Two Tone Grouting

Let's say that you put up our glass mosaic tile in your bathroom shower surround. You choose the White on White Blend for the walls. Then you decide to put our Ebony black on the floor. When it comes to time to grout, you may have some trouble deciding on a color. If you choose a light grout for the white tiles then the black will look very broken. However if you choose a dark grout for the black tiles, the whites will look broken.

Now let's say that you are going to create a cool mosaic stripe look. You will run stripes of three colors down the wall. One color is red, one color is white, and one color is dark gray. Once again, you have a grout color problem. If you choose a dark gray grout then the white will be severly broken up. Too light and the gray will look horrible.

So what do you do??? Two tone grouting is the answer. Simply grout each section separately. You will need that blue painters tape and lots of newspaper or kraft paper. I recommend grouting with the dark grout first so it can't stain the lighter grout. Carefully tape off the section that you are going to grout. Make sure you have a clean line of tape so your grout joint is straight. Now completely cover the section that you don't want to grout with the newspaper. Take no chances as grouting can be very messy.

Grout all the sections that need the dark grout and wipe it down completely. Make sure to pull the tape off within 10 minutes. Totally clean up all the dark grout so you don't accidentally get it mixed in with the lighter grout. Wait until the dark grout has set up. Now repeat the steps with the light grout.

You are finished and have great looking grout joints that no one will see because they should be focused on your tile work instead!