Smartseal Grout Magic - Professional Grade Grout Reviver - Available in 10 Popular Colours - A Grout Sealer Superior to a Grout Paint & Grout Pen - 15year Lifespan - Black 237ml

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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. You might have to purchase several pens to do an entire kitchen backsplash or shower walls but it’s totally doable. Make sure you check out more photos from our farmhouse bathroom reveal where we used traditional white subway tile with black grout. Grout, regardless of color, is extremely porous and essentially takes on anything that it comes in contact with–unless it is properly sealed. Hi Carrie, you can definitely darken the grout color to provide a little more contrast and make the tile floors pop.

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. Following these steps helps maintain the darkness of the black grout, but unfortunately, there are some spots that just turn more of a gray color in between cleanings. For black tiles, your options are to contrast and go with a white grout, light gray, dark gray and then of course, you have the option to match the black tile and use a black grout, too. For the time and effort it takes and the inexpensive cost, I personally would take the risk and paint if cleaning fails.To pick the right neutral tone make sure to compare it with the room as a whole and the tile so that it complements and doesn’t contrast. White tile is pretty versatile and will work with almost any grout color, but white, beige, light gray, dark gray and black work best. Make sure to seal grout and then hold off from using the shower for at least 2 days after you seal it to prevent grout from fading again. Here you'll find a really talented bearded dude I married and myself making our 1980s Cape Cod into a forever home on a serious budget, with a huge dose of sarcasm and humor along the way.

In that case, your maintenance should be pretty low because kitchen grout doesn’t usually get too dirty or wet.Before you decide whether or not black grout is for you, you’ll want to determine where you’re going to put your grout. So while the ink won’t come off easily with normal wear and tear, if you want to change the color again, it’s not a huge deal because you can just paint over it. You can see in this photo above that this is not something we did the first time in our guest bathroom because it was our first time doing it, and there are several spots now that we have to redo before we seal everything. Choose a contrasting grout color: Use a contrasting grout color when you want to highlight the tile pattern or create a statement with your tile.