Hi Tom, Our tile is in shades of light and medium tones of brown and the epoxy grout will match the light brown color. We're putting the tiles in our kitchen, sunroom, and utility room but I asked the Laticrete guy if it could be used in the bathroom and he said absolutely. BTW, both the Laticrete guy and my contractor said the best stuff for cleaning tiles was a bucket of water with a cup of vinegar and a tablespoon or so of an all-purpose cleaner (like Simple Green) added to it. They recommended it for mopping tile floors as well as using on bathroom tiles and said the fancy cleaning supplies sold in stores were a ripoff and often too harsh on the tile and grout. They especially said not to use anything regularly with bleach in it on bathroom tiles or the grout would loosen and eventually start to fall out.
The heating mats are in place in the kitchen and sunroom and they begin to set the floor tiles tomorrow! Linda --- In blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Hodges" <tomhod...@...> wrote: > > My local tile supplier in Cincinnati tried to sell me the epoxy grout and I > told him I never heard of it and didn't want to try something I've never > heard of. He also said it wasn't available in pure white. He said the > white is an off white that has kind of a yellowish appearance. That also > clinched it, since I was using a white tile and didn't want the grout to > look like it was stained or dirty. At least he was honest with me. So, if > you are looking at using white, you might want to inquire further. > > > > From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of lvmumford > Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 11:00 AM > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] re: update on sealing tile > > > > > > Here's an update to the message I posted about a week ago on whether or not > to seal the new tile to be installed in our home. We are also having > Laticrete electric radiant heat mats installed underneath the tiles. The > Laticrete technician who was at our house on Thursday with our contractor to > look over the job suggested that we use epoxy grout. He said it would > eliminate the need for sealing and that it is used for commercial projects > because it's very stain resistant, and doesn't need sealing or resealing. He > said in the past epoxy grout was difficult to apply and was very expensive > but that the epoxy grout on the market nowadays (the Laticrete one anyway) > is much easier to use and is cost effective. > > Linda > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
