Hands up if you hate using black grout

[cornish_crofter]

I was going to attempt the floor before I do anything else so at least getting black grout over the walls won't be ain issue.

There will be nothing else in the room that needs to be protected.

 

[Perry]

I was going to attempt the floor before I do anything else so at least getting black grout over the walls won't be ain issue.

There will be nothing else in the room that needs to be protected.

If you have a light color on the walls it can be harder to get the wall grout off the floor grout ete

 

[JIMBOB187]

Hugo.....steer well clear of the BAL black grout.....lots of probs with shading on that grout...and that is straight from a bal employee.....

Experienced this myself, nightmare.

 

[cornish_crofter]

If you have a light color on the walls it can be harder to get the wall grout off the floor grout ete

The customer has chosen black tiles for the floor, which he has expressed a preference to use black grout with.

The walls are to be grouted white. I'm intending to do the floor first. This will enable me to tile the walls after the impending black grout nightmare that I am expecting.

 

[White Room]

Sheet the floor up:whatchutalkingabout

 

[cornish_crofter]

Sheet the floor up:whatchutalkingabout

Why would I want to sheet the floor up? It's the floor that needs the black grout????

Unless you're talking after I've tiled it to protect the tiled floor whilst I do the walls

Plan of action:

Prep whole area
Tile floor
Grout floor with black grout
Clean up
Tile walls
Grout walls with white grout

 

[Perry]

The customer has chosen black tiles for the floor, which he has expressed a preference to use black grout with.

The walls are to be grouted white. I'm intending to do the floor first. This will enable me to tile the walls after the impending black grout nightmare that I am expecting.

i would tile them both grout the walls then the floor just use a sponge not a washboy

 

[Wylie]

Could a sealer be used as when wet it looks darker?

 

[Perry]

Could a sealer be used as when wet it looks darker?

what the black ? black cement color wicks cheap and black

 

[doug boardley]

Yep anthracite it went light grey,as i understand it in plastering the wetter the cement mix the whiter it becomes so anthracite is crap then
what make is your charcoal

Bal mate, although I like the other grouts in Ultra range

 

[Wylie]

what the black ? black cement color wicks cheap and black

Black grout becoming whiter the wetter and how to sort this problem

 

[daz825]

Horrible, horrible, horrible stuff, stains you skin for a week, nightmare to wash off, the mapai stuff is the worst its like grouting with tar. Advised it once because I had half a bag spare, should have put it in the bin instead.

 

[grumpygrouter]

Horrible, horrible, horrible stuff, stains you skin for a week, nightmare to wash off, the mapai stuff is the worst its like grouting with tar. Advised it once because I had half a bag spare, should have put it in the bin instead.

Which mapei stuff. Ultracolor Plus is fine, goes down really well IMO.

 

[oldgrout]

Hehe. I am an old woman who likes to get her hands dirty. I have just installed a built in oven and thought it would be nice to have a black tile surround. I've stuck on the tiles and didn't want to have white grout so thought I would google -black grout. Hence I am here. I really like the hint on using a black marker pen. Many thanks.

 

[cornish_crofter]

BAL Ebony mixed with GT1 on a Tilux wetroom former.