I have two bags of tile grout that I bought by mistake and can't return. A friend mentioned that he used tile grout as plaster in his laundry room with good results... could this be true or is he mixing it up with something else?
If it works, I'll plaster a wall in the basement with it rather than throw it away.
Please spare me posts that call everyone idiots for not doing everything exactly "by the book." I already know there are plasters available in stores for walls, I'm just wondering if what my friend says could be true... can tile grout work as a surface material in a storage space?
If it works, I'll plaster a wall in the basement with it rather than throw it away.
Please spare me posts that call everyone idiots for not doing everything exactly "by the book." I already know there are plasters available in stores for walls, I'm just wondering if what my friend says could be true... can tile grout work as a surface material in a storage space?
Tile grout is a (usually) cement-based mortar. It should reasonably work as plaster as well. The worst that can happen is that it cracks and falls off. Since you've already paid for the grout, you have nothing to lose.
Don't believe this.
Firstly, the consistency is like spackle, only stickier; how are you supposed to treat the surface?
Then you can't have it thicker than a few mm, is the surface that even?
Firstly, the consistency is like spackle, only stickier; how are you supposed to treat the surface?
Then you can't have it thicker than a few mm, is the surface that even?
Well, fog is kind of much stickier and "gluey" than plaster and other similar cement-based products. It also has a finer grain structure.
It might work reasonably well in use, but depending on which properties of plaster you're looking for, it might not turn out well.
Note, I'm not particularly savvy on this, but that's my experience with the different products.
It might work reasonably well in use, but depending on which properties of plaster you're looking for, it might not turn out well.
Note, I'm not particularly savvy on this, but that's my experience with the different products.
Can imagine that it might work, but not that the result will be good and definitely not that it will be easy to work with in any way. I think it will crack like crazy. But what the heck, that's what I think. I hope you try it and that it works out well so I can expand my knowledge base a bit. Feel free to come back with the results if you do it!
However, I do know people who have plastered with tile adhesive with very good results. Maybe that's what your friend means...
However, I do know people who have plastered with tile adhesive with very good results. Maybe that's what your friend means...
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Just wanted to follow up. It went really well to polish with tile grout. I think it was really good if you're just after the polished surface. There was good hang in the grout, so there was minimal mess. Easy to work with sponge and water if you wanted. It works just as well as plaster.
It is more expensive, so you might not buy it instead of plaster, but if you have half a bag at home, you might as well polish a wall instead of throwing it away. It also worked well to paint with silicate paint.
It is more expensive, so you might not buy it instead of plaster, but if you have half a bag at home, you might as well polish a wall instead of throwing it away. It also worked well to paint with silicate paint.
Noooo, you've done it wrong... it's not supposed to work....Holpers said:
Great with feedback! Now we know it works!
