"While refinishing my basement, I was putting the final touches on
the tile work, using a 12-by-3-1/4-inch bullnose trim piece as a
baseboard trim.
The walls were already Spanish laced and painted, so I didn't want to
"lather up" the entire tile and top seam with grout using a standard
sponge-trowel
method. This would have been a mess not only to spread into the joints
but also to clean up and not ruin the walls that were already painted.
I located a fairly empty tube of caulk and disposed of the rest of
the material inside the cartridge. I cleaned up the tube and pushed back
down the
"plunger" that was within the tube. I then proceeded to mix up a small
batch of grout according to the manufacturer's recommendation, yet a
little dryer
so as to keep the grout in the vertical joints easier. I then put the
grout into the plastic tube dispenser and re-installed the plunger. I
applied the
this in specific joint locations of the bullnose trim and found that the
grout was especially "controlled" by the use of the standard caulk gun
to dispense
it, as well as by the size of the opening in the top of the tube. This
saved me a tremendous amount of time when filling the remaining joints
of the bullnose
and it cut down the amount of wasted grout. I was especially impressed
by the reduced clean-up/wipe-down time of excess grout, compared to the
normal grouting
process of tile work. The overall benefit was that I did the entire job
without ruining the existing, completed wall finish. I found using the
caulk gun
to be a tremendous help, and rest assure I will keep my empty silicon
cartridge handy for the next tile job."
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