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  2. Grout - Wikipedia

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    Grout is generally a mixture of water, cement, and sand, and it frequently gets employed in efforts such as pressure grouting, embedding rebar in masonry walls, connecting sections of precast concrete, filling voids, and sealing joints such as those between tiles. Common uses for grout in the household include filling in tiles of shower floors ...

  3. Saltillo tile - Wikipedia

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    Saltillo tiles vary in color and shape, but the majority of Traditional Saltillo tiles range in varying hues of reds, oranges, and yellows. [3] Manganese Saltillo tile has light and dark brown colors with some terracotta tones. Antique Saltillo [4] tile is a hand-textured finished with deep terracotta tones of color. With its textured surface ...

  4. Mastic - Wikipedia

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    Mastic, high-grade construction adhesive commonly used to bond ceiling, wall, and floor tiles, plywood panels, concrete, asphalt, leather and fabric. Mastic, waterproof, putty-like paste used in building as a joint-sealer or filler; Stone mastic asphalt, deformation resistant, durable surfacing material

  5. Sealant - Wikipedia

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    In the 17th century glazing putty was first used to seal window glass made with linseed oil and chalk, later other drying oils were also used to make oil-based putties. [4] In the 1920s, polymers such as acrylic polymers, butyl polymers and silicone polymers were first developed and used in sealants. By the 1960s, synthetic-polymer-based ...

  6. Tile - Wikipedia

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    Variations in tile thickness can be handled by adjusting the amount of mortar under each part of the tile, by using wide grout lines that "ramp" between different thicknesses, or by using a cold chisel to knock off high spots. Some stone tiles such as polished granite, marble, and travertine are very slippery when wet.

  7. Efflorescence - Wikipedia

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    It is also possible to protect porous building materials such as brick, tiles, and concrete against efflorescence by treating the material with an impregnating, hydro-phobic sealer. This is a sealer that repels water and will penetrate deeply enough into the material to keep water and dissolved salts well away from the surface.