2007-04-18 08:23:54 · 9 answers · asked by GG 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Let the thinset cure 24 hours and then grout. Let the grout set overnight so it is dry enough not to pick up dirt and such off shoes. Then seal the grout.
2007-04-18 08:49:47 · answer #1 · answered by sensible_man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
between the main mandatory issues to do whilst setting up tile is to wipe the surplus grout off the tile with a sparkling moist sponge. If that may no longer performed thoroughly the haze (sometimes thick) of grout will adhere to the tile. many times a sturdy device scrub/acid wash might do the trick. might help to pass on your community HDepot and get some chemical information or call a community floor cleansing business corporation for his or her suggestion. many situations they'll teach you a thank you to out with what you may desire to comprehend in case you won't be in a position to arise with the money for to hire somebody to repair it. we've a community business corporation that in basic terms did an entire scrub/acid wash on between the enormous slate foyer flooring in an educational construction on the college I artwork at and the contractor did a awful pastime of wiping the grout whilst performed. Even has a grout haze alongside the partitions (that are brick on the interior). Spent a brilliant form of money getting that performed, yet for a house it would desire to no longer be that plenty. in basic terms examine into it, and in case you agree to do it your self, try the chemical in a much less noticable section and see the way it works. sturdy luck.
2016-10-03 04:59:01 · answer #2 · answered by barksdale 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After putting on the grout, and two coats of sealer, allow 24 hours for it to dry before walking on it.
2007-04-18 09:23:38 · answer #3 · answered by cottagstan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when i tile a floor we walk on it to grout the next morning so over night should be dry what ever you used to stick it with
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2007-04-18 08:31:17 · answer #4 · answered by george e 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wait at least 24 hours so the thinset can fully cure, then you can grout it.
Hope this helped, good luck!!
2007-04-18 08:29:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
24 hrs unless you use a rapid set thin set the about 2 hrs
2007-04-19 10:38:12 · answer #6 · answered by mytwoboyz1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually a day.
2007-04-18 08:35:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends when morter dries.. give it a day or 24 hours if you are using a quikset...
2007-04-18 08:28:26 · answer #8 · answered by richard l 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to wait at least a day.
2007-04-18 08:30:54 · answer #9 · answered by Frances 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