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I still need to do a few touch ups but am done. I told the wife I'm done and will hire someone else to do the rest of it which is a little over 850sqft. It looks like a noob installed it in some areas if not most but I tried something else and learned that it's a horrible job for someone like myself.
Still trying to remove the glaze off the tiles and grout but hopefully with enough cleaning it'll all come off. As with the pattern we wanted it to be random with no lines matching up. But since they're only 26" long it's impossible but they only line up every 6 or so rows.
Unlike wood too, if something happens to a plank in the middle of the floor you can remove the one plank. With most wood flooring (honestly don't know if there is a wood you can remove just one plank) you have to remove a whole section that extends to the wall. The only thing wood has over this is it's softer and people are stuck on wood as a flooring just like stainless steel appliances.
Anyhow -- floor looks great -- BUT -- you might want to take a stiff brush to get all the haze off when the grout is all dry. That stuff is a pain to get off.
If you let the haze dry on the tile it can be a pain to get off. The best way I've found to remove it is to use a strong white vinegar solution and a scotch-brite pad. Oh, and some elbow grease
I have seen a handful of bathrooms and sun porches that have used the wood look porcelain tiles, only seen ads / catalog shots of it in bedrooms / living areas. It is certainly something that is not widely used.
Grout is funny thing -- if you try too hard to wipe off too much too soon you will ruin the grout lines, if you hit at just the right stage it is comes off the surface of the tiles fine and leaves the lines OK, wait longer and you end up risking scrubbing off the finish of the tiles themselves, almost have to let is wear away a bit and vacuum lots. Always follow the directions of the TILE maker as to what is safe to use on the tile -- some dark colors are sensitive to even weak acids like vinegar. Of course you need to seal the grout eventually, especially since it is so much lighter than the tile. I have mostly seen that style tile used with a grout that is similar in color to the "wood color" of the tile surface, but I think that is mostly because the marketers desire to make it look harder to tell from plank flooring...
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