Joint-It Elite
Outdoor tile grout for porcelain & smooth natural stone
For joints at least 2mm wide and 18mm deep
Trusted by Professionals. Loved by Homeowners.
Why settle for less when you can have the best? Our brand new outdoor tile grout, Joint-It Elite aimed at smaller joints provides the ultimate solution for professional contractors and discerning homeowners.
Traditional sand and cement methods of pointing are not only time-consuming but also labour-intensive. Our user-friendly, brush-in outdoor tile grout makes the job quicker and delivers a smooth, flawless finish that lasts.
While other grouts and mortars may crack and loosen, allowing weeds to grow, Joint-It Elite sets rock hard. It is specially formulated with multiple specialist glues to ensure it remains intact in your joints for years to come.
Our easy-to-use, superior outdoor tile grout makes jointing a breeze, providing a smooth and professional finish every time.
Effortless Application, Superior Finish:
All you need is a soft brush, clean water, and a bucket of our Joint-It Elite mortar mix.
Three Solid Colours
Joint-It Elite is available in Fawn, Dove Grey & Midnight in a 12.5KG sized bucket.
Key Features:
- Ready to use formulation
- Easy application
- Suitable for porcelain & smooth natural stone paving
- Long lasting
- Non-staining
- Weed, Power-washer & Frost Resistant
- Apply in wet or dry weather
- Smooth finish
- Water-permeable
- Available in 3 solid colours – Fawn, Dove Grey, & Midnight
- Eco-friendly
- Air-curing
Easy To Apply Jointing Grout
Follow our easy, 4 step application to save your valuable time without compromising quality.
Our natural sands harden on contact with air, so simply wet the area, brush in the product, and leave it to do the rest. Suitable for use by professional contractors and homeowners.
Our Joint-It Experts Top Tips!
- Joint-It Elite must be used on a permeable base. This is to allow water to drain through instead of logging on the top of your slabs. We recommend a 6:1 sand and cement base.
- Joint-It Elite is not suitable for V joints.
- Joints must be a minimum of 2mm wide and 18mm deep to ensure the product is secure.
- We strongly recommend Limestone and any Flamed/Honed or Black Granite are pre-sealed prior to application of Joint-It Elite. Flamed, honed or Egyptian stone must be sealed both sides prior to applying Joint-It Elite or any other jointing material. Based on our recent experience and research, we believe that it is best practice to pre-seal porcelain as well.
- While this product is low maintenance, all outdoor surfaces require some maintenance when exposed to changing weather conditions and foot/vehicle traffic, particularly in shaded areas or after the winter. Regardless of the jointing material or paving type, we recommend a quick application of Joint-It So Clean or Joint-It Algae Remover every three to four months to keep your patio looking new and refreshed all year round.
- Dog and cat urine have an acidic pH that can cause serious damage to slabs and joints, especially if not cleaned right away, leading to both aesthetic and financial damages. Urine can cause corrosion, so having your slabs sealed can prevent this from happening. If you have pets who frequently use your paving or patio, it is good practice to wash it every few days to prevent long-term damage to the joints and slabs.
- For more top tips, watch our Joint-It Tips and Advice videos.
Step-by-Step Application Guide
Lightly Wet the Surface with Clean Water
- Water prevents the resin binding agent from settling unevenly on the surface, avoiding colour enhancement or framing around the edges of flags/slabs/paving. It ensures a consistent, even distribution of the resin.
- Keep the surface lightly wet before and during the application process to prevent the resin from sticking. Do not allow the paving to dry as you work with the product. If you’re unsure, it’s better to sprinkle more water. Refer to the side of the Joint-It Elite bucket for instructions on which flags/slabs/paving must be pre-sealed prior to application, to reduce the risk of a temporary colour enhancement.
