Tile grout colour

[Stilllearning]

Hi, advice please. What is the best way to go about making a coloured grout? Starting from a white grout, what colour can be added, paint, colour/dye?

[Boater Sam]

5 minutes ago, Stilllearning said:

Hi, advice please. What is the best way to go about making a coloured grout? Starting from a white grout, what colour can be added, paint, colour/dye?

You can buy coloured grouts at the tile shops.

Mortar dye works but its a bit coarse and very intense in colour..

[Stilllearning]

15 minutes ago, Boater Sam said:

You can buy coloured grouts at the tile shops.

Mortar dye works but its a bit coarse and very intense in colour..

Thanks.

One suggestion has been to use Dylon clothing dyes.

[ditchcrawler]

If you colour your own make sure you mix enough to finish the whole job in one go

[Stilllearning]

2 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:

If you colour your own make sure you mix enough to finish the whole job in one go

Wise thought, thanks, and it echoes what Christel, manager of my local builders merchant, said to me earlier.

[stegra]

I would stick to using proper coloured grout as Sam suggests. If you mix your own, you can't be sure what shade it will dry to or whether the colour will fade over time. Most tile shops have swatches that match the cured grout colour. Take a tile to the shop and see which colour works best with it. 

[Stilllearning]

11 minutes ago, stegra said:

I would stick to using proper coloured grout as Sam suggests. If you mix your own, you can't be sure what shade it will dry to or whether the colour will fade over time. Most tile shops have swatches that match the cured grout colour. Take a tile to the shop and see which colour works best with it. 

I’m with you on using proper grouts. Having looked at the surprisingly limited colour options available to us here, and having mixed up a trial batch to show the management, guess what?

MrsS has agreed that a plain grey will look fine in between old terra cotta tomettes.

[David Mack]

25 minutes ago, Stilllearning said:

 

MrsS has agreed that a plain grey will look fine in between old terra cotta tomettes.

 

It all ends up grey in the end!

[Stilllearning]

It just took time for MrsS to come round to the simple way of doing the job. Telling her that I had started a thread here to discuss her interior design plans had the desired (by me) effect.