Happy bday!

 

Got the grouting done today.....whew thats the messiest part of tiling and the hardest part of tiling is tooling the grout.....





Before the grout.....


BTW.....I hate electrical outlets when tiling.....

 

88 that looks great. Great job on the whole thing, nice colors by the way.

 

Grout looks very nice 88! I have the same counter tops, wish I was good with tile

Suppose to get 12" of snow by Tuesday. It's almost May, we didn't have 12" of snow all winter....

 

Looks Great. Yea the very MOST IMPORTANT part of tiling is how and when you clean it RIGHT AFTER or very soon (depends) after working it in. For a large area, -I've had 4 5 gallon buckets of clean water, new sponge in each, -each time. Swipe once, flip, swipe again, throw it into the bucket.

You don't realize how important that is until you slack to long or screw that part of the process up once, - specially with the sculptured stuff.

 

 

Thanks for the compliments....

 

Morning.

That tile job looks awesome 88.

 

Looks great 88!

 

Very nice tile work!

Had a very nice leisurley drive from Burleson this morning. It's a beautiful day in East Texas.

Maggie was asking why she was not getting to go, this morning when I loaded the truck and her crate was not included. That dog amazes me sometimes. She is the only dog I have had that "talks". When she is extra happy, she makes a certain sound and looks at you. When she is excited, it's a totally different sound and experession. When she asks a question, the sound ends with a rising note. Sounds sort of like "huuuunh?". People don't beleieve me until they hear it. I have heard of other dogs doing similar, just the first time I have had one. It is supposed to be a trait of Rat Terriers.

 

On Saturday when I did the tire rotate I was finally able to find the cause of the slow leak in the left rear tire.....it was a automotive body screw that was in between the sipe in the tread.....

 

I do a lot of custom tile work for a living in high end homes and I'll say it looks great. Those glass tiles can be tough to grout. Non sanded is definitely not the easiest of grouts. Timing is crucial to avoid efflorescence. Keeping a consistent grout reveal is tough also as the non sanded becomes really pasty when it is time to clean it. A hint for grout cleaning is sponge 20 minutes after install (if your using custom blend ) using very little water (damp) to shape the grout lines and clean off the heavy left overs. Then 2 hours later another wipe down for any solid residue. Your final clean up will be with dry terry cloths and presto, clean shiny tile/grout.


PS, I see you have some grout residue on the side of your upper cabinet. Make sure and don't leave that longer than an hour or so or it will stain the finish. I always tape off any cabinetry.. some bad experiences in the past, especially with oak.

 

Thanks Toyz.....

Back in college I used to do flooring and tile to pay the bills....when I started this project I had to get up to date with the materials.....especially the grout blends both sanded and nonsanded....

the spot on the cabinet was taken care of after the picture...

 

Nice color choice too. Next project should be some under cabinet dimmable LED lighting to accent the new tile
If you need any info on LED lighting/dimmers hit me up. Been around LED strip and puck lighting since it was first introduced and have been through the trial and errors with electricians to get the right dimmers to work with them without any interference, flickering or buzzing.

 

Jeez....you're a mind reader....

I had been thinking about something like that but didn't know what the costs would be.....