Which mosaic trowel?

[Rob Z]

Speaking of mosaics and dealing with setting material oozing into the joints....do any of you have access to a product such as Laticrete 4237 admix?

Lat 4237 is a latex additive that has all the goodies in it so that when mixed with sand and cement it will make a thinset mortar. The neat-o trick with this stuff is that it can be mixed with sanded grout to make a color-matched setting material.

Set the tiles as you usually would, and allow the ooze to come up into the joints and strike it off with a grout float and a sponge, and then grout the next day with the same grout that was used with the 4237. The color match is perfect and there is no time spent raking out grout joints.

Even if Laticrete isn't available in the UK, hopefully there is a company there that sells a similar product for you to try.

 

[sWe]

That's kind of clever actually. Laticrete is availible in Sweden, but their products are hard to come by, as they don't seem to have any retailers, which means you have to buy directly from Laticrete. Next time I re-do my own bathroom though, I'm going to order some Spectralock Pro grout with glow-in-the-dark dazzle :santa_cheesy:

 

[BDS]

I`ve the same trowel as dave, love the rubi trowels so nearly all mine are rubi now apart from 1.and also have 2 19" rubi (like jcb buckets) trowels for when doing large floor areas :santa_cheesy:

 

[medlar]

3mm square notched rubi

 

[cornish_crofter]

I bought a 3mm square notched trowel from the TIP!

It cost me £1 but it came free with 3 G clamps, one pair of tin snips and a bradawl

 

[garretridge]

i just bought the new rubi trowel in the picture havent had chance to use it yet must be good if dave has one! :santa_cheesy:

 

[CBTC]

Rob; Re Laticrete - they are meant to operate out of Ireland over here, but they seem really poor at supplying the outlets that do sell their stuff and the supplier I know never really gets much or clear communication re supply time - makes you wonder with all thats going on economy wise how they can afford to perform so poorly