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• Posted in thread: grout question on 04-30-2008 at 08:00 PM
  Buff it with a clean dry towel. A wet towel will just smear it around. It should come right off
  :)The wait time on most grouts is 3 weeks to fully cure but IMO 2 weeks is enough time.BTW...
  expensive ...

• Posted in thread: Crappy tools on 04-14-2008 at 03:58 PM
  I bought a $15 grinder from Harbor Freight about 3 years ago, and the thing still runs
  strong.Sometimes cheap tools work magnificently.I bought a little 7" compact wet saw for $65.
  It looks like a tab...

• Posted in thread: Leveling a basement slab... on 04-14-2008 at 03:47 PM
  You could have pumped out Self Leveling Compound and had a perfectly flat, and level surface to
  tile over.

• Posted in thread: do i really need to sand?? hardwood floors on 10-06-2007 at 02:54 PM
  If you read the can of stain you have it will tell you to sand.

• Posted in thread: do i really need to sand?? hardwood floors on 10-05-2007 at 03:16 PM
  I would definitely sand the floor.Then a few coats of stain.And a couple coats of poly.

• Posted in thread: wood flooring in bathroom? on 10-04-2007 at 06:53 AM
  Wood is no good.Tile is in style.Ceramic tile or stone is by far the best floor covering
  solution for bathrooms.Has been for a long time.And you don't have to use concrete board,
  otherwise known as ce...

• Posted in thread: Grout sealing question on 10-04-2007 at 06:50 AM
  the pro is to seal the groutthe con is to Not seal the grout

• Posted in thread: drain in fiberglass shower pan question on 10-04-2007 at 06:49 AM
  I wouldn't use that style of drain, with rubber gasket, in my shower pan.I'd buy a three piece
  drain that is threaded and screws together.

• Posted in thread: Grout sealing question on 09-21-2007 at 07:35 PM
  hey TileGuy,whereabouts in NC are you?do you subcontract?

• Posted in thread: Thoughts on cork flooring on 09-09-2007 at 05:53 PM
  Cork looks nice and is pretty durable.It's spongelike so messes get absorbed.It can last a
  while. There is a home older than 100 years old in the Newport, Rhode Island mansions district
  with cork in i...