Open Bag & Apply Joint-It Elite
- The Joint-It Elite product is vacuum packed tightly inside the bag. Open the bag and tip the product out onto your wet paving. Lightly mist the product with clean water. Use a brush to work the product into the joints diagonally. Keep the flags/slabs/paving lightly wet with water throughout this process. Do not allow the flags/slabs/paving to dry as you work. Keep re-wetting the flags/slabs/paving as you work with the product.
- Keep the area in front of and behind the broom constantly misted with water to help the product work into the joints.
Filling Joints & Finishing
- Joint-It Elite will begin to settle into the joints as you add water. If the joints look partially filled, apply more product and continue sweeping and watering to ensure they are fully filled.
- When the joints are full of product, lightly wet the flags/slabs/paving again with water. Wait between 15 – 20 minutes to allow the product to fully settle. Using a soft bristle brush, sweep over the paved area and top up joints with product until all of the joints are completely full.
- Use a finishing tool to compact the product into the joints, followed by a soft brush to clean off any excess product. Using a finishing tool is not necessary but does give the product more strength in the joints when compacted.
GUIDELINES FOR USE
IMPORTANT USAGE INFORMATION
- Always test in a small discreet area first.
- The single most important thing to remember when using Joint-It Elite is that you must keep the flags/slabs/paving lightly wet with clean water before and during application of the product.
- A two-person application is recommended, but not necessary. If you are working by yourself, work on small areas and keep lightly wetting the flags/slabs/paving as you joint your paved area. Ideally, ask someone else to keep wetting the flags/slabs/paving for you as you work.
- Do not use on joints narrower than 2mm wide.
- It’s essential to ensure there is no movement on the flags/slabs/paving prior to application of Joint-It Elite. All flags/slabs/paving must be fully secure with absolutely no movement in them before applying the product. Joint-It Elite will not fix moving flags/slabs/paving. The product is for aesthetic, drainage and weed-resistance purposes only.
- Joint-It Elite must be used on a permeable base. This is to allow water to drain through instead of logging on the top of your flags/slabs/paving. We recommend a 6:1 sand and cement base. If you are using a slurry primer, we recommend keeping it in 25mm from the edge of each flag/slab/paving all the way around. This is to prevent the slurry primer going into the joint, making it non-permeable and unsuitable for Joint-It Elite.
- Joint-It recommends sweeping the Joint-It Elite product diagonally across the joints, to prevent the product from being removed from the joints.
- We strongly recommend Limestone and any Flamed/Honed or Black Granite are pre-sealed prior to application of Joint-It Elite. Flamed, honed or Egyptian stone must be sealed both sides prior to applying Joint-It Elite or any other jointing material.
- Before working with the product, put on the recommended PPE (Personal Protective Equipment). Use safety eye protection glasses/goggles and protective gloves. Always observe valid and current legal regulations on safety and health protection in your locality.
- Always adhere to the manufacturer’s instructions. Since Joint-It cannot foresee every possible application or material the product may be used with, it is the user’s responsibility to ensure the product’s suitability for their specific use. If you are unsure, it’s always good practice to try any product you’re using in a very small, discreet area first to make sure you’re happy before you continue.
- If there is additional work being conducted around the patio area (e.g. flower beds being dug, mulching, brickwork, rendering, etc.), it is good practice to complete that work before application of Joint-It Elite.
AFTER APPLYING JOINT-IT ELITE
- The jointing should not be cleaned by use of high-pressure washers until cured for at least 30 days after application.
BASE
- Successful installation of Joint-It Elite requires clean water and a free-draining permeable base set on a 6:1 sand and cement mix. Failure to meet these conditions may compromise the quality and performance of the application.
- Successful installation of Joint-It Elite requires clean water and a free-draining permeable base set on a 6:1 sand and cement mix. Failure to meet these conditions may compromise the quality and performance of the application.
- If you are using a slurry primer, we recommend keeping it in 25mm from the edge of each flag/slab/paving all the way around. This is to prevent the slurry primer going into the joint, making it non-permeable and unsuitable for Joint-It Elite.
