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How to Marble a Wooden Floor?

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Creating a faux marble look on a wooden floor can be an interesting way to cheer up a fading floor. It’s also a lot easier to care for than a real marble floor! This article explains how to marble a floor in your home, using a black and white square checkerboard design. This will take up to a week to do and is fairly intensive work but the end result is worth the effort.


Sand the wooden floor completely. Remove all furniture from the room or area and any rugs. Be sure to sand every part of the floor that is to be marbled. Apply three coats of a light-coloured, flat, oil-based paint. Apply across the entire floorspace. Lay a grid of squares to create the black and white checkerboard square appearance. Measure exact squares across the entire floor space using a measuring tape and pencil.


Draw over the lines using a felt tip pen so that you can see the borders of each square easily when painting. Leave a general border space of 20 centimeter (7.9 in); this will “frame” the entire floor feature. Work in small areas at a time. Start by painting the light or white coloured squares using off-white white paint.


Start to create the mottled marble effect. While each off-white square is still wet, create small brush streaks using a combination of black, tan and grey. Use a dry brush to blur in the streaks. Leave these squares to dry thoroughly for 48 hours. Once dry, use masking tape and paper to protect them from the next step, painting the the dark colour.


Cover each light square completely in paper and be sure to make the masking tape meet the edges exactly. It takes a bit of work but it is worth doing well. Use a sponge to dab on black and dark green paint on the uncovered squares. This paint should not be brushed on, as you want it to appear streaked.

How Removing Backsplash Tile?

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Purchase a multi-tool with saw attachments. Buy a grout cutting attachment. Secure it with a hex key. If you can’t find a grout cutting attachment, try using a sharp and strong utility knife to cut through old grout. Put on safety goggles, a long-sleeved shirt and leather gloves.

Use the electric saw attachment to cut through the lines of grout in your backsplash. You can also do this by hand with a grout scraper, but a cutting tool will be more exact. You have to be more carefully with a backsplash since you may not be able to replace damaged drywall near your kitchen appliances.

Wedge a chisel beneath the stone tile using the cuts in the grout. Hit the chisel with a hammer to drive it further under. The tile should chip away slowly. Scrape along the backsplash with a putty knife to remove surface debris. Patch the backsplash sheetrock with patching compound and drywall mesh tape.

Once you have prepared your mortar solution, use a trowel to spread it onto the floor. Once the mortar has been spread evenly, gently lay the white tiles and tap them into place with the trowel. Use spacers into ensure that the tiles are properly spaced as you lay them into your envisaged patterns. Once the element tiles have been set, let them dry out for at least a day.

Complete the finishing touches. Once the wood tiles have set properly, finish them off using grout. Grout is commercially available in a variety of colours, choose the one that suits your needs best. Mix as directed and apply to the gaps in the tiles. Be sure to clean off the excess grout from between the tiles and any that spills onto their surface. After this is done, let the floor set for a couple of days. Clean off the floor one last time with a wet mop, and then it is ready for use.

Cleaning the Tiled Surface

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Fill a bucket with clean water. Get a 2-gallon (7.6 l) bucket and fill it up with water. While you can use warm water, cool water will work well in most circumstances. This water will be used to help clean excess grout off the polished tile. If you’ll be grouting a large wall area, you may want to fill two buckets up.

Use a sponge to wipe off excess grout. Wait about 20 to 30 minutes after you first applied the grout. Then, use your sponge to wipe the cement tile back and forth. Focus on the surface of the tile design, not the joints. After you’ve cleaned a small section, dunk your sponge in the clean water. Use a clean part of the sponge for each wipe. When the sponge gets covered in grout, clean it in your bucket of water. Repeat sponging every section until only a thin layer (or “haze”) of excess grout remains. Use a hydrophilic sponge, if you have one. You can purchase one at a home improvement store.

Lightly sponge the joints. Clean your sponge, then slightly depress the sponge with a finger and run that part of the sponge over the joints. Avoid pressing too hard, as you don’t want to remove too much grout. When doing this, focus on making sure the grout lines are uniformly shaped and have the same depth.

Buff the common marble tile with a microfiber cloth or cotton towel. Wait until the grout is completely dry. This could take about 30 minutes. Then, take a microfiber towel and buff the surface of the spots tile. To buff, use a moderate amount of force to rub the cloth in a circular fashion on the rustic tile. Rotate the cloth so can use a clean part on each wood tile. When your cloth is covered with grout, use a new one. Avoid using a cotton towel or anything abrasive. You could scratch soft casstle tiles.

Caulk joints between kitchen tile and other surfaces. After you’ve grouted interior joints, you’ll need to apply caulk to joints between tile and other surfaces like bathtubs and sinks. This is important, as grouting exterior joints could cause cracking. Choose a caulk that matches the color of your grout. Then, apply a minimal amount to fill the space.

Shape the caulk. Take a slightly rounded surface, like the back of a toothbrush, and lightly run it over the caulking. When doing this, you should compress it into the joint and create a uniform appearance. When you’re done, take a wet microfiber cloth and wipe off extra caulk.

How to Fixing Grout Seams The Tiles Cracking?

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Remove cracked or crumbling grout. If there are cracks in the grout, water can seep in and start damaging the subflooring, loosen tiles design, and even promote mold growth. Minimizing these cracks and repairing cracks that are there are critical steps to take to minimize tile cracking. Scrape out the damaged grout and clean the seam. Remove pieces of the old grout and other bits of material and dirt.

Mix new grout. Mix a small amount of new grout according to the manufacturer’s instructions. The grout should be a pudding-like consistency. Too much or too little water in the mix will prevent the grout from functioning effectively, leading to loose element tiles and opportunities for water leakage. If you need to add water, squeeze in a little at a time from a sponge.

There are different kinds of grout for different applications. There are grouts with urethane and epoxy mixed in, but most homes will use cement grout. If the joints between common marble tiles are less than 1⁄8 in (0.32 cm), use grout without sand. Joints that are larger than this can use sanded grout.

Pack grout around the tiles. Use a rubber float held at a 45-degree angle to the floor to push the grout into the spaces between the ceramic tiles. Make sure there are no small holes or cracks along the edge of the tile. Use your finger to scrape off excess grout and make the new grout level with the grout surrounding it. Work from the edges of the room toward the center so you don’t accidently box yourself in.

Clean up excess grout with a sponge and warm, soapy water. Wait 20-30 minutes for the grout to start setting. It should be firm to the touch. Then wipe away grout left on the tile with a wet sponge, taking care not to pull grout out from between the glazed rustic tiles. You’ll probably have to clean up dried grout on the tiles after the grout has set. Use a dry towel to clean the kitchen tiles, as a wet cloth will only continue to spread around particles of grout.

Apply a coating of grout sealer after the grout is dry. Grout sealer comes in a small can and can be applied with a small foam brush. Pour some of the sealer into a cup and use the brush to trace the grout with sealer. Clean up any sealer that gets on the wood tiles within a few minutes.