary to be guided by a simple rule - a wide gap between the tiles reduces the monolith and mechanical strength of the coating, but visually gives the surface of strict geometric lines. Masters recommendations:

1. The length of the tile on one side is less than 10 cm - seam is 1-3 mm.
2. The material size is more than 10 cm on the side - the joint will be 2-8 mm.
3. For clinker tiles, make the grout of the seams of 8-15 mm.
4. There are 1-3 mm between small fragments of the mosaic.
5. Extrusion tiles with large faces (up to 30 cm) rub in seams with a thickness of 4-10 mm.

Between the products of the wrong form leave a large gap (up to 12 mm) so as not to attract attention to the geometry of products. Seams on the floor can be larger than on the walls. For the restoration of the old coating, you can reincarnate the joints. This refers to cement grouts, which are susceptible to cracking in disruption of the technology of preparation and applying a solution. Old seams are treated with sandpaper, carefully cleaned dust and sprinkle residues, covered with fresh mixture. In some cases, it is more convenient to restore interputric seams by staining. To completely replace the sealant, a special cleaner is poured on the old grout. When the grout softens, it is removed by the seams. After cleansing the gaps, it is necessary to make a grout of the ceramic tile again, adhering to the technology described above.

The finishing of the tile with the use of grouting mixtures requires accuracy and skill. Not to all masters will be able to get a grout of impeccable quality. It is important to do the work gradually, filling small areas of the wall or ceiling so that it remains to correct the errors. The result of painstaking work will exceed the waiting of the wizard - after grouting seams, the tile acquires a beautiful visual effect.

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It remains in detail to disassemble which tool is necessary for this.

Tools for stirring stirring.

The easiest option to knead the grout in buckets, in which the grout mixture with hydrophobic properties is sold. In paper packages are sold ordinary.

It can be stirred manually, a trowel. The blade should be long and rectangular. With such a form of the tool, it is easier to stir and get from the bottom. Narrow metal spatula less productive.

Grout stirring manually, trowel.

Often in the videos showing stirring the grouting drill or screwdriver.

Perhaps on small revolutions. But this is another additional tool. Which need to wash, store, buy, transport. Winning time is small. In addition to the case of grouting tiles on the floor in the supermarket.

At this stage, one more important tool is needed - a brush for washing a trowel and a bucket.

If you leave without flushing (there are many such advisers) and simply, then, knocking out, it does not fly away, then everything will not fly away. In the new grout (and the other color) will come across pieces of old dry grout from the bucket.

Cleaning tools for grouting with water with water.

Tool for applying grouts between seams.

Spatulas for grouting seams were considered separately. The best was For the empty of epoxy grout of lipolo. It greatly crushes the mixture. It is convenient for them to work in the corners, thanks to the sharp edges. This is the opinion of the majority who tried it in work. Who did not do that - still rubbed the narrow piece of rubber.

Tool for applying grouts in the seams.

Tools for erosing gripping and cleaning tiles.

For this stage of work, you must have two tools:

Spatula for cleaning grouting with tiles and a piece of soft foam rubber. The beauty of the seam depends on these tools.

Professional spatula made of high-quality plastic and porous cellulose. Another tool may be called "rubber coated plaster."

There are many analogues. You can't call them differently. The problem of designers of such devices is that they do not drag the tile and do not understand the main property of this tool. Externally coping, wanting the goods to be successful.

Spatula for removing grouting with tiles.

The main difference between such spatulas ( in the photo 1-3. ) - soft foam in the ground. Often with small pores. It does not collect the steep grout and quickly clogs the mixture.

Even, the foam rubberly erases, but often it does not reach it, because it falls off from the handle. If you buy such a tool - then all the technology is perceived as nonsense.

With a piece of foam rubber, not everything is simple. If you take the first thing that happened for 2-3 business days. It is quickly crushed and turns into a rag. To blur the grout on the tile, in such a foam, you have to crush more. From this there are depressions on the seam.

