Grout Colour

[tiler tom]

A customer wants her kitchen tiling in 100 sq tiles, three colour random. Colours are Brown ,beige and white all of them a matt tile.
I know that I should have asked her to make the decision as to the colour of grout but she was unsure as too what would look best white or beige and she asked me to do whatever I thought looked best. Now I have done a beige tile with beige grout and a white tile with white grout but as it is a tile of each with a brown one thrown in I cannot decide which would look best.

Any of you done one or the other or maybe both layouts and give me their opinion of which looks best. Could be a lot more work in it. :uhoh2:

 

[penno]

Myself mate i would go with the white grout, don't think you can go wrong with it when using with a mix colour of tiles. Find it always looks nice and clean and basically goes with all colours. I would avoid the beige myself.

Question also confused me a little with the 100sq tiles. Im presuming you meant are doing a splashback with 10cm x10cm tiles.

One for the future mate, contact Mapei via email (its on there site) and ask them could they send you a grout pallet, will get a nice plastic case with strips of the different coloured grout in that you can show the customers. Very rarely use mine but if i have a customer who is unsure on colour i just show them the sticks so i get a rough idea on the colour they want. Saves on a "oo i dont like that colour YOU chose, not paying for that"

 

[DHTiling]

ivory grout and ivory trims...or soft cream and cream grout.......

 

[tiler tom]

Good points made penno. Will contact mapei about the sample would perhaps come usefull in the future as ultimatley the customers decision would be final.


Now you have done it dave thrown more colours into the fray just to start the confusion over again. next post wins.

 

[DHTiling]

the trend seems to be match the grout to the tile and trim..just a thought......

 

[penno]

ivory grout and ivory trims...or soft cream and cream grout.......

Good thinking batman. Ivory would go nice aswell as Dave says. May seperate your grout from your white tiles more.

 

[tiler tom]

ivory/cream wins grouting tommorow. Thanks to all that took part in the survey

Sorry is that the time I meant grouting today.

 

[GazTech]

white tile/white grout...cream tile cream grout...black (and so ad infinitum) let the tile show itself.....gaz

 

[tony TLC]

ivory works for me ohh and yes its me lol

 

[GazTech]

ivory works for me ohh and yes its me lol

TOOOONNNNYYYY...back from hibernation...hello mate....Gaz

 

[tiler tom]

Gaz I think you missed the problem I do white tile white grout, beige tile beige grout but the original post stated I had a white,beige and brown tile so what colour grout? Academic now, gone with ivory so it is like it or lump it for the customer as she let me pick.

 

[DHTiling]

you chose correct tom.....:yes:

 

[falkirktiler]

I recently contacted Mapei for a grout colour chart expecting a cheap cardboard effort and was totally surprised with what came through. I recieved a wee box with sticks of set grout in all the colours that they do and a matching Silicon chart in all the colours aswell ....excellent stuff.....have a look here....

[DLMURL="http://www.mapei.co.uk/"]MAPEI[/DLMURL]

 

[DHTiling]

Mapei Fughe Colorate quick link to colours