How to keep tile grout from turning dark
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Cheri HAYES
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We are building a new house in the Hi desert and so we are installing 20x20 tile floors. What can we do to keep the grout the same color. In our last floor we put in tile with a buff color grout and sealed it well -but in less than a year the area's in front of the sink and refrigerator turned a very dark color. Even after a professional cleaner it is still dark. How can we keep this from happening in our new home?
4 answers
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Make sure you seal it if it is new.
Linda
on Jan 15, 2015
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We installed tile in our master bath and used the smallest sized spacers you can buy, maybe 1/8th" or 1/4". That way there is very little grout. I really like how it looks and there is less maintenance. We also sealed it, then did it again 1 month later, then yearly.
Gloria Duy
on Jan 15, 2015
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Rather than fight it, embrace it. Have a dark grout put in from the start. I like this look personally.
Marion Nesbitt
on Jan 16, 2015
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Work WITH your dirt/soiling, not against it! Lay down a white towel on the floor and walk on it where the tile is to go, or at the front door (inside). After 3 weeks, take it and match the grout color to the soil! I have suggested this to people who wish their carpet to not look so dirty (I know that I would rather like to have it cleaned more often than to hide extra soiling, but that's me - same concept but different application!). The closer you are to the soil, the less you will tend to see it. Use polymer-modified grout, also, which acts as a sealer itself. I am not entirely sold on sealers (similar with "soil/stain protectors on carpets, for similar reasons) because they will NOT keep the grout from getting dirty or needing to be cleaned. Just my 2 cents!
Paul Hayden
on Apr 05, 2016
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