The difference felt by chance, bought a piece of pink foam in the bazaar. It is more expensive.

Pink furniture foam.

All trick in the density and rigidity of this material.

The foam rubber is manufactured for various needs. The cheapest is packing or noise insulating. This is also used most often for erosion. It quickly knocks on a lump and does not absorb water.

It is necessary to use furniture foam pink. It has more density and rigidity. It is not crushed after multiple squeezing. Such a material serves a year, without loss of quality.

Thickness also happens different. From 20 mm to 100mm.

Optimal - 40 mm. With a greater thickness, it is necessary to wash more often and thoroughly. Grout remains in the middle of a thick piece and freezes. With a lesser thickness - poorly collects water.

Pink foam thick 40 mm thick.

There are more dense foam rubber in the furniture production - blue. There was no experience.

Below information about the classification of foam rubber for furniture. There is a detailed explanation, why the packaging material loses elasticity:

If you choose the right tools and use them correctly, it disappears the need for a circular spam to form a seam. The latter has a disadvantage - to smear the grains of paint on the seam (in some rates).

Tools for cleaning tiles from plaque.

This is the last stage in the thicker work. It must be removed from the lined surface of the white flare, which appears after drying cement grout.

You can use a simple dry cloth. Worked. But if you imagine the evolution of this tool, I will have such a chain.

Work gloves\u003e Burlap\u003e Piece of towels\u003e Felt mittens.

The latter option turned out to be the most productive. Such mittens are used in welding. Sometimes they assign the name "Welder Mittens". The pile relieves the flare and never scratches the tile. One mittens is enough for a long time.

You can still use a more hard option. Grinding sheets Scotch braith for manual grinding. This material has many embodiments. It is necessary to apply products that do not contain abrasive material.

They remove the frozen grout in the pits and deep drawing on the tile.

Felt mittens.

It is necessary to clean the cleaning from the plaque after a complete drying of the seam.

Dry tile after grouting.

In such a state, as in the photo, the flight wipe early. Suts are raw. Removing the flare, you swallow the grout along the tile. You can, once again, rinse with pure water with foam rubber. The next day, the raid will be less and deleted it will be easier. The greater the dilution of cement grouting with water - it is weaker.

Tools for epoxy grout.

You can use all the above-listed tools for applying epoxy grout.

Only in this case, some become disposable. Pores on the spatula for the erosion and foam rubber are clogged with a drying epoxy mixture. They lose their performance. With significant volumes of one set, it is not enough, you have to change.

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Tilenik bucket.

On the Russian Internet market, this tool appeared recently. In Western YouTube, he was seen again five years ago.

The main advantage of the bucket for the tile grout (its know-how) - rollers for cleaning the porous material on the grater from the grout mixture.

This innovation allows you not to water your hand and work without rubber gloves. Prevents skin corrosive cement. More useful in that set is not. There are shortcomings:

• The first drawback is a grater that enters the set. Her coating from soft foam rubber. This is one of the first three options in the photo above.
• The second inconvenience is a bucket itself. As a container, it is comfortable and roomy. But this is another container that you need to move, store, buy. The most suspended review of the bucket for thicker works here:

No wonder attempts to connect the idea of \u200b\u200bcleaning using rollers with already capacities to work with tiles are already

• Use a small bath for cleaning.
• Adjust a simple roller for rolling wallpaper.

Device for squeezing the grater.

Roller for cleaning a rubber grater.

Tools for grouting seams on large areas.

A set of such a tool on the video below:

There is a mixture of somewhat ordinary. Due to this and repeated, repeated movements on the tile, the filling of the seams is achieved. There's still grouting "soft" - long freezes and is easily washed off by a foam sponge.

The second interesting experience is the use of the Mops "Butterfly", with a mechanical spinning when grouting large areas of tiles, on the floor. The advantage of her is that the foam nozzle is covered with a porous microfiber, which makes the mop absorbing water, but with a rigid surface. A flat surface does not wash the grip in the seams. This mop can wash even quickly hardening mixtures.

