Choosing the best Grout for your shower renovation

[johnfrwhipple]

Q: Which is the best grout for your bathroom renovation?

A: It depends on so many things...

This new SKU from StarQuartz looks very promising. I have to say that nothing gives me more stress than finishing up a beautiful shower and bathroom renovation project and having to "Grout It". So many things can go wrong and so many factors come into play. I have had the chance to use, pass judgement and "Play With" many different ones from Custom, Mapei, Laticrete and a few others and to date have not tried StarQuartz QuartzLock II.

Who out there has tried this new Grout?

The StarQuartz product is different from the others as it is a urethane product. No Epoxy. No Portland.

What do you men and women out there think?

I'm told that this new urethan product has;

-no allergic reactions possible
-more stain resistant
-better compression strength
-more color consistency (no mixing so no user error possible)
-easier clean up
-workable time of 4 hours

I hate passing judgement on products until I have tried them in my "Lab" aka my wife's Laundry Room. I think I will track down some of this Urethan Grout from StarQuartz and put it to the test.

Here is a link. Any insights would be welcome.

I found this video online tonight.



I have not found an equal to date to Laticrete's SpectraLock Pro - but as it seems I have not tried them all.

Thanks,

JW

[hj]

Have you EVER seen a manufacturer's "blurb" that did NOT claim the product was the best thing ever invented? Even the Yugo car claimed to have some advantages and reasons why you should buy it, (and some people actually did).

[johnfrwhipple]

Great Point HJ. I try not to listen to manufactures and listen to the industries top people. I have been getting tons of helpful advice over the years from a Chicago based tile setter. He does not contribute here on Terry's pages but helps out a ton on John Bridge's site and Contractor Talk.

Elite Tile and Stone's top setter is Angus Kroll and I have read many posts about this new Urethane Based Grout. When I see fine example after fine example of work I take notice and want to learn more. I know for a fact that Angus sets tile every week and I know he knows his stuff. Before I go to the trouble of testing yet another product I was hoping for some more input from other sources.

Have you seen this new Star Quartz grout in action?

This grout from Laticrete I love. The problem is that all these companies have different supply channels and often one company is not available in your town that I can get in my town. To truly pass judgement I believe you need to have tried and worked with all products...



JW