Polymer grout - sealing

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Would you bother?
It's better at not absorbing water than cement only ones, but not as good as epoxy.
Reading on sealants, sounds like they all make a mess and leave a film, so thinking it's not a good idea.
 
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Depends why you need to seal it.

Sealing grout is not really very effective. It does work, but not forever. I normally don't use it because of the fact it doesn't work forever ( you are supposed to reapply it now and then but who does that? ). So I would use normal grout in dry areas and epoxy in wet. I have to say that I haven't used the polymer ( that I am aware of ) so can't comment but if it is as good as they say then it would make a good alternative for semi-wet areas like a bathroom floor. I would still use epoxy for something like a shower until someone tells me it's as good as epoxy! It would be nice to use it though if it is good, epoxy is expensive and difficult to apply.
 
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I didn't want to use epoxy as it didn't sound easy to use.
It's for a shower area around the bath, so would have been ideal really. Polymer added was the next best. I've ordered some sealer, as I need to seal some slate tiles.
I'll probably give it a go on the grout, then never coat again as you say, lol
 
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Sorry to jump on this thread...but saves a new post.

I am going to be building an outside table for the pizza oven.

Was going to have a tiled top and wondered what the best grout would be for this application?
 
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