Tools for removing old grout.

Sometimes the grout is not suitable for color or imposed professionally. In such cases, the desire to change it. The method of removing the old grouting from seams depends on the type of grout.

If the classes of class "CG2", with increased abrasion resistance, then it can be removed only by mechanical manner:

Bulgarian or mini drill Dremel. The last more convenient.

Tools for removing old grout.

When working with the grinder, it is necessary to pass the center in the center of the seam, without rebeling the side faces of the tiles. The remains at the edges are easily removed with a knife, with replaceable blades.

Grouting Cerezit, Sopro, - Soft. They can be cut into a knife, or a special scraper.

If the knife is only possible to scratch the seam, then it is most likely putting maps or a class-like. Lack of scraper:

• There is a danger to make chick on the tile.
• It is not enough for a solid grout for a long time, and in some cases it is useless.

Lack of knife:

• On the non-accurate tile, hopping corners are possible.
• In some case it is useless to apply.

Below is a collection of video (playlist) "How to remove old grout":

Hardy seams grater to work with epoxy grouts, with a special strengthened surface. For the grout of the interlocking seams, you will need special tools: a rubber spatula, suture molding and a rapid grater (for grouting seams in mosaic and fine tiles).

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If Troka did not cope, then acid cleaners will need. So you should not throw off the accompanying documents immediately after purchasing the grout. You can remove this flaka with a piece of clean fabric, gauze or additionally with a clean and well-squeezed sponge. If glue remains on the surface of the tile, it can cause difficulty in cleaning it.

Align and scroll the seams using a batch, a wooden stick with a sharpened end or the end of a toothbrush. For greater efficiency, fill the seam over its entire length, and not around a separate tile. If you are covered with sealant only seams, use a small tassel.

Fauro grater for tile seams

Wait a few minutes and check again. Then fir the edges of the seams with a sponge. For this purpose, an ordinary porous sponge is perfect. After processing the seams, the extender must finally clean the surface. After two passes, the sponge must be rinsed thoroughly. Clean the tile and seams thoroughly and let them dry for several days.

In this case, the coloring substances penetrate into the porous structure of the upper layer. The gloss on the floor is prevailing after full grout. It is possible to moisten the surface of the tile using a garden sprayer. With it, you can test a small surface area. (Another reason why grout can crack and crumble - too large amounts of fluid when mixing the grouts). For example, some tiler pour out the dry grout over the seams (so that the wet grout in the seams dried faster).

If the grout grabbed very quickly, wipping wipping will be time consuming. In any case, all tile seams must be the same shape and depth.

When grouting the seam, try to work with the seam, and not tritely smear the grip over the entire surface of the tile. After some time, it is proceeded to wet cleaning. The liquid in the process of the grout will be carved from a clutter seam, this way the material will freeze and the seams will be filled with particles of cement and sand. There are many receptions for cleaning the grouts, some of them are rather unusual. There will be no such problems with cement grout. If you cover the sealant and tile and grout in the seams, use a greasy roller. (If this happened, just add a bit of grouting in the seam and align the surface of the seam edge to the edge).

Grout of ceramic tiles

Then using a sponge, it is necessary to attach the edges of the seams. The stronger the resistance, the more densely the seam is filled and the stronger it will be. First fill horizontal, and after vertical seams. If you work with glazed tiles, you can start a grout immediately.

It should be squeezing a little more grout than it seems necessary to you, because after the first setting it is necessary to raise the grout in the seam using a piece of smooth metal tube, the diameter of which is greater than the width of the seam or the bunch. The fact is that the larger the width of the seam, the greater the likelihood that it cracks. The seam size depends on the method of processing the edges of the tile. After half an hour, you can remove excess grouts.

Thus, fill all the empties around the tile. Start cleaning when the grout from the seams remains in place. (If you move the sponge quickly or intermittently, strips from the grout on the surface of the tiles).

