OT: Dremels and things like them.

I'm about to re-grout a shower and the source of wisdom
at the pub suggested using a Dremel to take the old grout out.
Has anyone done this?
Do you need a Dremel?
Are there cheaper alternatives if so from where?
--
Mick Whittingham
'and I will make it a felony to drink small beer.'
William Shakespeare, Henry VI part 2.

Mick Whittingham wrote:
> I'm about to re-grout a shower and the source of wisdom
> at the pub suggested using a Dremel to take the old grout out.
> Has anyone done this?
> Do you need a Dremel?
> Are there cheaper alternatives if so from where?

got one of these on offer at 15 quid at Maplin yesterday

http://www.maplin.co.uk/products/mod...moduleno=43273

--
Steve Parry
K100RS SE
F650
(not forgetting the SK90PY)

http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk

"Mick Whittingham" <Mick@whittinghamsite.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:hkXM3bAvPe1AFwUd@whittinghamsite.fsnet.co.uk. ..
> I'm about to re-grout a shower and the source of wisdom
> at the pub suggested using a Dremel to take the old grout out.
> Has anyone done this?
> Do you need a Dremel?
> Are there cheaper alternatives if so from where?

I use an old tile cutter thingy, just run it down the grooves a few times
and the grouts gone.

--
Greybeard

FLHRCI -01 UK ( Big Boy, the posi hog!)

In news:hkXM3bAvPe1AFwUd@whittinghamsite.fsnet.co.uk,
Mick Whittingham <Mick@whittinghamsite.fsnet.co.uk> decided to enlighten our
sheltered souls with a rant as follows
> I'm about to re-grout a shower and the source of wisdom
> at the pub suggested using a Dremel to take the old grout out.
> Has anyone done this?
> Do you need a Dremel?
> Are there cheaper alternatives if so from where?

Angle grinder.

YKIMS

--
Pete M

Ford Capri - Mercedes 500 SEL - Sierra XR4x4

Scouse Git extraordinaire. Liverpool, Great Britain

Pete M wrote
>In news:hkXM3bAvPe1AFwUd@whittinghamsite.fsnet.co.uk,
>Mick Whittingham <Mick@whittinghamsite.fsnet.co.uk> decided to enlighten our
>sheltered souls with a rant as follows
>> I'm about to re-grout a shower and the source of wisdom
>> at the pub suggested using a Dremel to take the old grout out.
>> Has anyone done this?
>> Do you need a Dremel?
>> Are there cheaper alternatives if so from where?
>
>Angle grinder.

A Dremel is an angle grinder, of sorts.

--
steve auvache

Mick Whittingham wrote:
> I'm about to re-grout a shower and the source of wisdom
> at the pub suggested using a Dremel to take the old grout out.

One slip and you've chopped some of the glaze off the tiles.

What's wrong with the grout, anyway? If it's fungussy, you'll need to get
all the grout out, which effectively means taking the tiles off too. If
it's not that bad, toothbrush and Domestos is the way to go.

--
Platypus

"Balanced Scratchcard"

platypus wrote:

> What's wrong with the grout, anyway? If it's fungussy, you'll need to
> get all the grout out, which effectively means taking the tiles off
> too. If it's not that bad, toothbrush and Domestos is the way to go.

I've removed grout, when domestos in a plant sprayer [1] and toothbrush
failed, with a cheap toothed device from Wickes/B&Q/Wherever that gouged
it out quite successfully.

[1] Didn't do the plants any good after, mind [2]
[2] Eat your heart out Gordon Comstock.

--
Simon

Brighton | MYSOB: http://www.sweller.co.uk/sob/
England | MZSOB: http://www.mztech.fsnet.co.uk/

In message <U2nBc.1281$2v7.11320597@news-text.cableinet.net>, platypus
<platypus@ukrm.org> writes
>Mick Whittingham wrote:
>> I'm about to re-grout a shower and the source of wisdom
>> at the pub suggested using a Dremel to take the old grout out.
>
>One slip and you've chopped some of the glaze off the tiles.
>
>What's wrong with the grout, anyway? If it's fungussy, you'll need to get
>all the grout out, which effectively means taking the tiles off too. If
>it's not that bad, toothbrush and Domestos is the way to go.
>

The grout is coming out in places. Like it wasn't applied properly. I
thought I'd re-do it properly, now I'm up to speed on tiling and
grouting having finished off the upstairs bathroom.

