tiles on my worktop in a small area the grout has receded, they are old, grout is brown. can I top it up with brown grout or would i need to have it professionally done... is it a huge and costly job to replace tiled worktop and splashback, about 5metres, double sink and hob cutout...thanks
Re: re grout tiles
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 8:30 am
by ultimatehandyman
You should be able to do it yourself with a flexible, waterproof grout. I am sure you can get special grouts for food preperation areas (could be wrong).
The hard thing will be matching the colour
Re: re grout tiles
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 10:22 am
by Colour Republic
You can chez, all worktops should be grouted with epoxy grout
Re: re grout tiles
Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2011 10:26 pm
by everyjourney
ultimatehandyman wrote:You should be able to do it yourself with a flexible, waterproof grout. I am sure you can get special grouts for food preperation areas (could be wrong).
The hard thing will be matching the colour
Thanks
Its brown like milk chocolate..
Sorry if this is silly question, does grout come coloured or do you add colour to it?
Do I just spread it over or do I have to dig some of the old grout out?
Re: re grout tiles
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2011 6:42 pm
by ultimatehandyman
You can get coloured grout.
You'd have to remove the old grout first, if you try going over the top it will soon come loose.
The Bosch pmf180e is good for grout removal-
Re: re grout tiles
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 4:56 pm
by Kevin George
Colour Republic wrote:You can chez, all worktops should be grouted with epoxy grout
Epxy grouting is not a job for the faint-hearted however!
Re: re grout tiles
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2011 2:22 pm
by davemulheran
Kevin George wrote:
Colour Republic wrote:You can chez, all worktops should be grouted with epoxy grout
Epxy grouting is not a job for the faint-hearted however!
I second that.
I grouted a whole bathroom floor and walls with mosaics last week in epoxy