Question : Epoxy Grout and Chipped tile replacement

[Jsf721]

Boys were home from school for Thanksgiving Break.

Great to have them home for sure. We were playing pool and one of the balls went flying off the table and it chipped a porcelain tile. The balls have flown before but no damage until now, it cracked in the corner.

Tonight I will grind out the grout around the tile with an orbital multi-tool with a grout removal tool, chip out the tile, remove the mortar below clean it up, wipe it down and reset the tile. I have extra so that is easy.

The grout I used was epoxy and it was my first time with it and I made a big job by not removing the haze quick enough. This one time will be a cake walk.

question / Problems are:

1. I need one tile worth of chocolate epoxy grout and all I can find is pails. Stuff is not inexpensive and has a very limited shelf life. Is all epoxy grout sold RTU or is there a powdered add water variant?

2. I have the 1/2 notched trowel, I plan on back buttering the tile and leveling the tile. Since its only one, I will line up by hand. What should I use as Motar for a 1 tile repair? Is the RTU ok or should I buy a bag and mix?

Any tips, this is my first time doing this type of repair.

Thanks,

Jeff

 

[Dakota00]

Did you replace the tile already?

 

[Jsf721]

I did nothing yet. Got home from work too late and beat. I need to pick up some suplies like the mortar and find the epoxy grout.

Did you replace the tile already?

 

[Dakota00]

You're going to have a hard time finding a small tub of epoxy grout, maybe contact the manufacturer? As for thinset Lowes might still carry 5lb or 10lb bags for small repairs.

Remove the grout around the damage tile. Break the damaged tile, deliver several hammer blows in the center of the tile. Until you are able to start chiseling the rest out, working from the center out towards the grout lines. This will ensure that the surrounding tiles do not get chipped in the removal process.
Remove old thinset, clean area. Dry fit replacement tile make sure it sits lower than the surrounding area. Apply thinset to area, set tile, this might take some working to get it to sit at the right height. Apply pressure to tile and squeeze out the thinset from the grout lines, remove excess thinset from the joints. Repeat this until the tile is at the proper height.

 

[Jsf721]

Thank you very much. I appreciate your chiming in. Your garage thread had me very jealous. It looks amazing. Wish I had enough skill to do mine.

Thanks again for the help.

Jeff

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You're going to have a hard time finding a small tub of epoxy grout, maybe contact the manufacturer? As for thinset Lowes might still carry 5lb or 10lb bags for small repairs.

Remove the grout around the damage tile. Break the damaged tile, deliver several hammer blows in the center of the tile. Until you are able to start chiseling the rest out, working from the center out towards the grout lines. This will ensure that the surrounding tiles do not get chipped in the removal process.
Remove old thinset, clean area. Dry fit replacement tile make sure it sits lower than the surrounding area. Apply thinset to area, set tile, this might take some working to get it to sit at the right height. Apply pressure to tile and squeeze out the thinset from the grout lines, remove excess thinset from the joints. Repeat this until the tile is at the proper height.

 

[Dakota00]

Thank you... I'm glad to help out!

 

[todd_fuller]

I did some epoxy grout in the master bathroom of my previous home and used Laticrete Spectralock Pro Premium. This product was available in mini sizes. I split a bigger kit into two parts so I didn't have to work so quickly, but I believe it's also available as a mini kit. IIRC the shelf life was around a year for the two parts, so no urgent need to use it quickly.