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DNK

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Going to some tile repair this weekend and into Tuesday on our shower.
The DPO of our house filled in grout areas with silicon that has turned ugly colors.
Also doing grout replacement on some of the pan areas and the step at the front.
Looking for help from past pros at this
Any recommendations on tools to use.
Any good dremels tool attachments??
 
Getting rid of the grout is fairly easy, just alot of work, you need a grout scraper for that. basically a small piece of steel with SiC bits attached you scrape and it scrapes away the grout. you don't have to go to deep. just enough to have a clean surface for the new grout to attach to.
As for the silicon, what is the deal with DPOs and Silicon????? My DPOs in my previous apartment did the same exact stupid thing apparently thinking it would stop a leak in the shower. It didn't. There are now several types of silicon removal chemicals. basically spread it on, wait a couple of hours and scrape. I would go over everything with the grout scraper afterwards to get a good surface for the new grout.
 
Silicon is rubbery, so a normal grout scraper probably won't do the job you want. If the silicon is old, by breaking an end loose, it might pull out in strips. If it isn't loose, you will probably have to go down each side against the tile with a razor knife/box cutter, to cut it loose and then pull it out. I don't envy your job! PJ
 
On the web
The web can't lie ,Correct?
They say use the Dremel tool like the Multi Max
Got a couple of those
 
SiliconE.

Silicon is beach sand. :smile:

Good luck with the project; I'll be grouting tonight too.
 
Well I knew the shower had a couple of issues when I bought the house.
As I removed loose grout at the base of the wall to the floor Water was seeping out of the crack
I told my wife last week end that we will have to redo the shower down the road.
Looks like the end of the road came quickly
 
First mistake! You touched it!

My Ol' Fella always said I had the reverse Midas touch...

I ripped our bathroom apart a while ago. Cut the tub in two, ripped out the NASTY sheet-rock and rotted studs. Replaced framing and put in a shower with cement backer board, a mud bed floor w/membrane and tiled floor-to-ceiling.
 
For some reason here, it looks like, they actually put the concrete board on top of the sheet rock
One of my big "WHY" they did it that way is
The opening to the shower has a step and they put 2 pieces of tile with a seam running around the middle so the shower door drips right on it.
I would think 1 solid tile would have been a better idea.
I have also discovered 2 or 3 cracked tiles around that step at the inside of the opening
Today I caulk all the seams I cleaned out with sanded calking grout
 
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