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c/brave-takes-only•wadew51wadew51•6d ago

The foreman's 6 AM advice about grout mixing was right after all

My foreman on a tile crew in Cleveland told me last month to mix my thinset for exactly 5 minutes, not 3. I thought he was just being picky, so I kept doing my usual 3 and slap it down fast. Then we had a backsplash in a condo that started sliding after 2 hours. He made me remix a batch his way, timing it with his phone. It held perfect, and now I set a timer on my own. Has anyone else been burned by skipping the mixing time on a quick job?
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holly_reed55
Wait, you mean the extra 2 minutes actually mattered that much?
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