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- Subject: Re: Grout problems
- Path: sparky!uunet!sci34hub!cdthq!gary
- From: gary@cdthq.UUCP (Gary Heston)
- Message-ID: <7g2VXB2w161w@cdthq.UUCP>
- References: <1jp6ooINNkas@hatteras.cs.unc.edu>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 93 09:42:17 CST
- Organization: Garys' Home for Obsolete Computers
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- weiss@cs.unc.edu (Steve Weiss) writes:
-
- > We just had a bathroom floor tiled with 8 inch tiles. The grout line
- > is pretty thick: about three sixteenths of an inch. The problem is
- > when you walk across the tile in socks, the grout seems to pull at the
- > material. It's an annoying feeling and may also be damaging my socks.
- >
- > What can be done to smooth the grout so it doesn't grab me?
-
- Scrub the grout with a stiff brush, or use the corner of a block of
- wood, to smooth it out. Vacuum up all the dust, and paint the grout
- lines with sealer.
-
- Gary Heston, at home....
- gary@cdthq.uucp
-