Preparing to Grout Your Tile Mosaic

Video Transcript

"So we finished the tile mosaic. Here it is, the product before grouting. I've waited twenty four hours for the glue to dry fully, and now we're down here in my grouting studio, which is a place I don't mind getting messy. And it's something that you want to think about because grouting is a very messy process. I've also changed into clothes that I don't really care about just in case grout gets on me, which usually does happen. We're ready to go. I've put on gloves to protect my hands during the grouting process. You also want to make sure that you wear a dust mask while you mix dry grout. Once it's mixed, you can take the mask off. What you're going to do is take the grout, in this case I've chosen a nice, soft yellow, which goes beautifully with our project and you're going to mix it slowly with some water. Mix the water in very slowly because if you mix too much water in, then you're going to have to add more grout and you might end up making way too much. You're going to mix it until you get something the consistency of about peanut butter. At that point, you need to wait about five minutes for it to sleek. Basically just set before it's ready to go onto your project. Perfect."