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Need advice for Octagon and Dot tile grout!

13 years ago

Hi All,

This is my first post here. I am in great need of advice for a bathroom remodel. The bathroom is in a remodeled home from the 1920's. Please keep in mind the following points:

* Large white cast iron tub will be kept

* Wood stained framed window and wood stained wall cabinet on wall will be kept in wood stain to match wood in other parts of home

* Benjamin Moore Sabre Gray wall color 1482

To keep the home in a more vintage style, we used Datile Octagon and Dot in White/Gray. This is the third time the company has laid the tile. The first time they put in the wrong tile even after being told the tile was not correct prior to being laid. The second time they failed to remove the first job correctly and it waved everywhere afterwards, not to mention the misaligned tiles. This is hopefully the final tile job!

My question is what tile grout would you suggest? In the second job, we choose Pearl Gray by Mapei. The paint was picked to match the grout. It was darker than the gray in the tile, but we wanted a darker gray on the walls. The man who came to check the second poor tile job said it would have been better to have lighter grout to hide the imperfections. Oh well...

When the third tile job was put in last week, the Pearl Grey sample suddenly looked quite dark for what we had put in the bathroom. They insisted that was what we used, but it seemed so much darker on the sample. The color Waterfall matched exactly. However, after researching it seems the grout can dry much lighter (even though the installers said it does not lighten at all).

I really want to insert a picture of the room, but do not see the standard attachment link that is normally found in forums. Am I missing something?

Finally, I feel the darker the grout, the more it matched to the earthy wood tones, versus a really light look. We could go with the Waterfall grout that matches the paint dead on per sample, but my fear is it will end up much lighter. The salesperson suggested white grout. We do not have any white trim in the entire house, so to me white was not a good match with the home. The installers are coming on Monday, the 25th to put in the grout. Thanks in advance!

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