I AM SO UPSET!! Need advice on how to handle BAD TILE JOB
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I was in my new kitchen today and noticed that the stone tiles in my backsplash felt rough. Well every single one has a layer of epoxy grout on them! every one! Oddly enough the glass mosaic tiles are ok. its just the stone ones but there are about 150 of them in total. I calmly called the contractor and told him and all he said was well that's hard to believe. I cleaned all of the tiles. Then he told me to apply a solution to each one etc. I'm afraid to ruin the tiles! Please help! He also did a terrible grout job on my beautiful porcelain floor but I can't even focus on that now because of this! Any suggestions on how to fix this? Please see pics below. Thanks!!!!
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