kāpua pāpaku mātātā
Ko te pōngaponga grout tīli he taputapu whakahaere e whakauru ana i ngā kaupapa tāone me ngā kaupapa whakamau. Ko te taputapu whakamau tūtohu tēnei e rua ngā taha e rua e rerekē ana te kaha o te rāpoi, nā reira ka tino āhua hahau ai mō ngā whakamahinga grout. Ko te taha parurenga e tango i te nuinga o te parurenga i runga i ngā mata tīli kāore e tōhuhu, i te wā e whakamahia ana ko te taha reka e whakamahi ana i te māmā me te whakamutunga. Ko ēnei pōngaponga i hangaia ki ngā tāpapa hydrophilic e whakarato ana i te whakakaha o te wai me te whakaputanga, ka tūtohu i te pikinga o te mahi i te wā o te parurenga. Ko te hanganga ā-tinana o te pōngaponga i hangaia kia tūtohu ki te kimi i te nuinga o te wai i te wā e manawa tere ana te whakauru, e āki ai te whakamahi roa kāore ai te pāpaku. Ko ngā pōngaponga tīli grout hou ka tāpiri i ngā āhuatanga antimicrobial, e whakakaha ana i te tipu o te mōrearea me te pātana ki roto i te pōngaponga. Ko te hoahoa ā-tinana e whakauru ana i ngā tapa pōroto me te rahi pāmahana e āki ana te whakauru ki te ringa, e heke i te whakama i te wā e roa ana te whakamahi. Ko ēnei taputapu e ono ana ki ngā momo grout rereke, tae atu ki ngā grout huinga, ngā epoxi, me ngā grout urethane, nā reira ka whakamahia ki ngā kaupapa tāone rereke.