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As a result, the seams should be tightly filled with a clutter solution. If the tile is unshageed, the upper and side surface of each tile must be moisturized.

Grouting in the seams should be elastic and dense, but not solid. First rinse and squeeze a sponge. Take a tool with abrasive coating. This is done so that the unslapted surface does not absorb moisture from the grout.

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It is removed without difficulty. After cleaning the surface, it is necessary to wipe well with a well-sponge. The material in the seams should be dense and elastic, but not solid.

And the appearance of condensed salts on the seam is almost inevitable. Important: such grouts can cause irritation and eye inflammation, adversely affect the skin and lungs. Usually, first fill all horizontal seams (along the axis x), and then vertical (along the axis of the y).

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Do not fall into extremes and make too narrow seams. When using square shape tiles, it is best to make three-minute meter seams. Too wide stitches, as it were, visually suppress the tile.

Epoxy grout is quite complex in operation due to its high viscosity. Classic way. In this case, it is necessary to wait 15-20 minutes and give the seams the opportunity to dry. To assess the readiness of the surface of the tiles and thump seams to cleaning, you can use a sponge: wet the sponge as stronger as possible and then test a small piece of facing surface.

Independent paste of intercutric seams

The seam must be tightly filled with a solution. Then apply the sealant by following the instructions of the manufacturer. Cleaning can be started when the grout in the seams remains in place. This goal will need a bunch. Over time, the seams treated with such a composition will begin shuttering under the influence of moisture. Uniformly apply the prepared solution on the surface of the tiles (if the floor tile is processed, you can simply pour a solution from the bucket) and distribute using a grinding grater by selecting the appropriate option (for wall or floor).

It is better to start grouting seams from those parts of the room, which will subsequently hide the furniture - can be accessed before work on "responsible sites". It should be squeezing a slightly more grouting than it seems necessary. Manufacturers recommend producing wet cleaning with the use of acid-containing substances, such as, say, "Detergres". Continue this process until the entire cladding area is completely cleaned, trying to act gently, so that again the sponge did not pull the grip from the seams.

All about the grout of interputric seams

Cleaning should be started when the grout has not yet hardened, but also does not stretch from the seams.

First, it is better to read with them carefully. The tile seam scrap starts with the selection of suitable materials for this. If the grout grabbed very much, then it will have to take advantage of the abrasive grater (it does not leave scratches on the surface of the tile).

Using the incorrect shape tile is wider (but not more than 12 mm).

Grouts on a cement basis are characterized by additives, which are part of the material. It is very important to give all seams the same shape and depth. To do this, with the help of a clean and well pressed sponge to make a passage of about 1 m long, turn the sponge with the other side and make another pass. For one pass, use the sponge side just washed. This is a dry mixture, which you need to dissolve with water or liquid latex before use.

The duration of the interval between the stages is determined individually and depends on the conditions of the room and the type of clutter composition. Also, the destruction of the seams can be facilitated by too mooring grout. We repeat the procedure several times.

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When all the seams are filled, it will take a grater to remove the outfit, which you need to keep under almost a direct angle to the surface of the tiles (as shown in the figure). After the compressed grout grabbing in the seam (about half an hour) excessive it should be removed with a rigid brush. This is especially noticeable when the melted grouts are applied. Sponge need to move strictly parallel to the seams.

It is absolutely not suitable such grouts for rooms with high levels of humidity. Grouting in the seams should be dense and elastic. Make it better before buying.

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For evaluation, use a very wet sponge. Before starting the stamps of the seams and the tile itself, it is necessary to moisten with a small amount of water. We undertake all reasonable precautions to protect data confidentiality.

For efficient filling, work along the entire length of the seam, and not around a separate tile. Move the sponge parallel to the seam, carefully removing the protrusions and filling the existing grooves with a small amount of grouts on the finger tip (wear for this tightly tight rubber gloves). Keep it at an angle of 30 degrees to the tile (as shown in the photo) and put a grout on the surface of the tile diagonally (as shown in the figure).

