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Old 02-10-2007, 07:42 AM   #21
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I really wanted marble in the bath and I literally have tons of the stuff. I guess that I'll have to prove 'everybody else' wrong again!
Like I said Teetor...I did a huge shower with 12x12's taiwan green marble floors walls and ceiling shower and bathroom and I really don't know what anyone's talking about. It looked fantastic and I had zero problems and I lived in that house for a decade and a half.I'd do it again in a heartbeat.
That was over 15 years ago...just noticed the other day I still have a dozen of those tiles left...maybe I'll rip a few for accent tiles in this bathroom.
Go for it dude!
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Old 02-11-2007, 07:09 PM   #22
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Hey RD,,,whats shakin bro?
I disagree with some of these guys about marble in a shower area.
I did several 12x12's in my own houses...Green marble to be exact...walls ceiling and floors with fantastic results!!! Looked absolutly stunning and stayed that way with zero issues. I had em' all butt tight together and used a non sanded grout. All the tiles I used thinset...ceiling tiles as well.
Question for you...You think mapei thinset is THAT much better than Versabond? I know its better but how bad IS Versabond ...I have some bags I was gonna use for my Kerdi/tumbled marble. Think I should go out of my way and get some mapei or am I cool with the VB?
PS...gonna go check out Old Cntry Tile tomorrow...going right by there i "think".
oh yeh..while I have you here...did I already ask you this??? John says its cool to use VB on 1/8" luan in his E-Kerdi-book...lotta people seem to disagree ...I put together a scrap piece tonight to be sure he's right. I can't imagine he's not!! Whattya think?
swcond pic is just framing first pic has luan over the framing...radius is too tight to use 1/4" rock...even wetted...I tried.
I forget if I already asked yo uthis so if I did...sorry.
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Versabond is fine, I was talking about their Mastic.

Watch out with green marble and thinset, it can curl the stone, most green marbles have to be set with an epoxy thinset, no water.
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NEVER use any sealer that comes in an aerosol can, NEVER!
I USED TO THINK THE SAME AS YOURSELF. THEY HAVE A SEALER THAT DRIES IN TEN MINUTES. gUARENTEED FOR 22 YRS. LISTEN GUARENTEED FOR 22 YEARS. YOU CAN ROLL IT ON OR SPRAY IT ON. IT NEVER STAINS ANY MATERIALS, DOESN'T PEEL AND DOESN'T NOT WORK. TRUST ME SEEING IS BELIEVING. SOME PEOPLE STILL THINK WE HAVEN'T LANDED ON THE MOON EITHER. SPRAY OR PUT ON TOILET PAPER AND TWO MINUTES LATER YOU CAN USE THE TOILET PAPER FOR A GLASS TO DRINK OUT OF. All sealers before were a joke. So was marble and stone that had stains. Somebody actually got it right. Remember when you think you know exactly what it is you should use, somebody in a large business spends the money on technoogy to fix those problems. And then let's you see that all things can change. NEVER IS A LOT LESS USED IN TODAYS WORLD WOULDN'T YOU AGREE.
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Old 02-18-2007, 09:45 PM   #24
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I would lose the word completely unless you have days to kill to wait for that crap to dry. We did a design center display and the company had a tile guy already scheduled before they had me... He was putting tile on a wall that I built. As he was setting his last wall tile with mastic, his helper was mixing up the grout for it! I bet I could go there today almost a year later and peel off that tile with ease.
I AGREE.. AND ARDEX HAS A TYPE OF MASTIC PRODUCT IN A SENSE WORKS THE SAME BUT DRIES FAST AND HOLDS LIKE A CHAMPION WEIGHTLIFTER. SEEING IS BELIEVING ON THIS PRODUCT AS WELL. ARDEX HAS SCHEDULED MANY APPOINTMENTS WITH OUR INSTALLATION CREWS ABOUT NEW PRODUCTS. AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE BEST IVE SEEN. AS WELL , THEY HAVE GROUT THAT IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS TOO. NOT ENOUGH IN COLOR OPTIONS YET BUT IT'S GOOD STUFF. LIKE AN EPOXY GROUT BUT WORKS AND CLEANS LIKE REGULAR GROUT. BUT REEEEEEAAALLY TOUGH AND DOESN'T STAIN..
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Old 02-19-2007, 11:36 AM   #25
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If it's stand and seal, call an ambulance before using it, while you can still breath, good luck.
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Old 02-19-2007, 12:41 PM   #26
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THATS CORRECT I WOULD PREFER TO USE THE ROLL ON OR PUMP SPRAY APPLICATION OVER USING ARESOL IN A CONFINED AREA. i USED THE ARESOL SPRAY ON A BACKSPLASH OR TWO WITH TUMBLE MARBLE AND YOU COULDN'T TELL IT WAS SPRAYED IN THE HOUSE. bUT IF YA TRIED IT IN A BATHROOM AND DIED THREE WKS LATER, IT'S NOT WORTH THE CHANCE. I'M WITH YOU ON THAT ONE. tHEY HAVE ALL TYPES IN THIS PRODUCT. i'LL GET THE NAME ON IT FOR OTHERS TO CHECK IT OUT AND SEE WHAT THEY THINK. ONE CAN IS OVER $20+
VERY EXPENSIVE. TAKE CARE
I've bragged on it so i'll list the makers name(SURE - SEAL)HAS A a picture of a seal on it.
Worked for me..
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Re: Marble Tile

Wow, this thread is really old but I was floating around the site and reading up on some stuff. The one thing I noticed here is that Andybuildz has some pics of this shower and the seat looks killer
Is this fella still around, id like to see finished picture of this shower??
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Old 05-20-2011, 03:53 PM   #28
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Thanks for digging up the dead
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Old 05-20-2011, 03:56 PM   #29
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I have the day off so I was just spending some time reading some old stuff... I just thought those pics were cool on the construction
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Old 05-20-2011, 05:01 PM   #30
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Well, just read the first post as it was a new one. DIdn't realize how old it was until Todd chimed in today.

Thanks Todd.

Was going to show a marble shower I just did for a reference,but the guy posted 3 years ago,so either he went with the marble or gave up on it all togther.
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Yes, the original post was about 4 1/2 years ago; the guy who asked the question hasn't logged on in 4 years. He gone...
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Old 05-20-2011, 05:26 PM   #32
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Yes, the original post was about 4 1/2 years ago; the guy who asked the question hasn't logged on in 4 years. He gone...
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Tech, are you near mechanicsburg Ohio or pa?

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Mechanicsburg, PA... but we'll have to stop talking on this thread and let it die again
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No way, you did it now. It's your baby. Have fun watching guys answer the 4 year old question
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No way, you did it now. It's your baby. Have fun watching guys answer the 4 year old question
Like being married.
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No way, you did it now. It's your baby. Have fun watching guys answer the 4 year old question

I just wanted to see the finished pics of that shower because the seat looks pretty cool........ guess we'll never know.
This will be a bit fun though
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see what happens when you leave Civilization Todd..
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Years ago a customer talked me into setting white marble tile on his bathroom floor. I walked in the day after sealing it and it was all I could do to keep from physically throwing the plumber out on his azz. No drop cloth of course... tools all over the floor... it looked like an ice rink after a hockey game!!
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