Old School Grouting

[Flintstone]

Years ago when grout basically came in one sort, you had to add your own flexi additive if you wanted flexible grout, and wide joint grout just had a load of sand in it. I was shown a way for certain tiles, grouting as usual with a thin ish mix, then getting a handful of grout powder and scattering it over and spreading it about, then brushing it all off, then wash down as usual, it left the joints very full and made a real nice job when needed. Anyone else remember that way ?

 

[Andy Allen]

No.....lol
Can't say I've ever spread grout powder over joints to make them full.
I still use additives to make grout flexible. Bal wide joint and gt1 add mix you will not find a more flexible grout imo.
I do still grout using a good old sponge....can't get on with those wash boy contraptions ....I always end up over wetting the joints.

 

[Flintstone]

I use a sponge also. I was shown that way by a couple of different old boys. It is effective at times when there's a real wide joint.

 

[Simons70]

Years ago when grout basically came in one sort, you had to add your own flexi additive if you wanted flexible grout, and wide joint grout just had a load of sand in it. I was shown a way for certain tiles, grouting as usual with a thin ish mix, then getting a handful of grout powder and scattering it over and spreading it about, then brushing it all off, then wash down as usual, it left the joints very full and made a real nice job when needed. Anyone else remember that way ?

We do this all time if we use more then 3 mm spaces.

 

[Flintstone]

I do it when grouting quarry tiles or any rustic wide joints

 

[Brian the Tile]

The old way of grouting the quarries was to spread the wet Sand and cement into the joints then mix dry sand and cement (dryers) and scatter all over the floor and rub like hell,then later wet sawdust to clean it all up no washing of that i can remember, and your white grout was white cementt was and to stop it going off so quick in the joints add a little washing up liquid

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Sawdust for sand/cement floors and white cement for walls - no washing off just polish it up.
No flexible admixes just chicken mesh for wooden floors.
If you wanted it coloured, cementone did a range of dyes.

 

[Dan]

Sawdust for sand/cement floors and white cement for walls - no washing off just polish it up.
No flexible admixes just chicken mesh for wooden floors.
If you wanted it coloured, cementone did a range of dyes.

Showing your age there matey

 

[WetSaw]

You should've seen the floor he did for that Julius Caesar bloke down in Londinium....

 

[Time's Ran Out]

You should've seen the floor he did for that Julius Caesar bloke down in Londinium....

No it was down the road at Segadunum the end of Hadrians Wall. Had a relative do the bathouse.
Wallsend the northernmost extent of the Roman Empire.