[Floormasta78]

Kitchen same house

 

[ohiohomedoctor]

Nice place. That must be 2+mil in your neck of the woods..

 

[Floormasta78]

About..

 

[tileman2000]

6x24 porcelain tiles on the walls with a glass insert over doo-rock with Hydroban. Floor is 12x24 over doo-rock. Spectralock grout all around.

 

[Floormasta78]

Awesome, just awesome..

Love the niche

 

[A-1 Interiors]

here is where i'm at, i put the LatiSil in all the corners today and tomorrow the SpectraLock.

I can see the light at the end of the tunnel!!!

so what is the latasil a caulking that goes in corners and then gets grout over ? or is it just a more flexible grout specifically for grouting corners ?
edit : never mind i googled it thanks
so do you use latasil in the nich as well or is grout ok in a nich

 

[tileman2000]

I don't speak for everyone, but I definitely caulk all of my niches.

 

[A-1 Interiors]

6x24 porcelain tiles on the walls with a glass insert over doo-rock with Hydroban. Floor is 12x24 over doo-rock. Spectralock grout all around.

So on this one you said you used spectralock all around , did use caulking in the nich and corners or spectra lock ? when is it ok to use all grout? like would tile joint spacing be a factor or is it always best to use latisil(or equivilant) in all corners in wet locations

 

[Inner10]

So on this one you said you used spectralock all around , did use caulking in the nich and corners or spectra lock ? when is it ok to use all grout? like would tile joint spacing be a factor or is it always best to use latisil(or equivilant) in all corners in wet locations

Caulk is typically used on any change of plane to prevent cracking from movement...from what I understand.

 

[A-1 Interiors]

Done with this one..


Sorry for the picture spam..






Almost forgot..

All epoxy grout.

Spectralock Pro of course..
Did you expect anything less ??

FLOORMASTER do you also use caulking in your corners and if so do you use the latisil ? or does the sp pro hold up in cormers

 

[Floormasta78]

Like an Air Plane?

 

[Floormasta78]

Latiseal only. I'll **** I'll admit that unless in doing a Hardwood to Tile transition or a backsplash , Tile baseboard where top meets bottom, I don't use it .. If I'm using epoxy. If I use Permacolor I'll use Latiseal .

 

[tileman2000]

To clarify, I used epoxy in the corners and caulk in the niches for added insurance. If I was using anything else, tie corners would get caulked also.

Not to say I've never grouted inside corners, but sometimes they crack and sometimes they don't. I just caulk them to save a trip back.

 

[angus242]

/urethane is your friend/

 

[Tech Dawg]

/urethane is your friend/

I used PermaColor today but wished it was QL2. Urethane makes you a non-rusher while grouting :clap:
I'll be using some on my next job.

 

[tileman2000]

My local supplier stopped selling QL2, so I'll have to shop around.

 

[A-1 Interiors]

/urethane is your friend/

So angus does urethane eliminate the need for using caulking in those circumstances (corners ,between walls and floors niches ect... or no

 

[angus242]

The manu doesn't recommend it but I've done it for 4 years now. No cracking.

 

[Tech Dawg]

My local supplier stopped selling QL2, so I'll have to shop around.

That's actually my next problem that I have to look into.. Dal is moving out Laticrete and I had a problem with them ordering some ql2 because they're trying to push Fusion.
I asked them if they will have access to Tru Color when QL2 officially passes the torch... I couldn't get an answer on that

 

[Floormasta78]

Dal has their share in fusion that's why.. That's lame.

We discussed this before , who was the test subject?

I know.someone used it