Grout Paint Before and After: The Easiest Tile Floor Transformation!

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If you’re asking yourself whether or not you can paint grout lines, just take a look at the painted tile floor trend that’s been floating around Pinterest lately.

If I’ve learned anything in my DIY adventures, it’s that you can pretty much paint anything your heart desires.

So yes, painting the grout lines on your tile floor can be a quick and easy update for your home, but you do want to make sure you’re prepared for this project in order to get the best results.

There’s plenty of painted grout line tutorials on the web,

The artist brush did nothing for penetrating into the grooves of the grout lines. Not to mention that most tile grout happens to be the sanded variety.

This rougher surface needed a more abrasive approach than simply coating the grout in paint. I really needed to work the new paint into the grout’s surface.

Enter, my handy toothbrush. I know, genius right? The tough

Now I didn’t say it was a precise application. In fact, you’ll

I’ve used the Mapei Grout Refresh product in three of our homes now and each time I’m blown away by the before and after grout paint transformation. It’s a little bit of magic in a bottle.

Of course the biggest impact comes from the color paint you select. Mapei has nearly 40 different tile grout paint colors to choose from. Although I didn’t see nearly this large of a selection in my local Lowes store, so you might end up needing to order the perfect color match online.

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Since we’ve painted several of our grouted floors before I

From what I’ve seen so far, the color on the bottle doesn’t quite

Since I didn’t feel like running out to my local hardware store just to buy another bottle (by the way, these bottles go a long way and will last you for several projects), I decided to just use the darker of the two shades and went with the color “Bone”.

It’s still not quite as dark as I wanted, but it’ll just fine to cover up the mismatched colors from our grout repair last week.

You might be tempted to simply paint your grout white, but I’ve done this before, and trust me, it’s not always the best color. If you’ve read about our tiled fireplace makeover, then you’ll know just how important it is to select the right color grout to compliment your existing tile floors.

I’m not going to sugar coat it. Depending on the size of

Make sure to read the manufacturer’s instructions on the

I poured a good portion of paint out onto a paper plate so that I wasn’t constantly dipping a dirty toothbrush back into the bottle.

Side note. Make sure you thoroughly clean your floor’s surface of any grime and debris.

I vacuumed and mopped and found out that even that wasn’t

Start working in small sections in the back of the room, so

Dip your toothbrush into the grout paint, and using a

Helpful Handy TIP

DO NOT Try to

Depending on the color of your original grout, you may be

Once the paint’s had a chance to dry (I waited about 2

At first, I alternated between using a plain wet rag and a

I think that’s because the excess water from the rag helped

In my experience, most definitely. And I’ve used this method

The short answer is yes, you need to seal your grout to

I’m pretty pleased with how our painted grout turned out.

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