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This is video three on how to lay surrounding floor tiles. In this video, I'm going to show
you how to mix grout, how to apply the grout, and how to finish the job off to make it look
like a professional finish.
The tools and materials that you need in grouting are grout, of course, some water in the bucket,
sponge, and a grout float. Obviously we need some safety equipment. In this case again
the safety goggles, knee pads, dust mask, gloves, and ear plugs as well.
The floor tiles have been laid and we've allowed those to dry overnight. Approximately, though,
24 hours is ideal for the tile to dry. We can now stand on them, but we need to actually
sweep the dust off to ensure that the next phase, which is grouting, adheres really well
to the side of the tiles.
Mixing the grout requires us to not have it too dry, nor too wet. It needs to be very
much like toothpaste. Ideally what we need to do is put the water into the bucket first
and then add the powder. Well be using a grout float which is this instrument here. And while
we're using this, the best approach to take it is to pry on a diagonal, like so. Once
we're putting the grout in, if we tend to go like this, the edge of the grout float
will actually bump up against the edge of the tile and pour the grout out. So it's very
important we actually go on a diagonal.
As well as our grout float, we also have a scraper as well. This is very convenient for
taking out the grout and putting it onto the floor, like so. And we also have another bucket
here standing by with clean fresh water. We've actually put a couple of sponges in there.
That's going to help us remove the excess grout from the tiles. Okay, let's begin.
We use a back and forward motion, like so. Always on the diagonal. We now use the sponge
to take off the excess amount of grout. So we go once, turn the sponge over, twice. Now
we use the other side of the sponge. That's three times. We'll take it another one on
the forth go. And now we rinse the sponge out. If we don't rinse out the sponge, what
will happen is it will just drag around the excess grout and make a mess. This time we
take as much water as you can out of the sponge so we have it as dry as possible. And then
just to finish off the grout lines we apply the grout sponge very lightly across the tiles.
Just to level them out and to make sure it's all nice and smooth.
Okay, we finished the grouting and now we'll be applying the door trim. In this particular
case, we're applying an L-shaped metal trim to protect the edge of the tiles from chipping.
And in this case, we're actually going to glue this down onto the tiles using the appropriate
glue. So we're actually just going to apply a very thin bead of glue to the surface of
the trim. With this particular glue, we apply both on the top and the trim. Then we apply
our metal trim that's been cut to size already. We used a metal hacksaw. It does take a little
bit of time, but that's okay.
We're at the last stage of tiling. What we are going to do, we are going to apply a sealant
to the grout. This one is a spray on one. It's a little bit more convenient. A little
bit more, but it does save on time. Of course, all we need to do is seal the grout. There
will be an overlap onto the tiles which we will have to wipe off once it's actually soaked
into the grout.
With grout colours, it's probably more practical to use a mid to dark colour on the floor.
If you do use a very light colored grout on the floor, then definitely, definitely seal
it and apply at least two coats.
There we have it. Our grouted tiles. And I think you would agree, it looks absolutely
beautiful. If you do have any more questions on how to lay surrounding floor tiles, please
don't hesitate to pop along to your local Bunnings Warehouse where a team member will
be more than happy to help you with your needs.