JOINTS REQUIRED
- Recommended for joints a minimum of 2mm wide and 18mm deep.
- Joint-It Elite is not suitable for V joints.
- There is no restriction on the maximum size of the joints but take note that larger joints will reduce coverage per bucket of product.
COVERAGE
- Coverage will vary depending on the joint size, flag/slab/paving size, surface and application. Generally, one 12.5kg bucket of Joint-It Elite will cover approximately 8 – 10 sq. metres on a mixed patio pack (900mm x 600mm, 600mm x 600mm, 600mm x 300m, 300mm x 300mm). Please refer to the Joint-It product calculator for an estimation of how much product you will require.
WEATHER
- If the temperature is forecast to drop near freezing or below freezing within 12 hours of application, Joint-It Elite should not be used, because the water will freeze as it hits the ground, making it too difficult to sweep the product into the joints.
- Dry and hot conditions may increase the likelihood of resins from the sand depositing on the surface of the paving. This can lead to some colour enhancement or framing along the surface edges of the flags or stones. If this does happen, the enhancement will fade organically after a few weeks. If the temperature is above 30º, we recommend that you wait until it is cooler in the evening or early morning before applying Joint-It Elite, because water will evaporate too quickly to allow you to brush the product into the joints. In dry or very hot conditions, ensure that the surface remains saturated and work in small areas at a time.
- Product application can be done successfully in light rain. However, in heavy rain, it may be necessary to cover the installation to prevent the product from washing out of the joints within the first few hours after application, before it has had time to cure.
- Joint-It Elite can be applied in most weather conditions. Since it is applied wet, Joint-It recommends that application temperatures remain above 5°. Freezing temperatures during installation will likely cause ice to form which will inhibit the proper settlement of product into the joints.
- Freezing temperatures through the curing process will not affect the integrity of the final application. It will, however, drastically increase the curing time since all reactions will essentially stop until the ice can thaw and migrate away from the Joint-It Elite product, which in turn allows the resin coating to react with the air.
- If temperatures are at risk of dropping below freezing during installation, a dry installation can be used. This method increases the likelihood of colour enhancement substantially or resin deposits on the surface of the flags/slabs/paving. This may be minimised by pre-sealing the individual flags/slabs/paving, regardless of type, both on top, and each side. Pre-sealing is recommended if you are using any pre-mixed brush-in jointing compound, not just Joint-It Elite.
STORAGE
- Any unused Joint-It Elite should be put into the cleaned empty bucket (first having removed the plastic bag and cardboard from the bottom of the bucket). Fill the bucket with clean water to the very top, ensuring that the product inside is submerged under at least 5cm of clean water. With the lid closed tightly, the left-over product should keep for up to 4 weeks.
- Unopened, Joint-It Elite should keep for a minimum of 12 months when stored in a cool dry place. It is important to make sure that the bucket is protected from any punctures or piercing as contact with air will start to harden the product.
MAINTENANCE
- While the Joint-It Elite product is low maintenance, all outdoor surfaces require some maintenance when exposed to changing weather conditions and foot/vehicle traffic, particularly in shaded areas or after the winter. Regardless of the jointing material or paving type, we recommend a quick application of Joint-It So Clean or Joint-It Algae Remover every three to four months to keep your patio looking new and refreshed all year round.
- Dog and cat urine have an acidic pH that can cause serious damage to slabs and joints, especially if not cleaned right away, leading to both aesthetic and financial damages. Urine can cause corrosion, so having your slabs sealed can prevent this from happening. If you have pets who frequently use your paving or patio, it is good practice to wash it every few days to prevent long-term damage to the joints and slabs.
Please contact us on info@jointit.com for more information about Joint-It Elite.
Joint-It Elite
Step By Step Guide
Step 1:
Clean the paving and remove any dust before beginning application. Mist the paving with a light spray of clean water.
