Two Tone Grouting

Having glass mosaic tile installed in your home is abroken up. Too light and the gray will look horrible.
wonderful addition. It not only makes the spaceSo what do you do? Two tone grouting is the
beautiful but it also increases the value of your home.answer. Simply grout each section separately. You will
The tile must be installed and grouted properlyneed that blue painters tape and lots of newspaper
though. If the wrong color grout is used, youror craft paper. It is recommended to grout with the
project will turn out horrible. Sometimes picking thedark grout first so it can't stain the lighter grout.
right grout color can be very difficult especially if youCarefully tape off the sections that are being
have a lot of different colors in the same installation.grouted first. Make sure you have a clean line of tape
Here are a couple of scenarios.so your grout joint is straight. Now completely cover
Let's say that you put up white glass mosaic tile inthe section that you don't want to grout with the
your bathroom shower surround. Then you decide tonewspaper. Take no chances as grouting can be very
put black tile on the floor. When it comes to time tomessy.
grout, you may have some trouble deciding on aGrout all the sections that need the dark grout and
color. If you choose a light grout for the white tileswipe it down completely. Make sure to pull the tape
then the black will look very broken. However if youoff within 10 minutes. Totally clean up all the dark
choose a dark grout for the black tiles, the whitesgrout so you don't accidentally get it mixed in with
will look broken.the lighter grout. Wait until the dark grout has set up.
Now let's say that you are going to create a coolNow repeat the steps with the light grout.
mosaic stripe look. You will run stripes of three colorsYou are finished and have great looking grout joints
down the wall; red, white, and dark gray. Once again,that no one will see because they should be focused
you have a grout color problem. If you choose aon your tile work instead!
dark gray grout then the white will be severely