Easiest Grout for Showers | Spectralock1 | PLAN LEARN BUILD

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Over the years I've tried just about every grout out there 😄. Some of them have performed well over the years and others have not. I've come to the conclusion that its best to use a grout that has a very fine consistency to it and that doesn't need maintenance (sealing). Spectralock1 is both 👇
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0:00 Intro - How to grout a shower - Pro tips
0:40 1st Tip - Have 2 buckets of clean water for clean up ready
1:00 2nd Tip - Use a good sponge for clean up - Ardex sponges are the best
1:17 3rd Tip - Wipe down tile with a damp sponge before applying grout
1:39 4th Tip - Use a good grout float - Troxell is my favorite to date
2:05 5th Tip - Only apply what you can within 5 minutes
3:25 6th Tip - Remove excess grout and clean tiles with a damp sponge
4:29 7th Tip - Use a microfiber clothe to wipe off any excess water
6:51 8th Tip - Use windex with vinegar an hour later to remove any additional haze
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@FkSeditiousChristofascists 10 месяцев назад

great demonstration. I think one great trick is to wipe it down first, I have seen a lot of people struggle with drying, that would help...

@DIYBoomers Год назад

Thanks for giving us so much information on bathroom remodel. We are in the middle of our own bathroom remodel and we have gained a lot from your videos! One of the best ideas that we got was from your video using Go Board backer board for the shower. We used Go Board and it made the shower installation so much easier! Thanks again!

@BathroomRemodelingTeacher Год назад

Awesome 👏 yeah go board makes it super easy! Great to hear the success with it 👍

@wadebrewer7212 9 месяцев назад

Loving your videos! Thanks man!

@olgacotto7915 2 месяца назад

Very helpful! Thank you!

@vicO1323 Год назад

That's an interesting layout for the tile. Spectralock is so much improved over the first epoxy grouts which were very hard to apply. Special liquid, 2 part dry mix, and working with 2 square feet at a time you have to charge extra for grouting plus the cost of the grouts added to the final bill. I'm retired after 40 years of tile and flooring but it's interesting to see how grouting has advanced since 2011 to now in 2023.

@BathroomRemodelingTeacher Год назад

No doubt. I used to cringe at the word epoxy 😆 it’s now my favorite grout 👍

@RidgeOutdoorProductions Год назад

@@BathroomRemodelingTeacher do you prefer this over the MAPEI ultracolor FA?

@pdogakron1623 Год назад

I'm old and I'm slow and I used Keracolor U with the grout additive in place of water. It was getting too hard to work with, balling up, drying after 15-20 minutes and I couldn't figure out why. A few days later, I figured out that because the additive and grout was stored in my garage, the mix may have been warm enough to accelerate the curing time. The only way I could wipe everything down was to use a wet sponge and avoid a disaster.

@markslayton5042 Год назад

We used Dusty Gray. It went in dark gray, as it should, and dried almost white.

@nobodydoingunimportantthings Месяц назад

Good review that doesn't feel like a pushy sale tactic

@jeffdeluca1153 Год назад

Do you immediately begin washing after grouting? Or do you wait 5-10 min? Thanks again

@RidgeOutdoorProductions Год назад

is this stuff better than the MAPEI ultracolor FA ?

@BlahBlahManYeah Год назад

You should try Loctite Polyseamseal Tub & Tile Adhesive Caulk for shower wall plane changes or seams. Silicone caulks deteriorate in few years, no matter what promises whatever brand makes on them, others than elasticity and color selection, none of them withstand scrubbing or lasts years. Loctite adhesive caulk product cures hard while seals gaps up to 1/4 and cures stiff and repels water and any grease, very good product, however color is limited to white only.

@frankcatrini4816 4 месяца назад

i have 10 year old mapei sanded color matched caulk in both my showers, as perfect now as they were 10 years ago, so b/s on that only lasting a few years. i have also done about 10 bath remodels in my own neighborhood , all with sanded caulk and all ranging from 10 years to a couple years and all in perfect condition because i ask them. i do shower remodels only and not one issue with sanded caulk. i suppose if your work is lame, thats one thing, but if you build your shower right, silicone is overkill.

@josephrosa4970 Год назад

is this water resistant? thx

@ArtOfTheWeld Год назад

did u use on corners? if not which product (link preferred) did you use? I hear with epoxy type grout you can add on the corners with no problems of cracking in the future

@MoneyManHolmes Год назад

You could use epoxy and it’s strong, but the thing is if the structure flexes or expands enough from temp changes, something is eventually going to give. It’s safer to use flexible sealant.

