Yet another wood-look tile/grout color question
Hello all! I've seen the numerous wood-look tile/grout questions posted in this forum and wanted to present yet another dilemma. I'm using Marazzi Merona Natural wood tile and have two options for grout: one is darker and one is similar, but not quite the same. I've done a mock up (not a professional job by any means) to try to get a sense of what each grout might look like. I'm torn. The dark emulates the darker edges that real wood planks would have, but the grout will be 3/16" - much wider than spacing between wood planks. The lighter option looks pretty close, but it's a smidge too...orange? I wonder if it'd be better to go with the darker grout rather than a color that's close but not quite there. What do y'all think?
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4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoNeither. You want the background color of the wood, which is much lighter than either. Flexcolor CQ in Bone. Or Harvest.
https://www.lowes.com/pd/MAPEI-Flexcolor-CQ-1-Gallon-Bone-Acrylic-Premix-Grout/50333395
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PRO4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoNeither.
I like a lighter one, but not the one you picked. that one is too red.
And for sure I would NOT go dark.
Mapei, left, two on the right are Custom Products.I like these colors better.
this is their Dapple Gray Merona tile. your lines will be like this. but notice how the grout color is an exact match. neither too dark or too light.
light grout.
more rustic looking tile, same grout spacing, darker color. I think w/this flooring you could get away w/a darker grout color because of the darker veining colors.
this one used a darker grout, but the grout lines are thinner. I wouldn't like it if it had the thicker joints
Merona Natural tile.
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