After laying the tile, work is required to rub the seams with a special solution. We will tell how to fulfill them right.
It is impossible to stick tiles so that there is no free space between them. Even if it is a very narrow slit, sooner or later it will fall into it, which will be the beginning of the process destructive. So that this does not happen, you need to close the wiring access to ceramics. Therefore, it is important to know how to rub the stitches on the tile in the bathroom, and how to do it right and efficiently.
What a raw composition is considered good
Inexperienced tiler can be difficult to choose a solution. Their assortment is large enough. The main thing is to choose a moisture-proof mixture, because the humidity is constantly improved in the bathroom. Grout can be sold in the form of a ready-to-apply paste or dry powder that needs to be divorced. In any case, it will be convenient to work with it only if it has a number of features:
- Elasticity. It is necessary for the qualitative filling of the interchange space. Plastic paste will easily distribute in the recesses between the plates.
- Hydrophobicity. After the rejection, the mass should push moisture, and not absorb it.
- Uniformity. The presence of even small solid inclusions is unacceptable. They will create peculiar plugs that prevent the solution to penetrate the base.
- Strength. The hardened mass should be reliably held in the seams. Otherwise, she will quickly turn around and come into disrepair.
- Resistance to the effects of aggressive solutions. Given that periodically, the facing will need to be cleaned, the rapid mass must withstand the treatment with different detergents.
- Attractive view. The fuching agent is selected in tone or contrast with ceramics. Interesting options with the addition of metal powder. Subject to proper application of the joints are obtained very beautiful.
Another important point. Choosing a grout, it is desirable to take into account the experience of the one who will lay it. The easiest way to apply mixtures based on cement. They are plastic enough, they hardly harden immediately, which allows you to work slowly and correct possible flaws. Epoxy solutions are much more complicated. They are "capricious" in laying and hardly hardly hard, so professionals work with them.
How to rub the seams between tiles in the bathroom: three main stages
We start with the acquisition of the material. In order not to make a mistake with quantity, it is worth finding information about the consumption of material on the label. But this is only an indicative value. It does not take into account the width of the junction and the thickness of the plate itself. The smaller the size of the tile and the thicker it is, the higher the consumption of the fusion agent.
To rub the seams between ceramics can only be completely drying the glue. How much time will need it depends on which the mixture it was used. Usually the manufacturer indicates the deadline for the packaging. It is necessary to withstand it. If a fugue is acquired and glue drying, you can start.
Stage 1: Preparatory work
First, we carefully clean the sections between the plates. If necessary, you first remove the old mixture. This is necessary for the old cladding. For the one that is recently laid, you should only remove the excess glue. It is easiest to do this with a special mason knife, it is also called the drawer. If there is no such tool, the ordinary knife or spatula is suitable. With its help, the dried adhesive solution is crushed and partially removed from the joint.
All joints on the lined surface are neatly processed with a knife. Then we take a narrow painting brush and begin to sweep the residues of the composition from the interlocking space. It is important to clean them completely so that the fuching mixture can penetrate until the base. Otherwise, its adhesion with the ends of the plates and the basis will not be good enough.
We proceed to the preparation of the grout. If the composition is ready for work, then no special manipulations are required. It is enough to open the container and mix the mass. Powder is required. We take a suitable bucket and pour water into it, as much as indicated on the package. The spatula is beginning to interfere with the liquid and at the same time fine flowing flow the mixture. Thoroughly stir until homogeneous paste.
It is very important to produce in such a sequence. If you do vice versa and pour water powder to get a homogeneous mass will be very difficult, and most often impossible. The easiest way to use a drill with a nozzle-mixer. But this is possible only if it is necessary to knead a large number of slowly solidifying the fugues. Next, we take a pulverizer or brush and moisturize the seams.
Stage 2: Application of grout
Do it need it quickly enough. Movements must be accurate and neat. Overwrite Tile in the bathroom can be different tools.Rubber spatula
A peculiar blade made of soft rubber. It sounds well, which helps to put a fugus correctly. We recruit a small amount of the mixture on the spatula and gently rub it out, performing strokes across the joint. We press the paste so that it penetrates until the foundation. Then we turn over the tool and its sharp face distribute the solution inside the intercutant space.
Pretty pressed it and press it out. We carry out these operations several times until the rapid mass fully fills the area between the plates. We turn over the spatula and remove the surplus with its flat side. To do this, press the tool to the facing and lead along the seam. So we align it and collect a hopping paste. More all this can be seen on the video.
Rubber Circuit Grater
It is faster and easier to work, but this method can only be used on a smooth surface. Most often such a facing without a noticeable relief laid on floor But she meets on the walls. For the grater will have to prepare a solution slightly less thick than it would be for a spatula. So he can penetrate the entire depth of the joint.
The composition is superimposed on the surface and gently rubs into the seams wide hand movements with a tool. The grater should be kept under a small angle, with some effort pressed it to the facing. As a result, the entire surface of ceramics will be covered with a thin layer of the fuching agent, and the intercutric space will be fully filled.
Tool with nozzle
For rubbing cladding with deep relief, it is best to use a special device with a nozzle. Inside the tank or bag is a solution. When pressed, it stacked right in the seam. The task of the master is to evenly lead the instrument and do not change the force of pressure. Such a device can be made with your own hands. To do this, take a dense plastic bag, fill it with a mixture, tie and crop the angle.
It is important to make a hole "right" size. It should not be greater than the width of the joint, otherwise the composition is cutting on ceramics. Laid in such a way in the interlocking space, let me slightly grab. After that, we take the rubber spatula and begin to gently tamper it to the base. We turn over the tool and remove the surplus mass, trying not to rub it into the relief on the plate.
Stage 3: Cleaning Facing
The appearance of the finished coverage in the bathroom depends on the timeliness of this operation. The hardened material is very difficult to remove. It needs to be deleted until he is still dry. Therefore, immediately after applying the fugues, the plates are cleaned. We take a soft dry cloth or a slightly moistened sponge and rub the ceramics with some effort. It is optimally working with a sponge, but it should be remembered that the movements are directed across the joint, otherwise there is a risk to remove not curable grout.
How to prevent cracking of stamps of seams between tiles in the bathroom
The appearance of cracks in a fresh fuching paste means that serious violations were made during the work and it would have to redo everything. So that this does not happen, it is worth listening to the recommendations of experienced tilers:
- Be sure to clean all the junctions between the tiles.
- Do not change the proportions of the grout mass, if it is preparing independently. Excessive increase in the amount of fluid always leads to the appearance of cracks after drying.
- It is advisable to knead the paste in two adhesives to give her the opportunity to ripen. For this, after the first mixing, it is left for 6-7 minutes, after their expiration, they again are well stuffed.
- It is ultimately not recommended to accelerate the process of drying the material using a hair dryer, draft and the like. In such conditions, it does not gain the necessary strength.
- Mixtures on a cement basis may need periodic moisture during hardening. Do not neglect this.
Grouting seams tiles in the bathroom with their own hands - the process is not complicated. Even novice tiler will cope with him. It is important to choose a hopping paste correctly, so that it fit for specific operating conditions, competently prepare it to work and apply in accordance with the instructions.