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With this task will help cope with a rigid brush. If you do it quickly, there will be divorces on the tile. If the tile with smooth sharp edges, then the seams are better to do in the tile surface.

The next step is to inspect the grouting seams to align and smoothing using a branch (wooden stick with a sharpened end) or a toothbrush. The best is considered to be filling first horizontal, and then vertical seams. It is pre-trying to test the cleansing on a small fragment of the facing.

It should be kept at an angle of 30 degrees to the tile and apply grout diagonally. So while working while using respirators, rubber gloves and protective glasses. This will help protect the seams from the deformation.

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Rubber spatula for grouting seams, choice rules

Completed view of the laid cafes will give a competent, neatly made grout of the tile coating seams. This is the final barcode, which depends on a holistic impression of the work done. In order not to spoil intercutric junctions, the responsible operation is successful, you will need a good tool. Such a device will be a spatula for grouting seams, which will help put the point in the repair work in the bathroom.

The result of work depends on the properly selected adaptation for the grout, so it is important to know the species, features of the use of various spatulas and care. The tool can become a universal acquisition for both the novice home master and for a professional specialist.

Description of the tool for thicker work

From the usual metal plaster and painting female, the spatula for the grout of the seams is made of a solidly alloy piece of rubber with cut edges, like a knife blade. The plasticity of the material and the ability of the spatula to bend allow:

• gently, carefully working with decorative surfaces without risks of surface damage;
• it is essential to facilitate the work in the sealing of hard-to-reach places through constructive features.

A distinctive feature of the rubber spatula, in contrast to the painting analogue, is a large size of the tool, the working factor of which reaches 80 cm. In this factor, this factor creates an advantage, as it accelerates the execution of the grout on a significant surface of the walls or floor. Often, completely tiny models are used, up to 4 cm, suitable for processing corners, difficult places.

For convenience, the rubber spatula is equipped with a wooden or plastic handle, which corresponds to the overall lightweight, plasticity of a tool adapted to the grout of tile joints with various finishing compositions in the form of cement or epoxy mixtures. Varieties without handles are adapted for rates in corners, complex niches and other hard-to-reach areas.

Purpose Spatula

Rubber spatula in construction and repair work is intended:

• for the grout of the seams of tile, parquet junctions;
• removing the residues of the construction mixture.

Works are the finishing or restoration character of a different complexity, so the preservation of the surface without scratches or other damage is an important factor. Apply devices of different sizes depending on the magnitude of the plane being processed.

A small price of a set of multiple instances of tools allows them to be considered by their consumables. Rubber is ideal for high-quality characteristics with material for a dense and reliable stilt of the seams.

Requirements for the instrument

A spatula device, at first glance, is so simple that it is impossible to spoil the instrument. But practice shows that there are parts and properties that affect the comfort and productivity of the work:

• a pen. It must be adapted to long-term work by convenient design that does not allow the contamination of the hands of the grouting mixture. The shape of the handle should contribute to the provision of pressure on the ground mixture, filling the seam or tile joint.

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  Sufficient pressure complicated composition, will strengthen productivity;

• rubber cloth. Form, density, plastic properties should serve as a unhindered breaking of the excess mixture from the tile after filling the seams, and the cone-shaped edges - to induct the grout even in the corners. Cleaning the surface must be complete, without the possibility of filling the pore, as well as small cracks.

Rubber and rubber bars of spatulas look similar, but differ significantly in wear resistance and durability. The versatility of rubber lies in waterproof, as well as chemical resistance. Rubber raws quickly and either decomposes or becomes fragile and breaks.

