| Having glass mosaic tile installed in your home is a | | | | broken up. Too light and the gray will look horrible. |
| wonderful addition. It not only makes the space | | | | So 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 properly | | | | need that blue painters tape and lots of newspaper |
| though. If the wrong color grout is used, your | | | | or craft paper. It is recommended to grout with the |
| project will turn out horrible. Sometimes picking the | | | | dark grout first so it can't stain the lighter grout. |
| right grout color can be very difficult especially if you | | | | Carefully 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 in | | | | the section that you don't want to grout with the |
| your bathroom shower surround. Then you decide to | | | | newspaper. Take no chances as grouting can be very |
| put black tile on the floor. When it comes to time to | | | | messy. |
| grout, you may have some trouble deciding on a | | | | Grout all the sections that need the dark grout and |
| color. If you choose a light grout for the white tiles | | | | wipe it down completely. Make sure to pull the tape |
| then the black will look very broken. However if you | | | | off within 10 minutes. Totally clean up all the dark |
| choose a dark grout for the black tiles, the whites | | | | grout 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 cool | | | | Now repeat the steps with the light grout. |
| mosaic stripe look. You will run stripes of three colors | | | | You 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 a | | | | on your tile work instead! |
| dark gray grout then the white will be severely | | | | |