Black Grout NIGHTMARE!!

[Martino]

I personally think all black grout should be banned prom production!....

Used some Bal Black Grout today on some gloss black 200x100 tiles.....customers choice...

Tiling in a kitchen...luckily they had dark worktops, but white units and skirting.....takes FOR EVER to clean up!...

Also looks like i have been wearing black nail varnish!...

Anyone else think Black grout should be banned?.....

'What is it good for......Absolutly NOTHING...lol'

 

[EverDon Tiling]

hate it would rather fil the gaps with my own blood.

 

[nosamekul]

glad you said that thought it was just me , takes twice as long with all the cleaning up.

 

[Bathfix Bob]

Tiled a bathroom for a landlord in 6 x 6's whites with black grout recently in an attempt to stop the grout turning black, horrible stuff and my float is stained.

 

[kilty55]

i normally point towards anthracite grout...wear latex gloves and have a float,sponge and bucket kept aside for this colour its mucgh easier to work with than black also and not too far away colour wise

 

[ishi69]

got 35 sq metre wet room to grout with ultracolor anthracite on sat, talked customer out of black. Yippee!

 

[ifindoubtgrout]

its a nightmere to work with no matter who makes it, i always put 20 notes on job to replace squeegy and hydro.

 

[Dougs Third Go]

pic of last time I used black grout....

 

[ishi69]

pic of last time I used black grout....

Great picture Doug just about sums it up.

 

[ms.tiles]

I normally throw the bucket and sponge away after using black grout, hate it would rather eat my dads toenails....................well maybe not.

 

[Dave H]

I agree, hate it, like kilty keep separate bucket sponge & old float for this, would use Mapei from choice as after first wash it hardens up quickly so a second wash is a lot better

 

[widler]

Its about as near to ' black grout ' as you can get really
Horrible stuff

 

[Dannym80]

Black grout should definitely be banned, just as others have said I also keep a separate bucket, sponge & stained float for it, after having to bin a couple of each in the past! White / Ivory on walls, grey on floors. Those are the rules!

 

[afright]

Little trick, I wipe down with a smear of linseed and turps mix sometimes on the final clean it masks a lot of the grout residue that you cant remove always carry a bottle with me nick name it wonder wipe its good for dark oak units and hardwood ,tiled a kitchen once and I notice a few scratches on the worktop getting a bit worried use the wonder wipe to mask it and the lady said nice job and you even got rid of the scratches on the worktops,god was i relieved!

 

[jlktiling]

Black grout requires new tools.

It should be called new Grouting tools coloured grout.

I use WD40 to de mist, seems to work a treat.