For those who were interested I didn't put a psychedelic moving oil
floor in. I used terracotta tiles. I thought about Champs sensitive side
and his comments about it.
--
Mick Whittingham
'and I will make it a felony to drink small beer.'
William Shakespeare, Henry VI part 2.

Ben wrote:

> On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 09:02:47 +0100, Mick Whittingham
> <Mick@whittinghamsite.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>That sounds like what I need but the Maplin £15 jobbie looks fun to add
>>to the tool shelf.
>
> I was thinking that as well, and we've got a new Maplin shop in
> Solihull...

B&Q are doing the "Performance Power" version for 30 quid, *including*
drill stand *and* one of those flexi-cable-drill-shaft extension
thingumajiggs.

Mick Whittingham wrote:
>
> psychedelic moving oil

Some sort of peripatetic pharmaceutical?

--
Platypus

"Balanced Scratchcard"

In message <atIBc.2251$Y%2.20354100@news-text.cableinet.net>, platypus
<platypus@ukrm.org> writes
>Mick Whittingham wrote:
>>
>> psychedelic moving oil
>
>Some sort of peripatetic pharmaceutical?
>
What a dump in rainbow colours?
--
Mick Whittingham
'and I will make it a felony to drink small beer.'
William Shakespeare, Henry VI part 2.

Mick Whittingham wrote:
> In message <atIBc.2251$Y%2.20354100@news-text.cableinet.net>, platypus
> <platypus@ukrm.org> writes
>>Mick Whittingham wrote:
>>>
>>> psychedelic moving oil
>>
>>Some sort of peripatetic pharmaceutical?
>>
> What a dump in rainbow colours?

You're thinking "peristaltic"

--
Platypus

"Balanced Scratchcard"

In message <R0KBc.2359$cp3.20829454@news-text.cableinet.net>, platypus
<platypus@ukrm.org> writes
>Mick Whittingham wrote:
>> In message <atIBc.2251$Y%2.20354100@news-text.cableinet.net>, platypus
>> <platypus@ukrm.org> writes
>>>Mick Whittingham wrote:
>>>>
>>>> psychedelic moving oil
>>>
>>>Some sort of peripatetic pharmaceutical?
>>>
>> What a dump in rainbow colours?
>
>You're thinking "peristaltic"
>

Whoops!

Got me in one there!
--
Mick Whittingham
'and I will make it a felony to drink small beer.'
William Shakespeare, Henry VI part 2.

Mick Whittingham wrote:
> In message <R0KBc.2359$cp3.20829454@news-text.cableinet.net>, platypus
> <platypus@ukrm.org> writes
>>Mick Whittingham wrote:
>>> In message <atIBc.2251$Y%2.20354100@news-text.cableinet.net>,
>>> platypus <platypus@ukrm.org> writes
>>>>Mick Whittingham wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> psychedelic moving oil
>>>>
>>>>Some sort of peripatetic pharmaceutical?
>>>>
>>> What a dump in rainbow colours?
>>
>>You're thinking "peristaltic"
>>
>
> Whoops!
>
> Got me in one there!

Mined ewe, peristaltic pharmaceuticals would certainly get your psychedelic
oil moving...

--
Platypus

"Balanced Scratchcard"

	#1
Mick Whittingham	OT: Dremels and things like them. I'm about to re-grout a shower and the source of wisdom at the pub suggested using a Dremel to take the old grout out. Has anyone done this? Do you need a Dremel? Are there cheaper alternatives if so from where? -- Mick Whittingham 'and I will make it a felony to drink small beer.' William Shakespeare, Henry VI part 2.

