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Just thinking
Aug 25th, 2009, 08:49 PM
Hi Everyone! I hope someone can help me.....

We are applying white wall tiles in our bathroom with a vertical row of tiles in a darker charcoal color.

Is there any way to apply a darker grout between the charcoal tiles but still use white grout on the rest of the wall? I only want to have the horzontal lines dark.

My tile installer said the grout will "bleed" and there will not be a distinct line whre the two colors meet. He is suggesting putting white grout on the entire wall, which I think will look really cheesy.

Oh yeah, the tiles are being installed as I type, so I don't have the option of changing the pattern. Unless the wall gets re-done entirely.

Many thanks for any ideas!

tallAJ
Aug 26th, 2009, 08:55 AM
grout the portion of white grout first and let that dry. then do the brown and line up everything so its a straight line all the way down.

CSK'sMom
Aug 26th, 2009, 10:20 AM
Your installer is right. Charcoal grout is terrible to work with, it stains everything it comes in contact with including other colors of grout. I'd be more tempted to grout the whole thing with charcoal grout if you like the look of dark grout...