Using Multi Tool For Grout Removal

Yes. It's good. Used on floor and wall tiles with no problems. Works better than I expected. Was a cheap homebase multi saw and screwfix own brand diamond blade.

 

Not a fan of Erbauer myself, you got any other cordless tools?

Want some good blades, then Saxton blades are hard to beat.

http://www.saxtonblades.co.uk/

 

Not sure how long a cordless multi saw will go on a battery. Took me all morning to do a hall floor with a mains powered one

 

Once you got a multi tool, you will find endless uses for one.

As for Erbauer, well there no spares for them, no spare batteries available, a friend bought one about 2 years ago, batteries are dying, can't get any replacements.

In the long run I think your better off with corded model,as I think you will struggle with a battery one.

 

For grout you can use a steamer with a small nozzle attachment, then drag the soft grout out with anything that fits(flat screwdriver?)

 

I'm only diy so have the Bosch green (diy level) multi tool - brilliant piece of kit. Was £100 when I got it few years ago but now around £70 I think

Once you have a multi tool, you just find so many jobs that it can perform where you think 'what other tool would do this job'

Have removed grout from 2 shower cubicals over the years with the multi tool and it performed brilliantly. Got corded version as with prolonged use, battery life won't last and with the budget end of market, batteries are usually built in to tool so can't have 2 batteries with one on charge

Couple points when using for grout removal;

Keep blade straight on to tile when removing grout or you risk chipping the edge / face of tile

The grout removal blades (carbide) are usually circular which are fine for the majority of use.Gives you several angles of attack and can turn blade round as it wears out. These blades aren't so good where tiles meets shower tray or ceiling. Straight edge carbide blade is the jobbie here - not so readily available but stocked by Saxon Blades

 

Got a Milwaukee multitool free from howdens class bit of kit

 

Not of its cement based grout. Guess this may work on walls with some grouts though. Maybe.

 

I tried using a muti tool (Lidl brand) with Saxton blades and it was a disaster, i damaged more than a few tiles in the kitchen and ended up going back to doing it manually with a grout rake. To be fair though, the grout in my kitchen was odd stuff, very rubbery as opposed to the more powdery composition of the stuff in the bathroom plus i am a woman with not a lot of a strength so felt i wasn't using the multi tool properly.

Like others have said, you will find uses for the multi tool, like recently i need to take a wee skliff off of a upvc window cill and this did the trick as i couldn't get anything else into the gap between the wall and cill

 

What's being a woman got to do with it,load of tosh,your just as capable, it's all down to technique, some good guides on Youtube.

 

Does your multi tool have a speed adjustment on it as it may of required to be set at a lower setting.

 

You may be right but i am very lightweight and felt i couldn't get my strength behind the tool to aid the blade into the grout for removal.


Yes @Astramax , it does have a speed adjustment and i went into it a bit gun ho i guess, what's that phrase "less haste, more speed" i should have remembered that one when i started it and i may not have had to replace half a dozen tiles.

 

In this case 'less haste' and 'less speed'!

 

No need to get your weight behind it, to much force & the tool can't work correctly, just hold tool firmly & it's weight is enough for it to remove the grout at it's own pace.