Rubber spatula

Rubber spatula

Multilayer rubber spatula

Types of spatulas

Among the huge variety of spatulas, these devices may vary:

• in shape: the popularity in the first place is the trapezoid rubber spatula, behind it - rectangular, then rectangular with a rounded edge, eight and wedge-shaped;
• color: Basic rubber colors - black and white. This is not just a painting, but the reflection of the rigidity of the canvas. More hard is the black option. It is more effective to compact the grout, without leaving voids. The white version is gentle, softer, is suitable for finishing joints, as well as tile seams;
• by varieties of pens: Many tools are equipped with a trapezoid plastic handle. This is a convenient option, but it is believed that the bracket handle more contributes to efficiency in the work. The price of such models is higher. The choice depends on the amount of work, the intensity of application. Options for grouting seams with wooden handles or holders are also found, as well as solid rubber cloths without pens;
• by appointment: Stripping and for batch boxes: Filling of seams with cement or epoxy grout is performed by the main types of spatulas. The extender is made by a special rubber rod-spatula round shape. Such a kind introduced the company KIILTO, and then similar models began to add other manufacturers in packaging with grout.

The need for such an adaptation for the formation of the seam was always, before the masters were used by the remedies, used the segment of the electrical cable with a cross section of 6-10 mm.

It should be noted that the round spatula can be effectively used when the grout is soft, but with a rigid grouting formation of the seam is more difficult.

How to use the tool and in what cases

Tool tape rubber perfectly sharpened: the canvas in the production is cut at an angle. The chamfer is the working side of the spatula. The tool is ideally adapted for complex areas, adjusts to any form: cylinder, arc, cone. Models without handles of various forms are needed for grouting seams, junctions for pipes, in arched finishes, niches. The rubber tool is suitable for the processing of tile seams and decorative stone, sealing linoleum junctions, parquet, ceramics. Putty work is impossible to carry out the rubber spatula. Neither the design, nor the handle is not adapted to these types of work.

Experts believe that the grout process is convenient and can be turned up to two main movements: convey the mixture on the sphate to the depth of the seam, after which it is possible to remove excess from the surface. The extension gives the completed appearance, the final relief. Sometimes the extection is made by the rounded side of the rubber spatula, sometimes adapted by a handle or a separate tool.

The main thing is to remember that the soaked works are carried out after a complete drying of the tile glue.

The remains of dry grouts are removed from the surface clean or new (if any) rubber spatula. If it is soapy, then you need to wait for a complete drying. It is almost perpendicular to keep the tool, not to press hard, so as not to remove the applied mixture from the jacks of tiles or stone.

About quality, manufacturers and cost

The use of the "correct" tool is the key to successful and high-quality work, a professional approach in finishing.

Manufacturers of Stayer, Sparta, Fit, the domestic firm "ZUBR" taking into account the experience and practice of applying spatulas to make them as comfortable as possible and universal.

You can purchase a tool in retail, small and large wholesale. Depending on the size and design features, the price per piece averages from 45 to 80 rubles. The cost of sets of three rubber spatulas (40 mm, 60 mm, 80 mm) ranges from 50 to 80 rubles. White rubber is valued above, by about 10%. Buying a tool with small wholesale (as the consumable) is the most profitable: the price per piece is not higher than 35 rubles.

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Rubber Spatula Stayer

Tool care

Inexpensive rubber spatulas can be considered consumable and not saved if the repair works are completed, and the tool is no longer needed. Those who are professionally engaged in finishing works, sorry to part with a convenient device and they will need the following tips:

• extend the service life of the tool can be regularly cleaning its surface from building mixtures;
• the appearance of microcracks should be followed, their appearance will prevent the tool elasticity, since the solution will fall into the slit;
• the edges of the rubber canvase must be smooth, without jar, cracks. If you want to save the tool in working condition, you can neatly cut damaged spaces.

Proper, careful use will significantly increase the service life of the spatula.

How to make the right choice

When choosing a tool, it is worth looking for the following details:

• the rubber canvas should be sharpened, it is important for carrying out clouds;
• evaluate the rigidity of the spatula and correlate with the features of the materials (tiles, stone, the composition of the grouting mixture);
• the convenience of the handle (if it is wooden, then the application is required to extend the service life).

The rubber spatula will help to work successfully and with pleasure, to achieve a beautiful, qualitative result.