LATICRETE Premium Acrylic Caulk Sanded Sauterne

I had a loose tile in my shower surrounded by some cracked grout, and to be honest I didn't want to go through the whole proper re-grouting process. I know it's lazy, I know it's not the best practice, so there's no need for you to read further if that's your judgement — I know and accept what I've done. But if you're still here, here you go! My loose tile and damaged grout was in a slightly out-of-the-way location and this color was SO close to my original color (lucky break), so I gave it a shot. I cleared out the old grout, used some marine epoxy on the back of the tile to secure it, and "grouted" with this. It cleans up in the exact same way that grout does (wiping with a wet sponge) but just don't press too hard. You might need to wipe off the excess two or three times before you get it all but that's better than pressing too hard and wiping out all of the caulking you just applied. The drying/setting time is long (24 hours at least, better at 48), which is a good/bad news thing. The good news is that you have a lot of working time so you don't have to be perfect on the first application — add more if you didn't put down enough, wipe up more if you've got too much — it's pretty forgiving. The bad news is of course that you have to leave it alone for a while so if it's in a heavily-trafficked area you just need to plan for that — I took a shower at my gym the next day, bang, no problem. The sanded texture mimics grout nearly perfectly, and my quick patch job is holding up great. I figure if it gives me 6 months it'll be worth it and I can do the job properly at that time. I wouldn't recommend that you set your whole shower with this, obviously, but if you find yourself in a situation where you need to make a quick, inexpensive, and VERY easy repair to a backsplash or shower wall or outdoor accessory or something similar, definitely give it a shot. The worst that could happen is it doesn't work for you and you're only out 15 bucks and an hour of your time.

I loved that I was able to find a sanded caulk in the same color as my sanded grout used on my back splash. We used this for the seam between my marble counter top and the back splash. The sanded caulk won't have the tendency to crack as readily as sanded grout can when used at the seam. Thank you for the great product.

Worked great to fill in an inside corner and where vertical tile met flat tile. Both locations would not hold the grout. The color matched the grout perfectly.