	#2
Steve Parry	Re: Dremels and things like them. Mick Whittingham wrote: > I'm about to re-grout a shower and the source of wisdom > at the pub suggested using a Dremel to take the old grout out. > Has anyone done this? > Do you need a Dremel? > Are there cheaper alternatives if so from where? got one of these on offer at 15 quid at Maplin yesterday http://www.maplin.co.uk/products/mod...moduleno=43273 -- Steve Parry K100RS SE F650 (not forgetting the SK90PY) http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk

	#3
Greybeard	Re: Dremels and things like them. "Mick Whittingham" <Mick@whittinghamsite.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message news:hkXM3bAvPe1AFwUd@whittinghamsite.fsnet.co.uk. .. > I'm about to re-grout a shower and the source of wisdom > at the pub suggested using a Dremel to take the old grout out. > Has anyone done this? > Do you need a Dremel? > Are there cheaper alternatives if so from where? I use an old tile cutter thingy, just run it down the grooves a few times and the grouts gone. -- Greybeard FLHRCI -01 UK ( Big Boy, the posi hog!)

	#4
Pete M	Re: Dremels and things like them. In news:hkXM3bAvPe1AFwUd@whittinghamsite.fsnet.co.uk, Mick Whittingham <Mick@whittinghamsite.fsnet.co.uk> decided to enlighten our sheltered souls with a rant as follows > I'm about to re-grout a shower and the source of wisdom > at the pub suggested using a Dremel to take the old grout out. > Has anyone done this? > Do you need a Dremel? > Are there cheaper alternatives if so from where? Angle grinder. YKIMS -- Pete M Ford Capri - Mercedes 500 SEL - Sierra XR4x4 Scouse Git extraordinaire. Liverpool, Great Britain

	#5
steve auvache	Re: Dremels and things like them. Pete M wrote >In news:hkXM3bAvPe1AFwUd@whittinghamsite.fsnet.co.uk, >Mick Whittingham <Mick@whittinghamsite.fsnet.co.uk> decided to enlighten our >sheltered souls with a rant as follows >> I'm about to re-grout a shower and the source of wisdom >> at the pub suggested using a Dremel to take the old grout out. >> Has anyone done this? >> Do you need a Dremel? >> Are there cheaper alternatives if so from where? > >Angle grinder. A Dremel is an angle grinder, of sorts. -- steve auvache

	#6
platypus	Re: Dremels and things like them. Mick Whittingham wrote: > I'm about to re-grout a shower and the source of wisdom > at the pub suggested using a Dremel to take the old grout out. One slip and you've chopped some of the glaze off the tiles. What's wrong with the grout, anyway? If it's fungussy, you'll need to get all the grout out, which effectively means taking the tiles off too. If it's not that bad, toothbrush and Domestos is the way to go. -- Platypus "Balanced Scratchcard"

	#7
sweller	Re: Dremels and things like them. platypus wrote: > What's wrong with the grout, anyway? If it's fungussy, you'll need to > get all the grout out, which effectively means taking the tiles off > too. If it's not that bad, toothbrush and Domestos is the way to go. I've removed grout, when domestos in a plant sprayer [1] and toothbrush failed, with a cheap toothed device from Wickes/B&Q/Wherever that gouged it out quite successfully. [1] Didn't do the plants any good after, mind [2] [2] Eat your heart out Gordon Comstock. -- Simon Brighton \| MYSOB: http://www.sweller.co.uk/sob/ England \| MZSOB: http://www.mztech.fsnet.co.uk/

	#9
Eddie	Re: OT: Dremels and things like them. Ben wrote: > On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 09:02:47 +0100, Mick Whittingham > <Mick@whittinghamsite.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: >> >>That sounds like what I need but the Maplin £15 jobbie looks fun to add >>to the tool shelf. > > I was thinking that as well, and we've got a new Maplin shop in > Solihull... B&Q are doing the "Performance Power" version for 30 quid, including drill stand and one of those flexi-cable-drill-shaft extension thingumajiggs.