LaticreteSPECTRALOCK® 1 Pre-Mixed Grout #89 Smoke Grey

Used Smoke Grey on both glossy and semi-rough tiles and on marble mosaic. The shower (1/16 grout line) took one bucket and the floor (1/8) took about half another bucket. This was easy to apply but was a bit “crumbly”, meaning a lot started falling off my tools while doing the walls (not an issue doing the floor, of course). Easy fix though…I just held the float beneath to catch what fell, as I applied the initial grout with a putty knife. Then went over it with the float. It ended up being quite an efficient system with much less wasted. You do have to work in small sections and follow instructions completely (there are many instructional YouTube videos). On the glossy tile, I did the first clean after 15 minutes, but on the rough tile, I cleaned after about 10 minutes. I had 3 buckets of water and 3 sponges and had my husband/helper clean the water frequently. It did take a little muscle and several wipes to do the initial clean. Then 1 hour later I went back to scrub with the white plastic scrub sponge (about 5 rinse/wipe cycles) and finally with microfiber. Again, took a little muscle, but all the residue came off just fine. The color was completely uniform and the grout filled the grout lines easily and smoothly without any touch ups needed. I sealed the corners of the shower with Laticretes color-matched silicone. I am super happy with the result and have faith that this product will resist mold and mildew and will keep our new bathroom looking much better than if we had used cheaper “regular” grout. This was well worth the little bit extra muscle it took to apply (I have worked with regular grout too). Highly recommend.

Let me start out by saying that I am not a professional tiler but rather a DYIer. I have tiled multiple rooms in two different houses, a kitchen backsplash, and two shower areas. I have always used the traditional sanded grouts from your big box stores and never had any major issues. I saw this product and decided to give it a try on my 2nd stand-up shower. I read multiple reviews online and watched about every youtube video I could find about this product. The number one statement that everybody was mentioning, was about how fast it dries. So I prepared myself for that. I had my sponge, two buckets of clean water, and my wife to help with changing out the water. This grout is indeed just like cream and applies very easily. I was using 12×24 in. textured tiles and was able to grout about 4 tiles before I had to start wiping. I noticed that the grout did start to dry fast, but if you wring out your sponge well and apply very light pressure using circular motion, you won't have any issues. Once the moist sponge makes contact with the grout it remoisturizes the grout and it startes coming off. I ran the sponge about 3 times, using clean water between each time. The color was perfect, and because there is no mixing, you will get the same color variation throughout all your grout lines. I also bought the color matching, 100% Silicone caulk, for all corners. It's been several month's now since I applied this product and I am extremely satisfied; I will use this product again. Corners are perfect as well; no peeling or cracking.

Who doesn't love getting secondhand junk when they pay for a new item? This is clearly both a damaged bucket and the previous owner felt it necessary to write on the lid in sharpie to tell use where it went.

We were remodeling our Master Bath and honestly the thought of using that stuff from home depot was appealing but clean up with it was horrible the first time. This time around since this was going to be installed in a shower, I wanted to make sure that we got something that is designed to be waterproofed. So we decided to take a chance on this and we were not disappointed. Though it is about 3x the cost of what you can get at home depot, it comes pre mixed, sets fast but clean up is a breeze.The trick with this is to only do small areas and clean as you go. Like mentioned, this sets up really quick so speed is essential. Plus I love the fact this stuff was created for use is heavy water areas like fountains etc. Will save you a ton of time and headache if you use this as your grout. Well worth it and I suggest that you pick this up. Looks great in our new shower and wall tiles. We will use this again in any future projects.

I like that it is premixed. It spreads fairly well. I wipes up nice and looks nice. The only thing was it seems a little to dry. I had a lot of crumbling grouting the vertical walls of my shower. I used a car bondo spreader instead of a float. It worked better for me. I would use it again.

This grout takes twice as long to apply and twice as long to clean up as other epoxy grouts. It’s drier so it crumbles and you’re constantly picking it off the floor. It does not smear on smoothly. You really have to

I love that it comes premixed

Ordered both the grout and matching caulk from GSQ. Expiration dates on both were blacked out with a marker.