Tiling Grout

afedynyshyn

Have an issue with the grout. Looks like it's no drying properly. It's Evo-stik Silver grey. Was grouted a week ago and if get a blade to it, it's not hard like cement. It comes out like sand. It's hard enough if I put my nail to grout it doesn't come out or scrape of like sand so it's hard enough, it's only if I put a blade to it.
Any ideas???

InTheShadows

You should have used mayonnaise instead.

TheDiceMan2020

Burn the house down

RMAOK

Gorilla glue

Dr Turk Turkelton

Why the fcuk are you taking a blade to tile grout?
Are you Stabby McStaberson.

Deebles McBeebles

afedynyshyn wrote: »

It's hard enough if I put my nail to grout it doesn't come out or scrape of like sand so it's hard enough, it's only if I put a blade to it.
Any ideas???

Don't put a blade to it. Boy are you in the wrong forum!

Bonzo Delaney

The reason you can rake it out with a blade
Is because you can change the colour of it if you get tired or stressed with the silver grey there's a nice antique metal grey available lovely colour very soothing

matchthis

Try turning it off and on

Boom_Bap

What does it taste like, the grout, not the blade.

Force Carrier

:rolleyes: People just slating you and not suggesting a cure.

TuringBot47

afedynyshyn wrote: »

Have an issue with the grout. Looks like it's no drying properly.

If it wasn't ready mixed, then I'd say you didn't mix it with the correct proportion of water.
Or if it wasn't a new bag, something you had in the shed, it may have been exposed to water in the air and weakened over time.

afedynyshyn wrote: »

Any ideas???

Don't go near any power tools.... in general.

Outlaw Pete

You posted in the wrong forum.

This is After Hours, a forum talking about the best burgers in Dublin and how to make Pizza dips.

afedynyshyn

TuringBot47 wrote: »

If it wasn't ready mixed, then I'd say you didn't mix it with the correct proportion of water.

Got a good tiler, in the trade 25yrs. He mixed it 3 to 1 as on packet, then tried 3 different ways, all have the same effect. Got a different tiler to get opinion and they both say it's the grout.

Boom_Bap

afedynyshyn wrote: »

Got a good tiler, in the trade 25yrs. He mixed it 3 to 1 as on packet, then tried 3 different ways, all have the same effect. Got a different tiler to get opinion and they both say it's the grout.

He didn't use pizza dip instead of grout by any chance?

TuringBot47

afedynyshyn wrote: »

Got a good tiler, in the trade 25yrs. He mixed it 3 to 1 as on packet, then tried 3 different ways, all have the same effect. Got a different tiler to get opinion and they both say it's the grout.

Could be a bad batch then.
Usually the tiler picks the grout not the home owner.
Did they pick the brand ?

Or did you go into the likes of "Right Price Tiles" and let them decide ?
They used to have a policy of not allowing returns on unused/unopened grout.
Not very consumer friendly.

afedynyshyn

TuringBot47 wrote: »

Could be a bad batch then.
Usually the tiler picks the grout not the home owner.
Did they pick the brand ?

Or did you go into the likes of "Right Price Tiles" and let them decide ?
They used to have a policy of not allowing returns on unused/unopened grout.
Not very consumer friendly.

Got of right price tiles alri, the reason I got it is because the tiler said that his supplier doesn't do silver grey.

corner of hells

Does anyone know where my umbrella is ?

Grayson

Swap the first letters around and it's Grilling Trout.

just saying. that's mighty suspicious.

TuringBot47

Grayson wrote: »

Swap the first letters around and it's Grilling Trout.

just saying. that's mighty suspicious.

You lost the chance to say "mighty fishy" there

SEPT 23 1989

use a mixture of wet soil, clay, sand, animal dung and straw

Your Face

OP, was it the evostik grout that comes in the in the tube?
That stuff is known to not set right.

Also, grout can be scraped out.
Taking a blade to it is a bit harsh.

stimpson

Grayson wrote: »

Swap the first letters around and it's Grilling Trout.

just saying. that's mighty suspicious.

In fairness, it's Giling Trout. And you should never remove a trouts gills. They find it very hard to breath.

Grayson

TuringBot47 wrote: »

You lost the chance to say "mighty fishy" there

Deebles McBeebles

Guilting rot.


That's an anagram and your problem right there. You've been guilting rot.

afedynyshyn

Your Face wrote: »

OP, was it the evostik grout that comes in the in the tube?
That stuff is known to not set right.

Also, grout can be scraped out.
Taking a blade to it is a bit harsh.

No it was the 5kg bags, powder that was mixed 3to1 as per bag instructions

TuringBot47

afedynyshyn wrote: »

No it was the 5kg bags, powder that was mixed 3to1 as per bag instructions

Is there a manufacturing date or best before date on the bag ?
This quick search says that powdered grout "goes bad" after a year.

Or maybe there was a rip in the bag, enough to expose it to air/moisture.

https://homeguides.sfgate.com/grout-bad-83908.html

afedynyshyn

TuringBot47 wrote: »

Is there a manufacturing date or best before date on the bag ?
This quick search says that powdered grout "goes bad" after a year.

Or maybe there was a rip in the bag, enough to expose it to air/moisture.

https://homeguides.sfgate.com/grout-bad-83908.html

Didn't see any rips and it has a manufacturing date which was 4 months ago

Mr. CooL ICE

Mod: Closing, as I see that you've found the DIY forum.