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Grout sealant is very special in the decoration. It clearly needs materials and construction, but it is always classified as the same with the reclamation and cleaning. Even on the small cards received when visiting the building materials market, both of them are printed together. In addition to the confusion of product names on the market, many people may really easy to be confused. In this article, I will show you the usage of grout sealant and best types of grouting.
Is It Necessary To Seal Grout On Ceramic Tile?
Yes. Grout is basically a mixture of sand and cement. As a result, if you don’t seal your grout, it will absorb water, bacteria and stains. Adding a grout sealer protects your grout so it’s water resistant and will repel moisture and germs. Sealing the grout helps prolong the look, texture and consistency of your grout and it prevents mildew and mold. Your grout will look better and last longer. So it's really necessary to seal grout on ceramic tile.
Can Tiles Be Laid Like Wood Floor?
Even if there are already "seamless tiles" in the market, it is still necessary to leave a gap in the tiling. On the one hand, the thermal expansion and contraction of the tiles themselves are needed. On the other hand, no matter the tile adhesive or cement mortar is used in the tiling, this layer of interface will have a force on the tiles after drying. If there is no gap left, it is easy to crack and collapse the porcelain.
It is normal to leave 1mm-3mm for tiling joints, the most common of which are 1mm, 1.5mm and 2mm. When tiling, the tile positioning cross card will be used as an auxiliary tool. If you need any tile joints, you can buy the cross card of corresponding specifications. Sometimes in consideration of special needs or decoration needs, larger tile joints will be reserved, such as swimming pool tiles.
Types Of Grout Sealer
Beautiful Sealant
Based on water-based epoxy resin, can add a variety of pigments to form different colors, is a real sign from the "grout" era into the "beautiful sealant" era, There are two main reasons for this. First, there are more color choices. Second, the waterproof and mildew resistance performance has improved, and the wear resistance has also increased, but it is easy to deform and does not withstand high temperatures. The brick joint made by the beautiful sealant is soft like glass glue, and it is easy to collapse because it is soft. Generally, you need to use the grout sealant once before using the beautiful sealant. Continue to fill in the beauty compound.
Grout Sealant
The grout sealant has features of moisture-proof, water-resistant but not waterproof, mildew-proof and stain-proof performance, poor abrasion resistance, there will be hollow, shedding phenomenon, matte texture, color is mainly black and white gray. Although the abrasion resistance of the grout sealant can not stand the test, it is easy to construct and the price is very cheap. It is still one of the mainstream in the market.
Epoxy Colored Grout
It makes up for the market gap of porcelain jointing agent. It has a matte texture, super-colors comparable to eyeshadow palettes, good filling, waterproof, mildew-proof, scrub-resistant, excellent anti-fouling performance and high hardness. The price is expensive, and the price difference between imported and domestic brands is large.
Epoxy colored grout is currently the best comprehensive performance tile grouting, waterproof and mildew proof, extremely high hardness, strong and not falling off. The higher quality epoxy colored grout, the more colors available, the finer the particles, the softer the gloss, even close to matte, with a low-key and luxurious texture.
Porcelain Seams Agent
It’s an upgraded product of the beautiful sealant. It is waterproof, mildew-proof, scrub-resistant, has excellent anti-fouling performance, high hardness, the texture is the same as that of bright tiles, it will reflect light, and it has many colors, mainly white, gray, gold, silver, black. Porcelain grout sealant, as a substitute for beautiful sealant, mainly upgrades the resin base in the composition and uses oil-based epoxy resin with higher wear resistance. The biggest shortcoming is that the texture of the porcelain seams agent comes with a reflective effect. Another disadvantage of porcelain seams agent is that it is not suitable for brick joints that are too wide. Generally, the use of porcelain seams agent for brick joints over 3mm will easily lead to uneven filling.
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