How come no one uses epoxy for showers?

01-24-2012, 04:59 PM	#1
tibberous Member   Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 368	How come no one uses epoxy for showers? After tiling a shower surround, wouldn't it make sense to coat the tile / grout with epoxy, both to ensure it was water tight and to keep mold from forming in the grout? I could see epoxy being a slipping hazard on the floor, unless mixed with aggregate, but on the walls, wouldn't it make sense?

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01-24-2012, 05:24 PM	#2
sdsester Member     Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Chicago Posts: 8,584	How come no one uses epoxy for showers? Tile and mortar should be able to breathe. And, if you seal it in epoxy and you bang the stuff and create a micro crack or fissure and water gets behind it. A royal mess is suddenly created. And with good tile and mortar there is no need for it so why put out the extra expense even if it did work.

01-24-2012, 05:30 PM	#3
Blondesense Stuck in the 70's     Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: south central Missouri Posts: 1,801	How come no one uses epoxy for showers? There are epoxy grouts that are highly stain resistant.

01-24-2012, 05:36 PM	#4
oh'mike Super Moderator   Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Kane county,Illinois Posts: 16,249	How come no one uses epoxy for showers? About all I use are epoxy grouts--I don't mention it often as they are a bit difficult to use-- __________________ New members: Adding your location to your profile helps in many ways.--M--

01-24-2012, 07:37 PM	#5
TarheelTerp MarginallyQualified   Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Winston-Salem NC Posts: 2,549	How come no one uses epoxy for showers? When you put the second Red Gard coat down... embed some nylon window screen. Then do the epoxy coat. Attached Thumbnails