Help! grout for turquoise glass tile and white tile
OK so my bath is almost done. I have white ceramic tiles and aquamarine glass accents as well as a mural.
For the life of me, I cannot find a decent grout color for the walls. I don't want to go white - it is a shower and I don't have confidence in my ability to keep white grout white. Plus I think white is a bit... clinical.
The grout lines are teeny, less than 1/8", so I thought a nice pale blue/green would work well. With all the glass tile out there, that should be easy to find right?
Problem is - it doesn't seem to exist. I saw "Blue Oyster" from MAPEI in a deck at Lowes, but it appears to have been discontinued because I can't find a color chart with it to save my life, much less the grout itself.
Any Ideas?
http://st.houzz.com/simgs/9a128ee300518470_8-9600/home-design.jpg
For the life of me, I cannot find a decent grout color for the walls. I don't want to go white - it is a shower and I don't have confidence in my ability to keep white grout white. Plus I think white is a bit... clinical.
The grout lines are teeny, less than 1/8", so I thought a nice pale blue/green would work well. With all the glass tile out there, that should be easy to find right?
Problem is - it doesn't seem to exist. I saw "Blue Oyster" from MAPEI in a deck at Lowes, but it appears to have been discontinued because I can't find a color chart with it to save my life, much less the grout itself.
Any Ideas?
http://st.houzz.com/simgs/9a128ee300518470_8-9600/home-design.jpg
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Something else to consider is using paint or dye to tint white grout. The image on the right is a mosaic one of our students made. We mixed a few drops of a high quality acrylic paint in white grout to get the blue and yellow colors. Using paint usually results in a pale hue, especially if the paint is a cheap craft paint, which is probably an easy solution for you without spending a lot of money! We have also used RIT dye (the clothing dye), which results in pretty much the same color grout as the dye, but it's probably better for richer/bolder colors.
Or I may just go with white and ask them to do epoxy.
Has anyone tried StarGlass with a mix of ceramic and glass? Aquamarine is a good color but I'm afraid if might be overkill for what is mostly white ceramic tile.