Sealing Tile Shower Walls

This is a dusty job so use plastic to cover your doorways wear a respirator that s rated for dust cover the floor with a drop cloth and make sure there s plenty of ventilation.

Sealing tile shower walls.

If the tile soaks up the sealant seal the entire shower. Some tiles are too thick to absorb the sealant so check a small area first. Also tile is heavy so put down blankets to protect the floors and tub from being damaged by falling pieces. Fiberglass shower pans are frequently installed with tiled walls in the shower.

In this quick episode i discuss how and why you should seal the grout and tile of your bathroom. After you have sealed one wall of the slate tile shower then move on to seal the next adjoining shower wall. Begin by removing the old tile or the fiberglass shower wall. Shower tiles should be sealed every one to two years depending on how often the shower is used.

The standard shower is one of the wettest places on earth with the equivalent of 2 500 inches of rainfall a year. Simply wipe the surface of the slate tiles with the absorbent paper towels or cotton cloth to remove any wet areas of sealer that are on the surface of the slate tiles and grout.