Step 2:
Empty bucket contents onto paving. Lightly mist the paving again with clean water. Sweep product into joints with a brush or squeegee.
Step 3:
When joints are full of product, lightly mist the paving again with clean water. Wait 15-45 minutes, depending on weather conditions, until product starts to dry.
Step 4:
Using a soft bristle brush, top-off joints. Sweep up and remove any excess product. If loose grains remain on the paving, clean the brush thoroughly and continue sweeping to remove all excess product.
FAQ’S: Joint-It Elite
GENERAL INFO
Designed for use on outdoor porcelain and smooth natural stone paving, Joint-It Elite is a water permeable, cement-free, ready-mixed paving jointing compound made from a mixture of specialist, non-hazardous, sands and glues.
Technically, Joint-It Elite is a compound and is different to a traditional paving mortar or grout because of the type of glue used. However, the terms mortar and grout are commonly used to describe many ready-mixed paving jointing products, including our unique Joint-It Elite.
Joint-It Elite comes in 3 colours – Fawn, Dove Grey and Midnight. The colour of the lid on a bucket of Joint-It Elite indicates the colour of the product inside.
Joint-It Elite is used to fill the joints between outdoor porcelain and smooth natural stone paving slabs.
Contact with air makes Joint-It Elite harden which is why you must use water on your paving slabs before you open and tip-out the bag. Wet paving slabs prevent Joint-It Elite from penetrating into porous natural stone.
With Joint-It Elite you must use water.
The paving slabs must be wet before you tip out the product, otherwise Joint-It Elite may accentuate any natural discolouration in your paving slabs.
This is why Joint-It Elite can be applied in the rain, as well as in dry weather.
In cases where insufficient water has been used, Joint-It Elite may leave a residue that accentuates any natural discolouration in the stone.
This residue should weather-off within a few weeks. Sometimes this can take longer depending on the type of stone used, and whether there was enough water used during the application. There is no need to be concerned, as this will fade and the stone will return to its original colour.
To avoid any potential problems when using Joint-It Elite, please contact us with any questions you have before you use our product.
Different stone types can have slightly varied reactions. Some stone is more porous than others. Please don’t be alarmed if there is any slight colour enhancement on your slabs as this will weather-off after a few weeks. If you still have concerns please contact us and we will reassure you.
Yes, provided the foundation is water permeable and the joints meet the minimum recommended width and depth (see above).
Joint-It Elite’s cement-free formulation is kinder to the environment than using a traditional sand and cement mixture. Your patio can be finished more quickly, and the jointing can be completed even if it is a wet day.
Contact with air makes Joint-It Elite harden which is why you must use water on your paving slabs before you open and tip-out the bag. Wet paving slabs prevent Joint-It Elite from penetrating into porous natural stone.
Being ‘water permeable’ is very important because it means that water/rain won’t lodge on your patio; it will drain down through the joints that have been jointed with Joint-It Elite to prevent your patio from flooding. Rain won’t crack the joints between your paving slabs which is why we say that Joint-It Elite is weed resistant.
If you decide to power-wash your patio, the water won’t lift Joint-It Elite out of the joints once the manufacturers’ guidelines have been met – it will drain down through the joints, which is why we say that Joint-It Elite is power-washer resistant.
We recommend that you avoid using a power-washer on your paving for a minimum of 30 days after applying Joint-It Elite.
Visit our store locator, enter your postcode, and select a desired radius from where you live. You may need to increase the radius depending on where you live.
If there is no stockist local to you, contact us at sales@jointit.com and we would be more than happy to help you.
Yes absolutely, but please email us first so that we can discuss your job with you to ensure that you get the best results.
Yes, absolutely, Joint-It Elite is intended for use on outdoor porcelain and smooth natural stone paving. As long as the joints are a minimum of 2mm wide and 18mm deep, and that the base is water permeable.
If you are laying a solid base, or the joints are smaller, we would recommend Joint-It Porcelain Epoxy Grout which is specifically designed for porcelain paving.
