Wrong grout color!! Delorean gray too dark :'-(
IkeaDaemon
9 years ago
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nancyocean
9 years agosjhockeyfan325
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New grout, too light (gray), can I 'dye' it charcoal/black?
Comments (7)Yes, you can, and regardless of what the color is now, or what you want it to be, it can be done, and relatively easily. You said you've done some research and found the reference to Aquamix's colorants. They're the best there is. I have a link to where you can buy them on line, as well as a forum thread that gives explicit directions on using them. Here's the url to buy them on line: http://www.1877floorguy.com/grcopr.html And below is the link to the forum thread. Refer to reply #2: Here is a link that might be useful: Using Grout colorants...See Morefloor is finally done grout too dark?? ... color and cabinets t
Comments (11)As a professional I almost always recommend a grout color that is lighter than the tile or stone. However, with this floor I think the grout color you have chosen works very well....See MoreDelorean Gray or Platinum Grout
Comments (30)@Dara Ricca but it looks white?? Not grey. Lots of people on these forums have stated delorean grey is a very dark grey. I was in shock when i saw the floor. Definitely not what i wanted. Have no idea what to do now. My tiler is suggesting the bag or grout he got from the supplier they said it was delorean grey but he thinks inside was a different grout colour and the grout suppliers are at fault. Makes no sense No I'm guessing it was Delorean Gray. Color changes depending on what is next to it or around it. That's why it's always good to do a sample. I'm an artist and this is a lesson I'm always teaching my students. Look at the below squares. Each of the middle squares is the exact same color. Notice how the purple changes depending on what's next to it? Put a dark color next to a medium gray and it will appear lighter. The "grout" color is taken from your photo and is exactly the same in both the squares with the lighter color and the darker color below. The darker color was taken from your photo too. Notice how much lighter the gray "grout" appears on the darker squares? It's the same principle....See MoreGrout madness! Delorean gray or ???
Comments (10)Wow - Houzz is right on those notifications when people post to your threads! Anyhow, we used the Delorean gray - it doesn't match perfectly, but it's neutral enough to be fine and I don't even notice it anymore. I did have an issue with the power grout though - it didn't cure right -- months after it was applied, when it got wet, you could scoop it out of the grout joints with your finger (or in the case of the shower, it washed out of the joints and ran down the wall). We had to go back and forth with the company trying to figure out what to do -- they were helpful but tried to pin the blame on the tile guy not mixing it right, which of course the tile guy denied. Then they said it might have been a bad batch. Or too much pigment. They had no idea, basically. We came this close to ripping it all out and redoing it (which the company had implied they would pay for), but before going with that nuclear option, the company told us to just keep wetting it and letting it dry -- that that would restart the curing process. After several (and I mean several -- like 15+) good soakings and then letting it dry out for several days (meaning we couldn't use our bathroom for months), the grout finally cured and it's fine now. And it holds up well and hasn't gotten stained or moldy like our old regular grout. But the whole experience would leave me hesitant to use power grout in the future. It may have just been a fluke bad-batch kind of thing or it may have been that the tile guy didn't mix it right, but it left a bad taste in my mouth where power grout is concerned....See Moredebrak2008
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7 years ago
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