Need help with Grout, either white, frost or warm grey MAPEI
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vanity is white, tile is white gloss dal tile, marble is honed carerra on top of vanity, thank-you!
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White Tile with Mapei Warm Gray or Frost
Comments (7)Hi, we just went through this ordeal for my son's bathroom covered with white subway tiles. After sifting through many pictures, my heart was set on Mapei's Frost - even though my contractor insisted on white. Unfortunately, Frost was not readily available since it's considered a special order color at Lowes and HD. My contractor suggested Warm Gray and mocked up a couple of tiles. For me, it was way too dark. Luckily, we called around a found a store 20 miles away that had 2 bags left. (Floor & Decor). We went with Frost and it looks gorgeous...even my contractor had to agree. I'll try to post pics later. Good luck!...See MoreLaticrete Permacolor grout: "Antique White" runs cool or warm?
Comments (4)Thank you Silverlined and Skippack Tile/Stone for your first person experience(s). Initially, it was a shotgun approach, holding up the "Antique White" strip from a (paper) sample brochure next to tile-- just a rough first attempt to match a grout with the CREAM streaks within the floor tile. Dave went over to DALTile, took a piece of the floor tile with him--turns out that "Silver Shadow" matched the GREY grains in the FLOOR TILE perfectly. They also gave him the actual Laticrete sample bar set to take home. Ironically, the "Silver Shadow" was a bit too light for the 'granite' field tile, but we found that their "Slate Grey" matched perfectly. We ripped this bath to the studs and put in new subfloor, drywall, plumbing,electrical, etc. =not a problem. It was the tile finishing-work that drove us nuts. Dave has a well-founded respect for "tile guys" now. As they say, the devil is in the details. Thanks again, guys....See MoreTec Power Grout or Mapei Flexcolor CQ Grout?
Comments (13)We spoke to the manufacturer and they basically said that this happens and it is the nature of the product. That said, the likely cause was the contractor mixing the new bag I bought with an old bag he had. TEC advised not to use old product or bags that have been open for any length of time. They did suggest using distilled water instead of tap water, but I doubt that was the issue. I made sample boards with tap water and didn’t have any discoloration issues. TEC sent me their grout colorant and I applied 2 coats. This was very tedious and took at least 5 hours for a small powder room to paint every grout line with a tiny brush. However, it did work and nicely covered up the white spots. You can see the painted colorant on the first pic and the pic with the toilet is before the colorant (notice all the white spots). I was very irritated and stressed by all of this, but was relieved the colorant worked and it didn’t have to be retiled....See MorePrism brand light gray grout color equivalent to Mapei Frost grout?
Comments (1)Hi. What did you decide to do here? Looking for light grey from prism....See More
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