Grouting your wall tiles is a mess waiting to happen. Working with a liquefied product on a vertical surface means gravity will hinder your progress. Improperly mixing the grout or attempting to apply too much at any one time could result in more grout landing on your floor than in the spaces between the wall tiles. You can make a mess grouting wall tiles by not following the proper directions provided by the grout manufacturer and by attempting to complete the job in less than the expected time it should take. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. Mix the grout for your wall tile in a bucket with a margin trowel. Follow the grout manufacturer's directions to add water to the dry mix. Add just a bit too much water to the mix, making it slightly runny so that when you apply it, it drops from the wall and onto the floor, making a mess.
2. Pick up more than 1 cup of your slightly runny grout with a rubber grout float. Spread the grout over the wall tile with the rubber grout float held at a 45 degree angle to the wall. Picking up too much grout with your float ensures you will drop at least half of the grout from your float onto the floor as you attempt to push the grout into the spaces between the tiles on the wall.
3. Hold a rubber grout float at a 45 degree angle and sweep the float across the wall tile to remove excess grout. Because your grout is slightly runny, you are sure to drop more excess grout onto your floor rather than placing it back into the bucket.
4. Wipe the wall tiles with a dripping wet grout sponge. Nothing makes a better mess than water running down your arm and onto your clothes, not to mention the excess water running down the wall and creating puddles on the floor.
