Review on Spin Doctor Lippage Control Leveling by Joe Duncan

My wife and I make small things all the time but a huge tile project is not for the faint hearted. But this product changed everything. The TWO biggest visual issues with DIY tile laying are: 1) straight grout lines 2) uneven surface from tile to tile. little to no stress (aside from what you do to yourself, and I had some of that for the initial transfer as well, until I realized it was all in my head!). We have completed two family bathrooms, a huge kitchen and just completed the master bathroom with large scale non-slip shiny Turkish porcelain (photo #5) on the floor. IT CAN'T BE MORE AMAZING! If you look closely at the base of the black rod in photo #1, you can see some perforation marks. As you probably already know, they stay in place after the stems are removed. YOU MUST allow the tile to cure in the grout according to the grout manufacturer's instructions. Then your best bet is to hit the stems (rubber mallet or rubber boots) IN THE DIRECTION OF THE JOINT LINE to open the perforations at the foot. If you step your foot perpendicular to the grout line, you'll snap the bar and create a whole new layer of work for yourself by removing the defective piece of plastic sticking out where nothing should be. When you hit the grout line, the perforations recede, leaving a clean grout line. 100% of the time. In photo #2 you can see that we are working with large format tiles in the kitchen. If you have to stop work for another day, you can still achieve happy and flawless results if: - you follow the tile manufacturer's instructions and use the right grout and tile spatula - I've learned that grouting isn't about that , to create a thick platform, but rather contribute to the coating of the grout on the back of the tile. That's all. Glaze. If you watch the YouTube videos produced by the Tile Association, you can see the point visually. Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Way5bMh-eYg&t=220s So when you get to the row where you need to stop, apply the grout as directed and press each tile properly - what's in the case fits snugly enough to the base of the black rod. The next day when you start, continue as usual. The tile from the previous day won't move, but as long as you apply the grout the same way you should be fine. See photo #3 for my work kit: an easy-to-access set of used black wands for quickly cleaning grout lines. Make sure there isn't any grout in those grout lines, but don't worry if there's a bit of it spilling out here and there. I carefully used a blue handled tool (it's a grout remover [although we're talking about grout here] with a 1/8" blade and some water spray to loosen the grout and it comes out as soon as I get back in Could the tiles through 24 hours). Also, thinking I was male, I went straight into laying the tiles and initially didn't use gloves. It took THREE WEEKS for the burns on my fingertips to go away. And before I could feel again. don't be me Use gloves from the start. Photo #4 is the finished result of large format porcelain stoneware tiles in our kitchen. The spacer here was excellent and the only issue I had was the tile itself, it was made with very little glare from top to bottom and was inconsistent so I had to be artistic with "small adjustments" to many of the tiles had to . Nonetheless, the work looks fantastic. large format porcelain tiles on the floor in our master bathroom. This room horrified me, the thought of grandeur. elt as it would be unforgiving. However, this also popped up in my head. I just applied what I've learned in other rooms and this room was really fun. Note. Revain also sells an optional clear protective plate that fits between the red cap and the tile. I used this clear protective plate on shiny porcelain as a precaution to minimize the chance of scratches when screwing in the red caps - they move on the fly and work against the drying solution and some of it inevitably ends up on the surface, even the smallest. We had no problems in other rooms and it seemed unlikely here. But an ounce of prevention is worth a whole cure. A NOTICE. I had enough time to find them everywhere. Lowe sells them, but you have to cut off an arm and a leg. I finally found them on Revain when I searched for "Universal Clear Protective Sheets for Tile Leveling Systems". They are reusable. Question: How much do I need? If you are laying glossy tiles you will need clear sheets to match the number of black spacers you will be using. When I did the main bathroom, I used an average of 10 levelers (black feet with red caps and clear plates) around the edge of each tile and placed 60 tiles in the first juggernaut. That was 8 hours of work (we already dry cut and laid all the tiles the day before and these hours don't count when laying the tiles). The more psychopathic you are about straight lines and flat surfaces and a bit paranoid, the more stems you'll use!