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Serious question, did grout really not need sealing back in the 80s?
Pulled up the old tile in my rental's bathroom last week. Found a note from the original installer from 1987 saying 'no seal needed, this grout is different.' Took a picture of it. Is that true or was that guy just cutting corners back then?
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lewis.brian3d ago
Yeah that checks out actually. Found the same thing when I redid my grandma's bathroom last year, the 80s grout was just built different.
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wright.leo3d ago
The old stuff was just made to last through anything. Ripped out some tile from my folks' place that was down since '87 and the grout was still solid as a rock, no cracks or nothing. New stuff crumbles if you look at it wrong, it's honestly frustrating.
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taylor_patel2d ago
Man, 1987? That grout is older than some people posting in this thread, @wright.leo. I cant even get the stuff I bought last spring to hold up through one winter without a crack showing up somewhere. You could probably build a house out of that old grout and it would outlast the framing. Meanwhile Im over here regrouting my shower for the third time in five years because it keeps turning into dust. It makes you wonder if they mixed asbestos or something into it back then just for the structural integrity.
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