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June 20, 2005
Decisions, Decisions: What Color Grout?
The 1"x1" hexagonal floor tiles have been laid but not grouted. We're partial to a darker grout that will accentuate the lines between the tiles (similar to as they appear now) while Mrs. B is leaning towards a white grout. What do others think? We need to decide by the end of the week. We're facing the same issue with the wall tiles too.
Comments
Whoever will be in charge of washing the floors gets to choose.
Posted by: Anonymous at June 20, 2005 10:45 AM
we went with the grey- for us it looked a little more worn and less "brand new" plus that white won't stay white for long regardless of keeping up with the cleaning
Posted by: lisa at June 20, 2005 10:49 AM
We used white grout on a bathroom floor once. Never again. It always looked dirty, no matter how often we cleaned it. This time we used a dark gray grout, "Platinum", and the floor is always presentable.
Posted by: Anonymous at June 20, 2005 10:53 AM
At restaurants like Schiller's Liquor bar and Pastis they've used subway tiles with a near black grout to make the spaces look like they've been there forever-take a field trip to see if you like it.
Posted by: TippiAssam at June 20, 2005 1:22 PM
We put in the same tile in our basement bathroom: subway on the walls (white grout) and hexagonal on the floor ("platinum" too) and I've been very pleased with the result. Because of the very dark wall paper we put in above the subway tiles, perhaps we should have done the dark grey grout on the walls to tie it in.
Posted by: Anonymous at June 20, 2005 2:55 PM
DO NOT USE THE WHITE GROUT. I just made this mistake. Put 'silver cloud' grout on the floor tiles and white grout on the walls. Floors look great. Walls, no. White grout looks great with our subway tile upstairs, but the hexagonals (we're using penny rounds) are too small for the white grout, I think.
The grey/silver looks good, and white will get unevenly dirty over time.
In fact, I need to re-do the walls, now that I see the grout looks horrible. Does that mean I need to completely re-tile the walls? Does that mean I need to re-sheetrock too?
Posted by: renogirl at June 20, 2005 10:32 PM
Don't use white. Don't use any funky colors, Black grout will highlight the geometry of the tile's grid. If you use black make sure you are careful not to get it anywhere you don't want it. Wear Gloves and use cheesecloth to clean up instead of a sponge. You can control the water and prevent over saturating the sanded grout. Take several sheets of tile and glue them to a scrape of sheetrock then grout them with your choices. That way you can see what colors work for you and what the finished color looks like when it dries and has been sealed. I say with historic reno's best to error on the conservative side. People have this urge to go nuts when tiling and want to throw everything at it like some funky mosaic. You want to show off your bathtub and fixtures. Let the tile be a tranquil backdrop.
Posted by: retired at June 22, 2005 12:36 AM
can you please tell me where you sourced your hex tiles, I am struggling to find them, i want them for my bathroom in Ireland and a friend is trying to source them in San Francisco, so far he has only been able to find octagon+dot mosiacs!
thank you for any help you can provide!
orla
Posted by: orla at July 19, 2005 9:49 AM
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