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McCracken

McCracken

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Ok, so I've been remodeling the bathroom at the house. We picked out the tile and we laid it down last Saturday. I asked my wife when we were at Lowe's to get the color grout she wanted. When I went to mix it up I put in the water and got a good consistency before applying it. After about 30 minutes the shit started locking down on me. To the point where I couldn't get it out of the bucket. I went and grabbed the bag and found out she bought rapid set mix :kaioken: Shame on me for not looking and just going with it. Anyway, I salvaged the job with some scrapers and sponge work and believe it or not it came out pretty good. So to the problem/issue... because of the cuts I ended up with a pretty fat grout line near the tub. I figured I could run a piece of molding along the bottom and take up some of the line and make it look good. The problem is that the grout is humped up and set. I was focused on the floor and got it right but forgot to address the tub base. So here's the dilemma. I need to flatten this area out so the molding will fit.

So as the internet so eloquently puts it, "wat do?" I tried sanding it down with some 80 grit and that didn't happen. How can I flatten the area without fubarring the rest of the tile and tub? As you can see, the grout line at the tub is fat.
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ramjo said:
Hammer drill with a chisel bit ;)....oscillating tool with a grout blade or if your molding will cover it you could notch/whittle/sand/cut out the back of it.
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Yeah I thought the oscillating tool would be best but thought maybe one of you had a better option.
 
1-tonmudder said:
Grinder w a 50 grit flapper wheel.

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Or if you can get an air hose in there a die grinder w a small masonry cut off wheel.
 
I'd lay shoe molding and caulk the bottom edge to match grout. Unless you have HUGE lumps in it. Minor wavyness you won't notice with the caulk bead.
 
FWIW, and may be too late now, when tiling a bathroom I like to get the color matched caulk and use that to seal against the tub instead of just grout to prevent water infiltration under the tile
 
Depending on how long it's been, a rag and some water will get rid of it. Otherwise, they make diamond coated oscillating tool attachments.
 
Ron said:
FWIW, and may be too late now, when tiling a bathroom I like to get the color matched caulk and use that to seal against the tub instead of just grout to prevent water infiltration under the tile
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too late :lol:
 
I'm hurt you didn't ask me :confused: but hey dip shit cut the back edge of the trim at an angle slap it in and call it done.:flipoff2:

how you gonna attach that there trim cant nail it to the fiberglass tub or the tile. you gonna sit there for an hour holding that tight till the glue sets???
 
McCracken said:
I didn't plan on using nails... but maybe some liquid nails

I'm sorry you're hurt. I'll let Miranda know you need one of her tampons.
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You'll have to sit and hold it tight till the glue sets. How bad does it look without the trim there? I was going to leave the one on my tub off till I was told otherwise

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McCracken said:
Look at the picture. I don't think it looks bad but it's one of those things where you don't stare at it but if you did then you'd see the unevenness.
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Leave it. You gonna have a shower mat covering part of it and a shower curtain coming down to. There will be alot in that little area once it's done and no one will take the time to notice all that

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Why not use a Dremmel w/ a grinding wheel?

Also, I'm a little baffled you did the floor before finishing everything else. Subfloor yes, top floor, no. I always do the floor last so it can deal with imperfections created, and don't f$ck up the floor while doing the rest of the work.
 
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