@whinny028 8 месяцев назад

What color grout did you use in this video?

@HERKIMER_ 25 дней назад

ANY OTHER GROUT BRAND EQUAL TO SPECTRALOCK 1 FOR A SMALL ONE TIME JOB?

@amomentwithanimals7429 Год назад

Does this require sealer? I've been using Mapei Ultra Color Plus FA grout because it doesn't require sealer and doesn't cause efforecsnce , it's designed to keep it's color. Does this grout you recommend have some of those same qualities? I'd love to find a pre-mix grout yet am always worried about trying products I'm not familiar with.

@BathroomRemodelingTeacher Год назад

I’m a big fan of FA too. Used quite a bit of it. It’s really about the same as far as grittiness. But one bonus is that it doesn’t absorb or darken when taking a shower. One pet peeve of mine on traditional type grouts like that. I also think soectralock1 will resist cracking more too 👍

@amomentwithanimals7429 Год назад

@@BathroomRemodelingTeacher thanks for the info, I'll definitely be trying it out.

@vm12345 Год назад

Did you use matching Spectralock grout caulk in the inside corners or use the regular Spectralock grout? Thanks

@beyerun88 Год назад

I'd like to know as well. Do the corners get grouted or caulk?

@m3hsid10 Год назад

Always caulk the corners to allow for expansion and contraction. If you don't, you'll have cracks in all of the corners that are very obvious.

@adamh6190 Год назад

i've used flexcolor cq a couple times and didn't care for it too much. Do you like spectralock1 better than CQ? I always found it hard to get full joints on polished rectified tile with CQ.

@BathroomRemodelingTeacher Год назад

Absolutely 👍 I’m with you. I don’t care for cq either. Way too gritty and runs out of joints easily. This is much better in my opinion. Only thing I don’t have is personal experience yet on what it looks like years later. So far it seems to stay stain resistant 👍

@josephrosa4970 Год назад

does it dry really fast,ie better for pros not amateurs?

@BlahBlahManYeah Год назад

It dries fast, but it is easy to scrub with cold water and mesh scrub sponge within few hours after application, after that use microfiber cloth or sponge to wipe it dry, so no need to be afraid of quick drying. It cures very hard in about day or two. Spectlock1 is sandy and very rough compared to epoxy (I am comparing to Litokol). I would still rather use epoxy grout for shower floor than this grout. This grout seems very similar to Mapei CQ, but Mapei doesn’t recommend CQ for shower floors application unlike to Laticrete Spectalock1, at least that what I recall from 2-3 year ago. Price wise, Spectralock1 costs as much as epoxy, so if you have methodology to work with small batches of epoxy grout, by splitting it in manageable batches (unfortunately there is no much English information on dealing with epoxy grout, I got my experience from russian youtube channels, they all use epoxy grout left and right, nobody bothers with cementeous or anything else there, so there is plead of good howto videos. Epoxy grout looks much cleaner, however it only suits impervious tiles, Porous stone I.e. travertine won’t be practical with it, resin will absorb into travertine and won’t be possible to remove once cured will have wet stone effect look.

@josephrosa4970 Год назад

@@BlahBlahManYeah thanks for your time

@Obshowersyndicate Год назад

Oh grouting that's easy part 👌🙄

@spanko208 Год назад

Where do u get this grout?

@BathroomRemodelingTeacher Год назад

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@MariaGonzalez-ei1pv 3 месяца назад

How long do I need to let it dry ,before showering 😂

@Tonyhouse1168 5 дней назад

24 hours

@bustinya2240 6 месяцев назад

125 bucks for a gallon of grout? What universe am i living in?

@garyh4458 6 месяцев назад

Easy to install and good grout aren't necessarily the same thing. Everyone should keep that in mind. This stuff is probably great for contractors but for the homeowner 5 years later???

@dylan-nguyen 3 месяца назад

Epoxy grout is the best stuff you can get You pay in price. It’s like $100 for that small tub in the video But you never have to seal it and the white I have has stayed white I’m diy-ing my next tile install so wanted to lookup how to use this grout

@garyh4458 3 месяца назад

@@dylan-nguyenI just redid my shower and used epoxy grout for the first time. I was nervous about the working time but the epoxy grout was pretty easy to use.