Help! Grout gone hard before able to wipe it down

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oh dear. If i tell the wife that im going to be sleeping in the garden tonight and for the forseable future.

When i took the old tiles off, the plasterboard came with it leaving a nice view of the breeze block behind it. Although i put new plasterboard on i'd be worried of the same thing happening again.

Going to have to think long and hard about this, although i do see the sense in your suggestion. Bear in mind this is a DIY job so i'm not worried about how long it takes like a pro would be, so with that in mind, if removing them wasnt an option what would be the next suggestion?
 
Might try some of this [DLMURL="http://www.ltp-online.co.uk/ltp-grout-stain-remover_2.html"]LTP Grout Stain Remover | LTP Online | Tile Cleaning, Sealing and Maintenance Products[/DLMURL]
 
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White Adesilex P9 was the adhesive

Might try some of this [DLMURL="http://www.ltp-online.co.uk/ltp-grout-stain-remover_2.html"]LTP Grout Stain Remover | LTP Online | Tile Cleaning, Sealing and Maintenance Products[/DLMURL]

Thanks for that. I have read the PDF file on their website but its not clear if it is ok to use this on the grout between the tiles or not. What i mean is because the tiles are beveled, there is grout in the grooves that needs to come out - see attached picture to see what i mean.

Is this cleaner ok to use on that grout or is it likely to damage the grout or change the colour?

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What size spacer did you use, if you could scraper the grout off the tiles you might be able to get a multi tool to get the grout out the grove and re grout, this might not be an option just a suggestion.
 
A grout cleaner isn't gonna get rid of large chunks of solid grout.

A Stanley scraper with a blade in it would be my weapon of choice. Scrape off the chunks, then look to rake out most of the grout with a Stanley knife, and then re-grout with a different grout..
 
By the time you faff about with trying this, that & other remedies, you'd be better off taking them off and re-doing.
 

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