Designing Kitchens and Bathrooms - Changing the color of tile grout

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mickblock
05-12-09, 05:43 PM
I redid my bathroom a while back with white 3x6 ceramic tile with white sanded grout. I was very happy with it and so is my wife. Even though I had the feeling that I should have added an accent strip in the shower area. This was proven when a home assessor came while we were looking into refinancing. He mistook the tile for simulated tile paneling. I was very wounded by this, and have been wondering about the possibility of changing the grout color.
Has anyone ever even heard of such a product or procedure?
I wanted to go with a beige or light brown to begin with, but I knew that I have limited experience with fitting tile. So I chickened out and used white to be safe. Now I'm kinda sorry!
Have a good day.:)


Gunguy45
05-12-09, 06:32 PM
If you have a light grout and wish to go darker, there are products that you can use,,,I'll try to find the old thread, but it may be tommorrow, Do a search for grout stain..see what you find.

mickblock
05-13-09, 05:06 AM
Oops that was easy. Thank you for the reply Gunguy45. I suppose I should have began with that. The very searchable term "grout stain" didn't even occur to me.


Gunguy45
05-13-09, 07:47 AM
This is the old thread I was talking about. The poster had good results it seems...
http://forum.doityourself.com/flooring-tile/362149-coloring-grout.html

mickblock
05-13-09, 08:55 AM
Yep, that answers all of my questions and gives me an idea of how much time this will take and what results to expect.

I think I will let my niece do it since she likes to color all over the walls anyway.:thinker: It's perfect!