Joint-It Elite is a 97% natural, eco-friendly, non toxic product. However, we do recommend that you keep all pets and young children away from the application area, as the product may be harmful if ingested. We recommend keeping dogs and other pets off the paving for at least 24 hours after application, until it has dried.
In some cases there can be a slight smell from the product while it’s curing. This is not harmful and will fade.
BEFORE USE
The single most important thing to remember when using Joint-It Elite is that you must keep the paving wet with clean water as you work.
If you are working by yourself, work on small areas and keep wetting the paving as you joint your paved area. Ideally, ask someone else to keep wetting the paving for you as you work.
Remember, you must keep the paving wet as you brush in the product.
Adding lots of water does not weaken Joint-It Elite because the product is water permeable. However, please note that adding excessive water may cause the joints to fill with water, which will require topping them up with more product.
Not using enough water on the paving, especially in warm weather, dries out the product too quickly before it has been brushed into the joints.
Again, please take note to keep the paving wet at all times when brushing Joint-It Elite into joints.
To get the best results with Joint-It Elite, your foundation must also be water permeable. This means using a compacted hardcore foundation approximately 100-150mm / 4-6” (inches) deep. Space must be left to allow for 50mm / 2” (inches) of sand and cement and the depth of your paving slab to sit on top of the foundation.
The sand and cement layer, on top of the hardcore, must use 6 measures of sand to 1 measure of cement and the mixture should be semi-dry.
We recommend using Joint-It Premium Seal prior to laying paving where you are using Slate, Black/Blue Limestone & Honed Black Granite. These highly porous stones would benefits from being pre-sealed to prevent drawing any of the colour of Joint-It Elite into the stone.
If you have any overhanging flowers they should be tied back before you wet your paving ahead of applying Joint-It Elite.
This prevents any dye from the flower petals transferring to the paving while it is being soaked with water.
If insufficient water has been used, the slabs may draw the product into the stone causing a temporary colour enhancement. This colour enhancement can take up to 12-16 weeks to weather-off.
While it is important to wet the paving before applying Joint-It Elite, it is equally important to keep it wet, particularly where you are working on a large area (one area might dry out by the time you are brushing the product in), or in warmer weather conditions.
It is very important that you ensure the base beneath your paving is permeable prior to applying a permeable product like Joint-It Elite. There is a simple test you can carry out to determine if your pre-existing base is permeable or not.
Run a hose on your patio area for several minutes. If you see that the water is draining down through the patio over time, then the base is permeable which is what you need. If the water does not drain through and logs on the top of the patio, then it is likely the base is solid and therefore this product will not be suitable.
Joints must be at least 2mm wide and 18mm deep to apply Joint-It Elite. This is a minimum requirement, but there is no maximum size. The joints can be as big or wide as you like, it will not affect the product performance as long as the minimum measurements have been reached.
All slabs must be fully secure with absolutely no movement in them before applying Joint-It Elite.
To fix rocking or moving patio slabs before applying Joint-It Elite:
1. Remove the paving stone/slab from the patio.
2. Clean or brush away any loose sand and cement underneath.
3. Apply the required amount of Joint-It Slurry Primer to the base and the underside of the slab and reapply the paving slab in place.
HOW TO USE
We strongly recommend that you read our application instructions contained within the Joint-It Elite bucket before you start the application of the product.
Before emptying the product out of the bucket, you must sprinkle your paving with clean water. Then brush Joint-It Elite in to the joints. As you joint your paved area, keep the paving wet with clean water as you work.
Depending on the size of your patio and the weather, Joint-It Elite should take approximately 30-40 minutes to apply to a 30m²/323 sq ft paved area.
It is important to keep the paving slabs wet as you brush-in Joint-It Elite.
To get the best results from Joint-It Elite, joints must be a minimum width of 2mm and a depth of 18mm for the joint to have stability when it is set.
