EXACTLY the video I needed! Just tiled my backsplash - learning as I go.. thank you for making these and for talking to us like humans lol

You're hilarious and informative. Thank you for the pro advice.

Great tip!

Perfect. Our tile guy left the Tile Leveling System in for almost a week. I was wondering how he was going to clean up everything and found a few videos I liked about removing the excess "stuff" and your video was the one I was really looking for. Thanks for the idea and I believe I am going to do this myself to make sure it is done correctly before they show up on Monday and leave them in another week.

Thanks for the great tip ! I just realized that you are Cohen from Riverside Homestead! And yes I'm subscribed and going to add this channel also .thanks again Cohen !😊

WOW AMAZING VIDEO VERY EDUCATIONAL

appreciate the honesty! showing thinset ooze is way more common than it appears if you watch a lot of tiling videos

diamond grout removal blade for oscilating tool. as long as you don't let the end hit another tile, you are good. I just removed a ton of dried mortar from the tiles I did (I'm an extreme amateur) and it took a couple hours. I went through 1 and a half cheap china blades to do about 150 sq feet and they were clean all the way to the slab. If I had a skateboard to sit on it would have gone even faster.

That’s good stuff and is better than chipping the tiles

I like it

I've tried several different methods and this is by far the best one imho. Multi-tools with diamond blades work quickly, but even the ones with the thinnest kerfs will be right up against your tile especially if your joint is 1/8" or less. This makes it so easy to chip the finish off the edge of the tile, way more so than with a knife. The key is to start cleaning out your joints as quickly as possible, because every day you wait, the mortar just cures harder until eventually you will have to use a grout saw or other diamond tool. For those who mention to just clean as you go, that's great, but if you're using self leveling clips you're going to always have some mortar to remove no matter how clean you're working. Great video!

Love my new knife

Only thing i would recomment is cleab your grout lines next morning after install makes it 1000 timea easier to clean

Thanks for this video. My issue is with 2" hexagon tiles. Right at the (Y) joint where the 3 joints come together, I have thinset that I am trying to get out. Can't use an acid because they're marble tiles. Been digging at these joints for 2 days on my shower floor and guessing I made 2 rookie mistakes: using too much thinset, and accidentally leaned on the tile trying to balance myself when I was putting the tiles in. I really don't want to rip the whole thing out because I'm afraid of damaging the foam/waterproofing underneath.

This video just saved my career

I really like a multitool with a really dull blade. Blasts it away instantly and if your careful doesn't damage the tile at all.

Best tool: diamond grout removal blade for oscillator tool

try a wet sponge while your setting the tile

Wet the tile with a sponge thoroughly let it soak in use a stiff bristle brush to get as much out as you can after that use plastic scraper to try and dig it out if you use a metal blade you always risk the chance of damaging the tile ceramic is very soft and scratches easy.

Its a great tip worked well and didn't scratch my tiles if it scratch your tiles there poor quality

I like to hit all that with a stiff nylon bristle brush as i set the tile. Anything that remains once set will practically wipe up or ill hit it with the brush again. Occasionally a steel wire brush or carbide triangular grout removal tool will be required. I use my razor knife or drywall knives for very minor cleanup but for anything major ill just fire up my oscillating tool with a carbide or diamond grit blade or even a worn out bi-metal or wood blade for thin joints. Using a razor blade like that can easily cause it to break. If it then sticks in the groove or a 2 x 4" or something as your hand rips past it wont be pretty. Just saying, we all have tools. Use the right one for the job at hand.

catch it while it's wet with a #2 sharpened pencil, a nail or a toothpick even...

It’s messy but a skinny angle grinder will get that shit pretty

Best way to never have to do this is carry a tooth brush and clean your mortar out of your joints as you go

I'll give you one example use a multi-tool with a grout blade or a diamond blade that's your Tech tip for the day. I got nine other ones too if you want the other examples send me a self addressed envelope with a check in it and I will give you the rest of the examples.

Are those tiles getting scratched?

Bosch osculating tool ,diamond bit

Will a box blade work?

Its all sratched up

Grout remover tool?

Question: the tile that's been in the house for the last 50 the grout doesn't crack or chip off ever.. HOWEVER someone install some tile in my house last year and it's cracking already. The floor got wet and it really cracking down. Why is 50 years old grout not cracking at all and 1 year old grout cracking fast?

Nice scratching the floor 2:40

Pro tip: thin set comes out of the joints real easy when its wet.

I'm going to get my prison break tattoo of my project before I attempt this

Not a fan. Too much risk of scratching and the blade might snap.

Never leave it to set above tour tiles its a nightmare and it will only take 30 seconds to remove whilst wet. Do not do this you will scratch tile.(like he did in first example. Clean as you go.....basics

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But your other hand wasn't busy, it wasnt? You could've used it no problem. Good video anyway.

1/4"?.…how thick is your tile FFS...1/2"?.....my question is why so much thinset ?😆

Don't do that, you will chip yor tile

You are scratching the tile......use the proper tool !!!

I can think of ten ways that's better than what you're doing. Also you scratched the tile. You're giving people bad information. Please take this criticism as a learning experience.

Bruh what that thinset is still way too high. Grout will quickly fall out due to normal wear and tear. Just scoop the thinset out will it's still wet like a normal person

Danm super pro it ain't very "pro"fessional to be leaving that much thinset in your grout lines

Sorry but I had to laugh at this...there are proper tools to do this job, and it's not the hardened steel blade from your knife . Don't do this at home. Good way to get an eye injury...lol

If your not a hack like this guy and know how to properly lay tile, you will never have mortar to clean out of the grout line.

Wrong ,work cleaner

lol that's pathetic

Terrible This guy knows nothing! Go stick to cutting grass?

That’s good stuff and is better than chipping the tiles