How to Pour Grout for Stained Glass Stepping Stones

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"ALLISON KLINGER: On behalf of ExpertVillage.com, my name is Allison at Western Art Glass. And in this segment, I am mixing my grout for my stepping stone. I'm using sanded tile grout and I picked the color white and it's really messy, okay? So make sure you've got a designated space to mix it, okay? Right now it's kinda like pancake batter almost. I guess it depends on how you make pancakes, but anyway. So just mixing it up. You can get all types of tools to mix grout and whatever. I just have a rubber spatula, a bucket. I just use water. Okay, I've got my mold on top of my drywall. Wherever you're going to "pour" the stepping stone, keep in mind, it needs to sit for a few days before it can be moved. So wherever you pour it, you want to make sure it's in the spot that doesn't need to be moved. Anyway, I got it on top of my work surface. I'm going to do--so I'm going to go right in the middle of the stone of the design. I'm going to pour a little bit of grout. How much grout you mix, one never knows. You will know it's not enough, though. So anyway, I'm going to act like I'm trying to cook in here and I'm not pushing anything because I don't want to shift anything in there. But I'm just making sure that it's going to get down in between my glass, okay? Kinda now looks like frosting. Forget the pancake part; we've moved on to dessert. So anyway. Like I said, really messy. Wear an apron. Gloves, that's up to you. I wash my hands a lot. Okay. Kind of--whatever you feel good about, just smear that around a little bit. I'm going to pour a little bit more just to make sure I've got a little bit of space, thickness-wise, in my stone. Even that out a little bit. Remember, your chicken wire or your mesh, this is your reinforcement in your stone. It's going to be vital that you put this in there. It's cut smaller than the mold so you'll never see it. I'm going to lay it down right in the middle, kinda push it down a little bit. Okay. I'm going to pour the rest of the grout. Hopefully, I have enough. How thick you make your stone is up to you. I like to make them fairly thick. You don't have to fill the whole mold, but you want at least something that can be durable. I'm going to have to mix a little more grout. This won't dry before I do that, so that's fine. So next segment, check it out."