If you are using bevelled paving slabs, the joint must be a minimum width of 2mm at the narrowest point between all of the slabs.
Joint-It Elite is tightly vacuum packed inside a tough plastic bag to prevent any air from reaching the product before it is ready to be used. Contact with air makes Joint-It Elite harden within a few hours which is why you must wet your paving slabs with clean water before you open and tip out the bag.
Joint-It Elite is suitable for use with outdoor porcelain and smooth natural stone and concrete paving slabs including:
- Porcelain
- Sandstone
- Limestone
- Slate
- Concrete Slabs / Paving
- Yorkstone
- Granite
- Louisiana Stone
- Oklahoma Stone
- Quartz
Because Porcelain is a smoother stone it doesn’t absorb water to the same degree as other natural stone products. To get the best results when using Joint-It Elite with Porcelain, we recommend that you keep both the top of the stone paving and the Joint-It Elite product saturated with clean water to make Joint-It Elite flow into the Porcelain joints more easily.
Slate and Granite paving slabs, even those from the same batch, may absorb water at different rates. When using Joint-It Elite with either granite or slate, pause briefly after wetting your paving, before opening the bucket of Joint-It Elite, to allow time for the stone to absorb the water. You may need to repeat the wetting process. If you notice small dots on your paving slabs, this indicates that part of the slab was of a harder density, and the residue should weather-off over a 3-6 month period.
Because Joint-It Elite is activated when it comes into contact with air, the product hardens more quickly in warmer climates.
At an average temperature of around 20° Celsius, Joint-It Elite should feel hard-to-touch after approximately 4 hours. In cooler climates it should take longer for the product to harden while in warmer climates it should harden more quickly.
The product takes 30 days to fully cure.
You need 2 brushes to apply Joint-It Elite.
A hard bristle brush is used on the wet paving, to brush the product into the joints, and a soft bristle brush is used to finish the job.
Professional landscapers often recommend you use a squeegee on very smooth stone such as granite, because the squeegee makes it easier to joint a smooth stone patio.
Make sure that brushes are clean before you start, and we recommend that you wash off any particles of the product when you have finished to stop it hardening on your brushes.
The paving should not be walked on for approximately 24 hours after application in temperatures of around 20° Celsius. We recommend that you gently test the joints to make sure they have set before walking on the paving. Local weather conditions will determine how quickly Joint-It Elite takes to fully harden/set.
Ensure you apply Joint-It Elite patio jointing compound with at least 2mm width and 18mm depth. Take care to ensure the product is compacted well into the joints. If you have any further questions about this, please contact info@jointit.com
WHEN NOT TO USE
Joint-It Elite can only be used on a permeable base. If the base is completely solid and impermeable, this product will not work. This is because Joint-It Elite is a water permeable product, meaning water is able to move through it. We recommend a hardcore mix of sand and cement at a ratio of 1:6.
If the temperature is forecast to drop near freezing or below freezing within 12 hours of application, Joint-It Elite should not be used, because the water will freeze as it hits the ground making it too difficult to sweep the product into the joints.
If the temperature is above 30°, we recommend that you wait until it is cooler in the evening or early morning before applying Joint-It Elite because water will evaporate too quickly to allow you to brush the product into the joints.
To use Joint-It Elite, joints must be a minimum of 2mm wide and 18mm deep. If joints are smaller than 2mm wide, we would highly recommend using our other product Joint-It Fine.
Joint-It Elite is not suitable for V joints or bevelled slabs.
STORAGE
Unopened, Joint-It Elite should keep for a minimum of 12 months when stored in a cool dry place. It is important to make sure that the bucket is protected from any punctures or piercing as contact with air will start to harden the product.
Any unused Joint-It Elite should be put into the cleaned empty bucket (first having removed the plastic bag and cardboard from the bottom of the bucket) and covered with at least 2 inches of clean water. With the lid closed tightly, the left-over product should keep for up to 4 weeks.
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