Sanded caulk vs. grout?

[bchee]

caulk in grout lines?

 

[LegacyIndustrial]

Not my bag. However I would stick to what is recommended by the manufacturer.

 

[bchee]

grouti

 

[mmhouse]

First of all I have no experience with sanded caulk so take what I say with a grain of, um, sand.

As far as I can tell from a little Googling, sanded caulk is just regular caulk with some sand in it to make it look more like sanded grout and to help it fill larger gaps.

In my experience with regular caulk I've found that it collects a lot of crud over time because it never gets truly hard like grout. For that reason I'd be very hesitant to use it instead of grout. I think it would start looking pretty ratty pretty quickly.

Here's a little ditty I ran across when looking up "grouting vinyl tiles." Maybe it will be of some help....

http://www.ehow.com/how_4707746_grout-groutable-vinyl-tiles.html

 

[James E]

Sanded caulk is not meant to replace grout. You need grout on a floor between tiles because it is hard and durable. You use sanded caulk in places where grout would crack because it is not flexible but where you still need something that looks like grout.

Think of where your wall tiles meet your tub or where your backsplash meets your countertop. Those surfaces will move relative to each other and you need something flexible to seal between them.

Any kind of grout would not last long between the field of tiles on a floor, plus it would get really grungy really fast.

 

[mato]

Sanded caulk is not meant to replace grout. You need grout on a floor between tiles because it is hard and durable. You use sanded caulk in places where grout would crack because it is not flexible but where you still need something that looks like grout.

Think of where your wall tiles meet your tub or where your backsplash meets your countertop. Those surfaces will move relative to each other and you need something flexible to seal between them.

Any kind of grout would not last long between the field of tiles on a floor, plus it would get really grungy really fast.

Exactly Right!!!