how do i remove grout from between tiles?

Answer 1

Wow, I just did this last weekend!

If it's floor tile, the easiest way to do it is to use a dremel with a tile bit. It only took me about an hour to do my whole kitchen floor. I just had the dremel in one hand and the shop vac in the other and ran the bit down the grout lines and it drilled it all out. I just set my depth for the bit about 1/4" let the tile be my guide as I had the bit touching the edge of one tile during the first pass and the edge of the other tile on the way back through that line. I was worried about it chipping the tile, but it didn't...maybe I got lucky...use at your own risk.

The second way which I started out doing and it took forever was to use a grout saw it's like a screwdriver with a saw blade on the end of it shaped like a blade you put in a utility knife but with teeth and just saw out the grout. Just start sawing along a tile edge, then saw the edge on the other tile, then break out the grout between the saw lines and suck it all up with the shop vac.

I spent $10 on the grout saw and $8 on the dremel bit (actually made by rotozip but it fits in a dremel) at Home Depot. If you have a dremel, I'd definately suggest using it for a floor, for a wall I'd CAREFULLY try the dremel bit but probably recommend the saw.

Answer 2

I might be wrong, but I think you'll have to remove the entire tile. Maybe you could dig in between the tiles with a flathead screwdriver but other than that I wouldn't know.

Answer 3

home depot or any large hardware store has a dry-grout removing tool, looks like a cowboy boot with a carbide tip...it digs it out.

Answer 4

If it is fresh grout use a wet sponge.

Answer 5

There are several different types of tools for this, according to what your doing, or what you want.