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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: texasmom on July 10, 2007, 07:37:14 PM
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today i'm cleaning my floor with a drill/wire-brush attachment. laid stone tile down, didn't seal the dang thing before grouting it (who knew!). grout got into every little nook & cranny of the stone.
and i should have used the cake icing technique on the grout anyhow ~ just squeeze the line right into place & smooth instead of slapping it on there.
oh well. paying for my impatience now for sure.
taking a break (to breathe... dust is thick).
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Experience is a great teacher. :aok betchya dont do that again ;)
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DO NOT give my sister that idea! If she puts power tools and cleaning together we are all doomed.
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I know how you feel. I get impatient with a project now and again and find myself having to do it over. Hate it when that happens.
Good luck and hope it doesn't take too long.
Word.
Mark
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I think you just waited too long. After spreading the grout you should be able to wipe the excess clean while it’s still wet.
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Originally posted by eskimo2
I think you just waited too long. After spreading the grout you should be able to wipe the excess clean while it’s still wet.
yeah, i hosed it up pretty good.
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Sealing is a must. But, hey, at least you tried, and now know.
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Originally posted by texasmom
and i should have used the cake icing technique on the grout
:D :rofl
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Thank you so much Xargos!
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Lucy would make a nice squad art for ya TxM.
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The good thing is that the floor looks incredible. Once I get it cleaned up, it's gonna be awesome. It's slate. :)
It's just the cleaning part that's a real booger. Using the drill kicked that dust up to the walls... and the curtains... and I tracked it all over the carpets. Unbelievable. Guess I won't be on the game for a few days :D
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Try using a large plastic dropcloth as a dustshield. Work underneath the dropcloth to block the dust from spreading. You could use a shopvac to suck up airborne particulate as well. Just keep the hose on the floor under the dropcloth. Be sure to wear eye protection, a dust mask and take frequent breaks.
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Thank you rpm =)
will look like ETs house *grin*
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go get some muriatic acid and dilute it 50%. with a paint brush drop the solution onto the work. it will dissolve the concrete based product rapidly. keep a bucket of water and some baking soda nearby to neutralize the acid and to stop the reaction when you are satisfied. you will need a good quality respirator make sure all the windows are open and run some fans.
all the best, and blame txdad.
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Originally posted by storch
go get some muriatic acid and dilute it 50%. with a paint brush drop the solution onto the work. it will dissolve the concrete based product rapidly. keep a bucket of water and some baking soda nearby to neutralize the acid and to stop the reaction when you are satisfied. you will need a good quality respirator make sure all the windows are open and run some fans.
all the best, and blame txdad.
Sounds scary. respirator, determining when the chemical reaction should be stopped & neutralized? Sorry, not brave enough for that portion I think. I'll have to keep drilling.
My son is sick today. :(
Upside of that is he'll spend all day in his bed, and I can spend a full day working on the floor instead of nickel & diming it all week long after the workday.:)
LOL about blaming TxDad ~ can't do that this time.
*flashback*
~ me saying to him
"Just trust me & lets get it done..."
~him saying to me
"this ain't gonna work..."
~me nagging.
"come on... lets just get it done..."
p.s. Xargos: thanks again! *grin*
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I feel your pain TXmom
We're redoing the kitchen. Our original arrangement when we started redoing the house room by room is that I will cook all the meals, do all of the outside work, feed the 4 kids breakfast and dinner, and all the heavy lifting, electrical, plumbing, and power tool work.
So week before last I took pity on her having to scrape 3 layers of wallpaper off and started helping. Got the wallpaper off and started painting. Keep in mind the kitchen is 400 sq ft.
Got it painted on Saturday evening and she decides to case the kitchen windows. Sunday morning she decides that the door casings just look out of place and goes to replace them. Do you want to know what happens to latex paint when you pull a door casing off without running a razor blade under the edge?
A HUGE FREAKING STRIP OF THE LATEX COMES OFF THE WALL THAT YOU JUST PAINTED.
I looked at her, smiled through gritted teeth, and said 'let me take the door casings off honey'.
But we got er done.
Want to come up and help us lay the tile? :D
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it's not that big of a risk. the muriatic acid dissolves the lime in the concrete very rapidly but it does produce nasty fumes. it works very rapidly and effectively but I can understand your apprehension. it's a trade trick for cleaning up grouty messes.
our home projects often sounded the same but I still shouldered the brunt of the blame anyway so good for you for being stand up about it.
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Originally posted by rpm
Lucy would make a nice squad art for ya TxM.
:D I do like Lucy very much. Sassy little gal.