Huge tile job
- Thread starter hogjowl
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GreenTechAgain
Member
3200 s.f. is a big job.
hogjowl
Idiot™
Yeah, and we had to scrub it all. It took Brady all day, primarily working alone. I had a bunch of estimates to do and a water job to check on.
Desk Jockey
Member
Yeah but you called me. Then got mad at me for calling you back you dikhed! 
Old Coastie
Supportive Member
Whadja use?
Is a ladder the secret to success in big tile floor jobs?
I knew I've been missing something.
hogjowl
Idiot™
I wasn't mad. I just took delight in telling you to stop harassing me!Yeah but you called me. Then got mad at me for calling you back you dikhed!
hogjowl
Idiot™
hogjowl
Idiot™
Goober
Desk Jockey
Member
Fooker! lol
Old Coastie
Supportive Member
Yay! Miracles do happen!
Mikey P
Administrator
Scrubbed it with a 175?
How did you protect the surrounding wood?
was the tile setter full or just half inbred?
How did you protect the surrounding wood?
was the tile setter full or just half inbred?
hogjowl
Idiot™
Scrubbed with 175.
Didn't protect the base. We're just good.
This particular contractor is outstanding. Everything he does is top notch.
Didn't protect the base. We're just good.
This particular contractor is outstanding. Everything he does is top notch.
Mikey P
Administrator
apparently not.
hogjowl
Idiot™
I'm talking about the general contractor
Mikey P
Administrator
the one who hired an idiot tile setter?
hogjowl
Idiot™
The one who called me.
Mikey P
Administrator
and he hired a tile cleaner who scrubbed acid without protecting the surroundings..
hogjowl
Idiot™
Hurtful
Mikey P
Administrator
You're still a tile newbie
Your Acid Based Doomsday is coming my friend.
Your Acid Based Doomsday is coming my friend.
hogjowl
Idiot™
That's the reason I called. I have always used alkaline. This is just the first time it didn't work.
Mikey P
Administrator
Because tile installers are removing uncured, still damp grout.
Once dried it take considerable more effort
Once dried it take considerable more effort
Old Coastie
Supportive Member
Sometimes installers (and especially do it yourself types) use a broadaxe to smear the grout around. This blurry picture shows one that actually looked like dog poop. I had to use a concrete brightener (phosphoric mix acid) to soften the grout and work it down by hand, as a pad would have torn itself up.
Old Coastie
Supportive Member
A non-cementatious grout would be even more fun. There, you'd want fantastic site-to-exterior ventilation (explosion proof fan and flexible ducting) and use acetone or xylol to dissolve the cured epoxy or vinyl grout.
I once had to curtain off adjacent spaces with plastic thoroughly taped down, then open an exterior door. I used a rubber trash can with the bottom cut off and a large box fan blowing air into an opening in the plastic to provide positive ventilation, forcing clean air into the space to displace the fumes. I did not have an explosion proof fan and did not feel like burning up the house and what's left of my hair.
Use an appropriate respirator, no matter what you do. It can be a big deal.
I once had to curtain off adjacent spaces with plastic thoroughly taped down, then open an exterior door. I used a rubber trash can with the bottom cut off and a large box fan blowing air into an opening in the plastic to provide positive ventilation, forcing clean air into the space to displace the fumes. I did not have an explosion proof fan and did not feel like burning up the house and what's left of my hair.
Use an appropriate respirator, no matter what you do. It can be a big deal.
hogjowl
Idiot™
See? That right there is why I didn't call your wordy a--.
I got off the phone with Mikey in under 2 minutes!
I got off the phone with Mikey in under 2 minutes!
Old Coastie
Supportive Member
He doesn't love you like I do.
And I don't love you at all.
And I don't love you at all.
hogjowl
Idiot™
That's ok.
Chavez loves me.
Chavez loves me.
Old Coastie
Supportive Member
Yeah, there's that.
Weird.
Weird.
