How to grout tile: Sponging off a grout "patch" residue from a tile surface

Okay, we're not going to do the the wet sponging yet We're still letting it dry Keep track of your time and even after It says 10 to 20 minutes, but after 15 Minutes 20 minutes or so look at your floor and see if it's dry yet What you want is the discoloration areas on the top of the tile as you want all that to be dry and then you'll notice that you'll start seeing that the The grout is starting to slightly dry You don't want to wait too long though, or else you're not going to be able to wipe that stuff out Once we get going we got to be really careful still Okay, so watch your clock and check your tiles All right, I think we're ready. I'm just going to take a little sponge like this I'm going to try that out first Dip it in my bucket I'm just going to wipe. I'm not going to be I'm not going to do this too hard I want to kind of wipe the same direction as the grout lines And I still have to be careful. I'm kind of right now. I'm just concentrating on getting the grout off of the actual tiles Okay, I'm not worried about the lines just yet The lines will get hit by themselves But I'm going to do a little bit more attention to those in just a minute but Want to get the outside edge? Let's see. Yeah, I've got it just about right I've been off this floor at least 20 minutes now and if you have to Do any more pressure than that? You've waited too long Okay, circular motions. I can even take this this edge Backside and just wipe on there that kind of worked out good there, too I'm keeping Rinsing out my rag or my sponge, okay Okay now I'm gonna go just over the edge of this of the grout lines Because the idea is you don't want those you don't want the grout up too high When they sponge down the whole floor it has a tendency of pushing that down So what I'm trying to do is push that down a little bit with my sponge Okay, just a little bit not much And I kind of want to look at it And see if it's down about the same depth as the adjoining tiles I'm matching existing conditions here Doesn't matter what brand new conditions would be Because we don't have brand new conditions here. We're trying to match up to existing Okay, so you have to get down there kind of close and eyeball that and See how much of that you got up you got to do okay? There we go I'm gonna do just a little bit around the edge here the shower drain itself Looks pretty good. I don't want to do any more than that around this shower drain Just getting the adjoining areas Okay there There you go Right now that that grout looks just a hair darker than the adjoining grout. That's because Once this grout dries, it'll dry lighter So don't fret too much when you mix up your grout you think oh, it's too dark That's why it's important. You try to match up your grout the best you can Okay, that's why I can't really use that extra grout for another project if it's not the same color I can't use it. That's why I'm probably gonna leave it here with the homeowner, okay? There now. I'm gonna. I'm gonna Do the area? Over here up up against the corner, and I'm gonna work backwards Just like how I put it up, okay? Okay, now that this is set up more After I do it with the sponge I'm just gonna kind of work it with my finger and check the little outside areas so that they're the same height as the existing Okay Because it's such a little patch. I can do this with my fingers I can feel that and Works out pretty good Okay, so There don't forget don't forget to blend in your areas. That's that's gonna look really good The height of the grouts gonna be the same and everything that looks good Okay Do a good job now